this may be heavy for survivors
two from L Moss Sharman Global summit aims to alleviate the plight of girls sold as sex slaves Carolyn Lochhead 2/23/03 "Slaves are traded every day, by the hundreds of thousands every year, in the United States and around the world. The trade goes largely unnoticed, perhaps because the slaves are women. Girls, actually -- as young as 6 or 7 -- who have been captured or sold or lured under false pretenses into prostitution, an estimated $7 billion annual business, involving an estimated 4 million women, including 75,000 in the United States."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/02/23/MN92308.DTL
f Minnesotan gets three years in voodoo killing AP 2/23/03 Superior, WI - "A Minnesota man has been sentenced to three years in prison under a plea agreement for acting as an accomplice in the 1997 voodoo ritual killing of his uncle, a Minneapolis pharmacist and self-proclaimed voodoo high priest." http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3669742.html
see SMART #49 for more info on this case
New book provides expanded study on child sexual abuse Ann Arbor, Mich.-Greater emphasis on the danger of false allegations of child sexual abuse is misdirected: The attention should be placed on the danger of being sexually abused and not disclosing the abuse, a University of Michigan professor says. "Children have lost their voice," said Kathleen Coulborn Faller, a professor in the School of Social Work and director of the Family Assessment Clinic. "Although publicity about priest cases helps some, it has not turned the tide in favor of children." Children who report sexual abuse must continue to meet a high threshold by providing a detailed account to authorities in order to be believed, she said. Only about 10 percent of the cases ever reach the criminal courts and about half are lost at trial, she said. Faller provides comprehensive coverage of child sexual abuse in her new book, "Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment." Sage Publications, Inc. http://www.umich.edu/news/Releases/2003/Jan03/r013003a.html
http://www.thepowerhour.com/postings-three/north-korea-bomb-making.htm
Bush Gives N. Korea Two Reactors Capable Of Bomb-Making Comments
Bush Gives N. Korea Two Reactors
Capable Of Bomb-Making By Matt Bivens Moscow Times
9-19-2
In his famous "axis of evil" speech, President George W. Bush said "North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction while starving its citizens." Fair enough. So why is the United States hand-delivering to Great Leader Kim Jong Il a pair of nuclear power reactors capable of producing enough weapons-grade plutonium each year to make dozens of nuclear bombs? In the early 1990s, North Korea was running domestically built reactors that were churning out bomb-grade plutonium. It was the heart of a covert weapons program that has, according to U.S. intelligence, already yielded "one or two" nuclear bombs. <A HREF="">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply.
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