<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - rapes</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/rapes</link><description>Newsvine - rapes</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:16:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28:12 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>2 more life terms for East Coast rapes</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Connecticut man has received two more life sentences for the 2001 kidnapping and rape of a Leesburg woman that was one of many linked by authorities as being committed by the "East Coast Rapist."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327126-2-more-life-terms-for-east-coast-rapes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17327126-2-more-life-terms-for-east-coast-rapes</guid><category>us</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>coast-rapist"</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:16:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rapist sentenced to life in prison</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Connecticut man accused of being the "East Coast Rapist" in a series of assaults over more than a decade from Rhode Island to Virginia was sentenced to life in prison Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17150064-rapist-sentenced-to-life-in-prison</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17150064-rapist-sentenced-to-life-in-prison</guid><category>us</category><category>rhode-island</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>coast-rapist"</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 21:36:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New guilty pleas in East Coast serial rapes</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to two more rapes that authorities attribute to a serial rapist who attacked at least 17 women along the East Coast for more than a decade.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549909-new-guilty-pleas-in-east-coast-serial-rapes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/29/15549909-new-guilty-pleas-in-east-coast-serial-rapes</guid><category>us</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:12:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Plea deal falls through in East Coast rapes case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A plea deal for a Connecticut man accused of a series of rapes along the East Coast fell through Tuesday after the defendant told a judge he wasn't sure he knew what he was doing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15089677-plea-deal-falls-through-in-east-coast-rapes-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15089677-plea-deal-falls-through-in-east-coast-rapes-case</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>east-coast-rapist</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:28:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55223927-6da5-4ec3-ad38-b782d261744e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="389" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=55223927-6da5-4ec3-ad38-b782d261744e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="117" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This undated handout photo provided by the Prince William County, Va., Police Department shows Aaron Thomas. Thomas, a Connecticut man who authorities blame for a series of rapes and assaults of women along the East Coast is expected to plead guilty for the first time to one of those attacks. (AP Photo/Prince William County, Va. Police Department)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NY suit faults military schools for rape response</title>
<description><![CDATA[A lawsuit filed Friday on behalf of two women who say they were raped by classmates at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland is seeking the court's help in permanently changing attitudes about sexual assault at military learning institutions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11311573-ny-suit-faults-military-schools-for-rape-response</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/20/11311573-ny-suit-faults-military-schools-for-rape-response</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>military</category><category>west-point</category><category>us-news</category><category>naval-academy</category><category>rapes</category><category>military-academy</category><category>academies</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:30:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suspect in several East Coast rapes indicted in Va</title>
<description><![CDATA[A suspect in a series of rapes along the East Coast has been indicted in Virginia and could stand trial this summer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11004081-suspect-in-several-east-coast-rapes-indicted-in-va</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11004081-suspect-in-several-east-coast-rapes-indicted-in-va</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>east-coast</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:42:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Police: Man accused of East Coast rapes confessed</title>
<description><![CDATA[The man accused by prosecutors as the East Coast Rapist confessed to police after his arrest that he raped two teenage trick-or-treaters in Virginia in 2009, but only after complaining that a police sketch that was plastered across the Mid-Atlantic failed to accurately portray him, according to court testimony Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10546398-police-man-accused-of-east-coast-rapes-confessed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/01/10546398-police-man-accused-of-east-coast-rapes-confessed</guid><category>us</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>east-coast-rapist</category><category>east-coast-rapes</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2012 08:40:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US redefines rape to count more people as victims</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration says it is expanding the FBI's more than eight-decade-old definition of rape to reflect a better understanding of the crime and to broaden protections.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/06/10008384-us-redefines-rape-to-count-more-people-as-victims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/06/10008384-us-redefines-rape-to-count-more-people-as-victims</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>counting</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:58:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 convicted in Fla. of filming rapes for porn</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two South Florida men are facing potential life prison sentences after they were convicted of filming rapes of women for sale as pornography.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/09/9323229-2-convicted-in-fla-of-filming-rapes-for-porn</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/09/9323229-2-convicted-in-fla-of-filming-rapes-for-porn</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>porn</category><category>films</category><category>us-news</category><category>two-south-florida</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Dec 2011 13:17:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suspect in East Coast rapes arraigned in Virginia</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Connecticut man who police believe is responsible for a series of sexual assaults along the East Coast over more than a decade was arraigned Wednesday in Virginia on charges of raping two teenage trick-or-treaters in 2009.