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Cairo's Tahrir Square, once the staging ground for the massive uprising that ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, is quickly becoming notorious for something very different: an organized campaign of sexual assaults, activists say. The past year has seen an increase in attacks against women at demonstrations, but recently they have been particularly rampant—and, according to witnesses and activists, they have been following similar patterns. On the two-year anniversary of the revolution on Jan. 25, at least 19 women were sexually assaulted in and around Tahrir Square in one night, some with knives, activists said. Dozens more cases have been reported...

Downtown workers may experience casual Friday and casual Monday later this month when the NATO summit arrives. Workers at some Chicago office towers are being encouraged to dress down to avoid being targeted by protesters during the meeting of world leaders May 20 and 21. Safety procedures in some high-rises include the recommendation that employees set aside suits, ties and anything with corporate logos.

Yes, it’s that new age of Democrat political civility rearing its ugly head yet again. During an April 12 debate on gun control Pennsylvania State Representative Margo Davidson of Philadelphia wondered aloud on the House floor if it might be OK for her to blow the brains out of one of Pennsylvania’s Republican Representatives. Before we even go on with this story, imagine if a white, male, and Republican politician had asked during a debate on policy if it would be OK if he blew the brains out of a black, female, Democrat. Just imagine what would be happening to...

Substitute teacher charged with 3 counts of child abuseTemper tantrums in an elementary school class are common, but not from the teacher. But that's what happened in Sarasota, where a substitute teacher was arrested after he assaulted three students who he was supposed to be teaching. The teacher, 55-year-old William Amory, reportedly got upset - not at the students - but because his teaching equipment wouldn't work. When the kids tried to help him out, Amory lost his cool and started throwing punches. Talk about someone who might need a class in anger management. According to Sarasota Sheriff's deputies, Amory...

“A Muslim must try his best to abide by the rulings of Sharia [Islamic law] whenever possible as much as he can. He should not allow himself to be liable to those western laws that contradict the clear-cut Islamic rulings.” The rulings of Sharia, mind you, include stoning for adultery, amputation of the hand for theft, and institutionalized discrimination against women and non-Muslims. But the speaker was not some fanatic Wahhabi in Saudi Arabia; it was the Phoenix-based imam Omar Shahin, president of the North American Imams Foundation. This is probably one reason why, as The Arizona Republic reported Monday,...

(Maryland) ..... Joy Morrow-Hargrove, 32, a long-term substitute Spanish teacher at Clarksburg High School, is accused of having a sexual encounter with a 16-year-old boy, who was one of her students. Two group home counselors also were arrested on allegations they had sexual relations with the Clarksburg High School student. The boy lived in the M.S. Youth Services Group Home in Germantown, where the two female counselors allegedly had sexual relations with him, charging documents state. Morrow-Hargrove and counselors Koreen Allen Avery, 38, of the 19300 block of Hottinger Circle in Germantown, and Robin Denise Lawrence, 24, of the 4500...

I know FReepers will show restraint.

HEZBOLLAH leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed today to wage an unrestrained campaign against Israel as 45 Lebanese were killed in a devastating blitz of Israeli strikes and the Jewish state was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack. But in the strongest international message yet to the protagonists, the G8 group of top world nations, at their summit in Saint Petersburg, demanded an end to Israeli military operations and attacks by militants on Israel. Lebanon was hit by a slew of deadly Israeli air strikes as it endured the fifth day of a blistering offensive that has left much of its infrastructure...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez offered to share Venezuela's U.S.-made F-16 fighters with Cuba and China on Tuesday, accusing Washington of breaching a supply contract for jet parts and calling it the sort of U.S. "imperialism" he will challenge at an upcoming Summit of the Americas. Chavez said he would take the message that Washington's "capitalist, imperialist model" was responsible for exploiting developing economies and ruining the global environment to this week's summit in Argentina, also to be attended by U.S. President George W. Bush. "We don't need American imperialism to live," Chavez said at a ceremony announcing...

As I'm foolish, I can't for the life of me figure out how to post this elsewhere. I do think that no content on F.R.(other than that which is extremely obscene) should be censored. The most feckless among the numerous Conservatives here should be able to easily refute the most intellectualy argued Liberal pap. And by allowing Liberal views it only trains us to strengthen our position.I have almost reached my F.R. 5th anniversary and to date the fact that all information is not allowed troubles me.Expose the stupidity at it's base is my philosophy. God Bless Texas(LOL) and I'm...

The La Crosse man who's asked the state to allow hunters to kill stray cats says he's been getting death threats. Mark Smith told La Crosse police he's gotten angry phone calls and messages at work and at home. Police reports say one call made while Smith was working at the La Crosse Fire Department suggested it should be "open season on firefighters." Another woman told Smith that if the state Legislature approved his request Smith would be hunted down and killed. Smith has asked the Wisconsin Conservation Congress to vote on his proposal at an April eleventh meeting. That...