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An Iranian child holding a message requesting help in a queue of Iranian refugees at the border between Greece and Macedonia (Getty)
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Lebanese policemen patrol in front the Turkish airlines office in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, August 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanon fears crime wave after kidnapping boom
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fears of crime are growing in Lebanon after a recent sharp rise in the number of kidnappings for ransom. In particular, the kidnapping of a nine-year-old boy, Michel Al-Saqr, son of Lebanese businessman Ibrahim Al-Saqr, from Zahlé in the Beqaa...Caption:
Amanda Knox appears on NBC News’ “Today” show in New York, in this image released by NBC on September 20, 2013. (Reuters/Peter Kramer)
Amanda Knox’s murder conviction reinstated
Florence, Associated Press—More than two years after Amanda Knox returned to the US apparently home free, an Italian court Thursday reinstated her murder conviction in the stabbing of her roommate and increased her sentence to 28.5 years in prison, raising the specter...Caption:
A police van leaves a court complex carrying four men convicted in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus last year, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Indian court convicts 4 in fatal gang rape case
New Delhi—An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday in the deadly gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a brutal crime that galvanized public anger over the widespread—yet widely tolerated—sexual violence faced by Indian women. As word of the verdict...Caption:
An armed pirate stands on the coastline at Hobyo town in northeastern Somalia. Source: Mohamed Dahir/AFP/Getty Image