Baby abuse alleged at Russian hospital
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Prosecutors said Thursday they are investigating allegations that workers at a central Russian hospital taped infants' mouths shut to keep them from crying, in a scandal that has sparked widespread outrage.
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Russian authorities investigate a police operation that led to hundreds of young men allegedly being arrested and beaten.
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Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of dead Russian  ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is in critical condition in  hospital from radiation poisoning, Interfax news agency quoted  an unnamed source as saying on Thursday.
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A physician has been charged with sexually abusing women who had come to his office for ailments varying from lower back pain to sinusitis, the authorities said.
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A baby boy is being treated for facial injuries after he is attacked by a family pet.
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Human rights violations in the Russian  region of Ingushetia have increased with a surge in abductions  and beatings, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
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KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka -- A judge's ruling yesterday that a couple must undergo a DNA test to prove they are the parents of the tsunami survivor known as "Baby 81" sparked chaos in a hospital pediatric ward after a surging crowd and the would-be parents burst in and pleaded with doctors to release the infant.
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A hospital says it may have to ask a court to decide whether to continue treating a seriously-ill baby.
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Russian military prosecutors pledged Monday to investigate allegations that young conscripts were forced into prostitution by fellow soldiers &#151; the latest claim of rampant abuse in the nation's armed forces.
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The UN says it will discuss the issue of child abuse by UN troops, following allegations uncovered by the BBC.
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Two people arrested in an international investigation into child abuse pictures are to appear in court.
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Two people are charged after an incident in which a baby was believed to be suffering from the effects of heroin.
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A woman is arrested after a baby boy was critically injured in a fall from a window at a clinic which treats mothers with post-natal depression.
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, RUSSIA - Three Russian police officers have been charged with criminal negligence in connection with the Beslan school hostage-taking that left 360 people dead, almost half of them children.
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SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan  - A Kazakh court jailed more than a dozen health workers on Wednesday for infecting 78 babies with HIV/AIDS but provoked parents' outrage for sparing senior officials.
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Human rights violations in the Russian region of Ingushetia have increased with a surge in abductions and beatings, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
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A fatal explosion has damaged a hospital in eastern Ukraine, the Moscow Times reported this weekend.