JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct 10, 2008 (AFP) - Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her position as Alaska Governor by pressuring officials to dismiss a state trooper, an investigator's report said Friday.

LONDON, Sept 23, 2008 (AFP) - A mother was jailed by a British court Tuesday after biting her five-year-old son in a 'revenge' attack because he had hurt his baby sister.

Asked why she did it, the 28-year-old mother-of-two said: 'I don't know. Probably that he hurt his sister, so he's got to be hurt.

FREETOWN, August 29, 2008 (AFP) - The brother of one of almost two dozen people arrested in Sierra Leone over the country's biggest ever cocaine haul alleged Friday that they were being abused in detention.

Oumar Farouk Sesay sent a petition complaining of 'inhuman treatment and violation of the right of the prisoners' to Sierra Leone's human rights commission.

The Indian army said Wednesday that it was investigating UN allegations its troops had engaged in ...

UN officals said Tuesday they had uncovered evidence that Indian troops may have engaged in sexual ...

GENEVA, July 25, 2008 (AFP) - The head of the Swiss army, Roland Nef, handed in his resignation on Friday after being suspended in a furore over his alleged rough treatment of a former lover.

A statement from the Swiss government said it had 'taken into account' Nef's resignation and would address the issue during its next session.

LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2008 (AFP) - A man who left his two-year old son inside his car, windows rolled up, while he watched the latest Batman movie, was arrested mid-way through the show and charged with child abuse, The Salt Lake Tribune said Tuesday.

LONDON, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Military police are investigating an allegation that British soldiers sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy, the defence ministry in London said Saturday.

A spokesman confirmed that it was aware of the claim, details of which feature in this week's Independent on Sunday newspaper.

LONDON, July 10, 2008 (AFP) - Britain's defence ministry will pay a total of nearly three million pounds to the family of an Iraqi man who died in the custody of British troops and to others who were abused, lawyers said Thursday.

LONDON, July 9, 2008 (AFP) - Police investigating allegations of child sex abuse on Jersey have switched their hunt for evidence to a German World War II bunker, they said Wednesday.