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Before the earthquake, Ruthza St. Louis was an accredited therapist in Port-au-Prince, specializing in counseling rape victims. Now she has become a detective of sorts, walking the city's rubble-strewn streets, talking to children who are on their own and then using every resource she can to locate caring relatives who can take them...
...show that nearly 3,000 women were sexually assaulted in fiscal year 2008, up 9% from the year before; among women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, the number rose 25%. When you look at the entire universe of female veterans, close to a third say they were victims of rape or assault while they were serving - twice the rate in the civilian population. (See the top 10 crime stories...
...that both Congress and the Pentagon are getting serious about this problem. It is now possible for victims to seek medical treatment without having to report the crime to police or their chain of command. More field hospitals have trained nurse practitioners to treat the victims; more bases have rape kits. "More than ever," Sanchez says, "I believe that our leadership at the very top is beginning to realize that they need to be proactive...
...Zuma and his newest wife, Thobeka Madiba Zuma, reading: "Just Brought One Wife, Mr. Zuma?" The Mail also commented on what it called Zuma's "colorful life," which consists of "five wives, a love child with the daughter of one of his political allies, a criminal trial for alleged rape of an HIV-positive woman and corruption charges." Not stopping there, the paper reported that Zuma had paid "a sort of tribal deposit on a future bride." (See pictures of South Africa...
...character bashing continued with the Daily Telegraph, which reported that of "all the colorful characters who have visited the Palace during her [Queen Elizabeth] 58 years on the throne ... the South African president is probably the first to have faced a multitude of criminal charges." Zuma was charged with rape five years ago, but he was acquitted at trial. He also faced charges of fraud, racketeering, money laundering, tax evasion and corruption - but all were dropped before last year's general elections. (See pictures of Zuma and the worst-dressed world leaders...