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...Okinawa, life in the shadow of geopolitics produces strange anomalies. The weekend following the alleged rape, the Kadena base opened its gates to visitors for a festival with carnival rides, hamburgers and barbecued ribs. Hundreds of locals drove their cars across one of the airfield's long runways to get a glimpse of America's military hardware: an AWAC surveillance plane, armored vehicles, grenade launchers. Still, thoughts of the alleged rape were never far away. "My girlfriends and I are always bothered by these American servicemen," said Kaori Teruya. "They live in this safe place, behind fences, but they come...
...Bush for the first time, Okinawa suffered the type of ugly incident that happens with depressing regularity?becoming, once again, one of the most tricky points in the complex relationship between the U.S. and Japan. Early Friday morning, a woman in her twenties told police that a foreigner raped her in a parking lot of a shopping mall not far from the Kadena base. Police later said they had identified a U.S. Air Force technical sergeant as a suspect. The details of the alleged crime were sketchy, and unsubstantiated media reports were confusing, contradictory and downright inflammatory. First the incident...
When a woman in North Hollywood, Calif., spurned Gary Dellapenta's advances, the 50-year-old security guard got back at her via the Internet. Using her name, he posted personal ads describing fantasies of a "home-invasion rape." Six men appeared at her apartment over five months to take her up on Dellapenta's offer. Sentenced to six years in prison in 1999, he was the first person jailed for cyberstalking...
...Because AIDS is a huge problem in South Africa - almost 10% of the population is infected with HIV - the subject is featured in every installment of the show. Other topics include violence against women, drunkenness, rape, child abuse, sexual conduct, occupational health, disability, setting up a business, even buying and selling a used car. "This is not just about reality in life, it's about real-life skills," says Japhet, who is executive director of the nongovernmental Institute for Health and Development Communications, which produces the show. 'Soul City' also has a radio version broadcast daily in nine of South...
...bosses, murder their teachers or blow up a neighborhood kindergarten. Most are by harmless attention seekers. "There are so many of those, I can't keep count," Nishimura says. Police are starting to take notice, though. Last month, after someone left a message identifying a schoolgirl and threatening to rape her, anonymous callers tipped off police, who immediately surrounded the girl's school in Ibaraki prefecture. Fortunately, this one turned out to be a sick prank. Most prefectures have high-tech departments dealing with Internet and related crimes. But it's difficult to catch the author of an anonymous message...