Read more abuse stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4082/abuse.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:25:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74196/mom-charged-with-sex-slavery-in-girls-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mother of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl found dead appeared in court yesterday and was charged with human trafficking and felony abuse. Antoinette Davis, 25, delivered daughter Shaniya to a man "with the intent that she be held in sexual servitude ," according to court documents. Davis was calm during...http://www.newser.com/story/74196/mom-charged-with-sex-slavery-in-girls-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 4:47:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71919/childhood-abuse-may-lead-to-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCompounding the mental and physical pain that accompanies childhood abuse, a new study suggests abuse may lead to adult obesity. Researchers studied 410 children who had court-substantiated cases of physical and sexual abuse before the age of 11; 30 years later, their body mass index scores were compared with a...http://www.newser.com/story/71919/childhood-abuse-may-lead-to-obesity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Oct 2009 7:50:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68355/us-embassy-guards-in-kabul-living-lurid-lifestyle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuards hired by the State Department to protect diplomats and staff at the US embassy in Afghanistan live and work in a Lord of the Flies environment in which they are subjected to hazing and humiliation by supervisors, a government oversight group says. In a 10-page letter to Hillary Clinton,...http://www.newser.com/story/68355/us-embassy-guards-in-kabul-living-lurid-lifestyle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 17:12:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68187/aussies-sorry-for-10k-kids-shipped-for-slave-labor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Australian prime minister will apologize to generations of British migrants shipped to Australia as children and subjected to abuse, hunger, and slave labor. Between the 1920s and 1960s the UK sent about 10,000 children to provide Australia with "good white stock," but when they arrived they were put...http://www.newser.com/story/68187/aussies-sorry-for-10k-kids-shipped-for-slave-labor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 6:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67593/justice-report-recommends-prisoner-abuse-investigations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA report by the ethics office of the Justice Department recommends reopening a dozen cases of alleged prisoner abuse, a move that would expose CIA employees to prosecution if it's determined they tortured terrorism suspects, reports the New York Times . Legal experts predict Attorney General Eric Holder will launch a...http://www.newser.com/story/67593/justice-report-recommends-prisoner-abuse-investigations.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 3:09:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67476/4-gis-charged-with-hazing-suicide-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour US Army soldiers in Iraq have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment for hazing a private who later killed himself, MSNBC reports. The NCOs allegedly hazed 19-year-old Keiffer P. Wilhelm with excessive physical exercise while showering him with verbal abuse. Wilhelm, self-conscious about his weight, shot himself in a...http://www.newser.com/story/67476/4-gis-charged-with-hazing-suicide-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Aug 2009 16:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67068/us-nuns-dodge-specter-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLast week the largest group of American nuns held its annual meeting, and once again they refused to let survivors of sexual abuse in Catholic schools attend. When even the bishops have acknowledged the depth and seriousness of abuse within the Church, it's strange for the nuns to bury their...http://www.newser.com/story/67068/us-nuns-dodge-specter-of-sex-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 9:11:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66585/italian-court-its-ok-to-threaten-kids-with-kick-in-the-pants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere’s nothing wrong with telling teens they’ll get kicked in the pants for misbehaving—at least not in Italy, the country’s high court ruled today. A mom had accused her son’s uncle of abuse for issuing the warning, calling it a serious threat. But the court held that “the statement...http://www.newser.com/story/66585/italian-court-its-ok-to-threaten-kids-with-kick-in-the-pants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 11 Aug 2009 13:17:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66485/holder-to-probe-cia-torture-cases-officials.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAttorney General Eric Holder is planning to name a special prosecutor to probe cases of alleged CIA torture of terror suspects, the Los Angeles Times reports. Insiders say the narrowly focused inquiry will aim to determine "whether people went beyond the techniques that were authorized" in the so-called torture memos,...http://www.newser.com/story/66485/holder-to-probe-cia-torture-cases-officials.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 16:55:10 CDT