Island in shock at verdicts
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Until yesterday, they were all big men, swaggering round a tiny island. But in its sweltering courtroom, six Pitcairners were exposed for what they are: bullies, rapists and child-abusers.
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PITCAIRN ISLAND - Six Pitcairn Islanders were convicted of multiple sex crimes following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on the Pacific island best known for the mutiny on the Bounty.
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Pitcairn islander Mike Warren has said he believed the prosecutions of a number of men from the island on sex abuse charges were a British âset-upâ.
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Furniture retailer Courts yesterday issued a &quot;disastrous&quot; profit warning, blamed partly on hurricane Ivan&#39;s effects on its Caribbean business but mainly indicating further turmoil in its UK business.
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SYDNEY -- Six men were convicted of a string of sex attacks on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn, media there reported yesterday, following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on the island home of descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers. Among those convicted was the island's mayor, Steve Christian, who claims to be a direct descendant ...
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- The government's new system for trying Guantanamo detainees was thrown into turmoil yesterday, when military judges in separate decisions dismissed war-crimes charges against two detainees.
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An Indonesian court decision to sentence   four young Australians to death for heroin smuggling,   overturning their earlier jail terms, sparked an angry   political reaction in Australia on Thursday.
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SYDNEY, Australia - Six men have been convicted of charges ranging from rape to indecent assault following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on their small Pacific island.
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Northern Ireland's police chief on Friday pointed the finger of blame for a massive bank robbery in Belfast last month at the Irish Republican Army (IRA), a verdict that will send shockwaves through the ...
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Six of seven men on Pitcairn Island charged with sex crimes have been found guilty. Our correspondent in New Zealand, Gillian Bradford, says the island&#39;s mayor, Steve Christian, has been convicted of some of the most serious offences.
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The year about to end has certainly been an eventful one for these islands. After years of debate, which grew in intensity until it reached a climax in the landmark referendum and general election last year, ...
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People here seem bewildered by the enormity of what has happened to their country. Sri Lankan military officials say more than 12,000 people died on the island nation.
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An Indonesian court decision to sentence  four young Australians to death for heroin smuggling,  overturning their earlier jail terms, sparked an angry  political reaction in Australia on Thursday.
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A County Antrim man accused of killing a prostitute on a holiday island is found guilty of manslaughter.
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A plea to declare capital punishment for juvenile offenders unconstitutional received a skeptical hearing at the Supreme Court yesterday, as one of two justices likely to be pivotal to the outcome voiced repeated doubts.
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A high-profile sex-abuse trial which opens this week is threatening the future of Pitcairn Island, the remote British Pacific colony founded by the Bounty mutineers more than 200 years ago.
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NORFOLK ISLAND, Australia  - The first murder trial in 150 years on Norfolk Island started on Wednesday with the prosecutor saying a New Zealand man hit a pedestrian with his car, then stabbed her several times "to make sure she was dead".