-Caveat Lector- Child porn still big problem in Japan - Kazunori Takada 12/17/01 Tokyo - Japan, once labeled a safe haven for perpetrators of sex crimes against children, has changed its laws to make sex with children illegal but changing people's minds remains an uphill task, rights activists said. "I think there is a still a great gap between the law and the consciousness of the society toward such crimes," said Koki Abe, a law professor at Kanagawa University. "The mentality that these acts are crimes is lacking in Japanese society."...A traditional view that sees children as the property of adults contributes to the problem. "Parents are often the distributors of child pornography in Japan," Abe said. "There is still the understanding that children are subjects to adults and that they can do anything with them." http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=186782
www.thetimes.co.uk/section/0,,1,00.html SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 2001 India and Pakistan on the brink of war FROM COOMI KAPOOR IN DELHI AND ZAHID HUSSAIN IN ISLAMABAD INDIA and Pakistan moved closer to a state of war yesterday, as Delhi recalled its envoy from Islamabad and sealed border crossings and both sides deployed thousands of reinforcements along their frontier.... Only twice before, in 1965 and again in 1971, has Delhi recalled its envoy. On each occasion the two countries were at war shortly afterwards.... The Indian Government is upset by what it considers the US's refusal to accept the evidence of Pakistan's role in continuing to foment terrorism in India and believes that the US is deliberately turning a blind eye because it does not want General Musharraf to be destabilised http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001570014-2001583307,00.html SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 2001 'Friendly fire' fear as convoy is bombed BY STEPHEN FARRELL IN KABUL AND MICHAEL EVANS, DEFENCE EDITOR TRIBAL leaders accused the United States last night of bombing in error a convoy heading for Kabul to inaugurate the new interim government, killing and wounding dozens of Afghan elders. The claims, coming on the eve of a ceremony designed to usher in a new era of peace and international co-operation over Afghanistan, would be a huge embarrassment for Washington if confirmed....Reports on the ground said, however, that locals had misinformed the Pentagon and that 65 supporters of Hamid Karzai, the new Afghan leader, had been killed. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2001570014-2001592714,00.html SATURDAY DECEMBER 22 2001 Powell rejects call for war on Iraq FROM DAMIAN WHITWORTH IN WASHINGTON COLIN POWELL, the US Secretary of State, and the country's leading Democrat, Tom Daschle, have attempted to quash growing calls for an early attack on Iraq. After hawks in the Bush Administration were given a boost by new claims from an Iraqi defector about the acceleration of President Saddam Hussein's work on chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, General Powell responded quickly, insisting that success in Afghanistan should not be a precursor to a full scale military effort to topple Saddam. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>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. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
