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Teen Girls Report Abusive Boyfriends Try To Get Them Pregnant
By the University of California Davis Health System
Intentionally 'sabotaging birth control' and 'manipulating condom use' are newly documented cruelties facing young women in abusive relationships. Elizabeth Miller, a pediatrician at the University of California Davis Children's Hospital, surveyed 53 women between the ages of 15 and 20 and found that 26 percent of them reported that their boyfriends were trying to get them pregnant. 'You think of forced sex as an aspect of abusive relationships,' said Miller, 'but this takes that abuse a step further to reproductive control of a young woman's body.' -- Anna Cynar
http://tinyurl.com/2tzq5h

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Malacca Strait Pirates
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'Are you ready to learn how to steal a ship?' a modern-day pirate named Muhammad asked writer Peter Gwin as the two floated in a small, wooden boat down the Strait of Malacca, a key trading route off the coast of Malaysia. One-fifth of the world's sea-trade must maneuver through those dangerous waters, and pirates like Muhammad eke out a living by hijacking the ships' precious cargo. Gwin navigates the straits, and Southeast Asia's seedy underbelly, to explore the little-known world of maritime crime. -- Brendan Mackie
http://tinyurl.com/33rqx3

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