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Matthew Barakat]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9115349-suspect-in-east-coast-rapes-arraigned-in-virginia</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/30/9115349-suspect-in-east-coast-rapes-arraigned-in-virginia</guid><category>us</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:28:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Suspect in East Coast rapes to be sent to Va.</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Connecticut judge on Monday agreed to send a man suspected in rapes along the East Coast to Virginia, where he faces more charges and a longer sentence if convicted.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Christoffersen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Christoffersen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/22/8951464-suspect-in-east-coast-rapes-to-be-sent-to-va</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/22/8951464-suspect-in-east-coast-rapes-to-be-sent-to-va</guid><category>us</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:34:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0c61f44d-2582-4181-af51-b8aa5c8a16bb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="497" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0c61f44d-2582-4181-af51-b8aa5c8a16bb.jpg" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This file photo released March 10, 2011 by the Connecticut Department of Correction shows Aaron Thomas, a suspect in a series of rapes and other attacks on 17 women from Virginia to Connecticut. State's Attorney Michael Dearington said Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011 that Connecticut has decided to extradite Thomas to Virginia, but would not say why. Thomas pleaded not guilty in March to a charge of raping a woman in New Haven in 2007. (AP Photo/Connecticut Department of Correction, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Man accused of war crimes to run in Congo election</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international human rights group is calling on the Congolese government to arrest a militia leader accused of war crimes who is now running for parliament.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8613841-man-accused-of-war-crimes-to-run-in-congo-election</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/11/02/8613841-man-accused-of-war-crimes-to-run-in-congo-election</guid><category>election</category><category>congo</category><category>world-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Nov 2011 00:56:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Man gets 30 to 60 years in Detroit serial rapes</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Detroit man has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for the rapes of six women and the attempted rape of a seventh.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/14/8324362-man-gets-30-to-60-years-in-detroit-serial-rapes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/14/8324362-man-gets-30-to-60-years-in-detroit-serial-rapes</guid><category>us</category><category>detroit</category><category>serial</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:44:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Life sentence for suspected Texas serial rapist</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former Texas prison employee suspected of a being a serial rapist who targeted older women was sentenced Friday to life in prison for sexually assaulting a disabled woman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/30/8063813-life-sentence-for-suspected-texas-serial-rapist</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/30/8063813-life-sentence-for-suspected-texas-serial-rapist</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>elderly</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:19:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas man accused of rapes convicted of 1 assault</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former Texas prison employee suspected of a being a serial rapist who targeted older women was convicted Wednesday of sexually assaulting a disabled woman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/21/7885697-texas-man-accused-of-rapes-convicted-of-1-assault</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/21/7885697-texas-man-accused-of-rapes-convicted-of-1-assault</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>elderly</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:33:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas man suspected of series of rapes testifies</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Texas man suspected of being a serial rapist who targeted older women told jurors Monday that he was sexually abused as a child, suffers from multiple personality disorder and has been visited by aliens.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Juan A. Lozano]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Juan A. Lozano]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/12/7735049-texas-man-suspected-of-series-of-rapes-testifies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/12/7735049-texas-man-suspected-of-series-of-rapes-testifies</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>elderly</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 02:16:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Court date continued for Conn. rape suspect</title>
<description><![CDATA[A court appearance for a Connecticut man awaiting trial in a series of rapes and other attacks along the East Coast has been put off.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7220778-court-date-continued-for-conn-rape-suspect</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/01/7220778-court-date-continued-for-conn-rape-suspect</guid><category>us</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Aug 2011 21:41:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Authorities: DNA may link rape suspect to Md. case</title>
<description><![CDATA[DNA evidence may link a man suspected in rape cases along the East Coast to another sexual assault in Maryland, and police there said they plan to file charges if lab tests confirm a match, authorities said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7161351-authorities-dna-may-link-rape-suspect-to-md-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7161351-authorities-dna-may-link-rape-suspect-to-md-case</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>east-coast</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:57:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Kansas City, Mo., man convicted of raping 4 women</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 53-year-old man was convicted Friday in a string of sexual assaults and home invasions that terrorized a Kansas City, Mo., neighborhood in the 1980s.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maria Sudekum Fisher]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Maria Sudekum Fisher]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/15/7092615-kansas-city-mo-man-convicted-of-raping-4-women</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/15/7092615-kansas-city-mo-man-convicted-of-raping-4-women</guid><category>us</category><category>trial</category><category>us-news</category><category>kc</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:15:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Some fear chilling effect on women reporting rapes</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Kristen Bakalar was pulled into a wooded area by a stranger and raped, three weeks after beginning college, she didn't think twice about reporting it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jocelyn Noveck]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/09/7049534-some-fear-chilling-effect-on-women-reporting-rapes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/09/7049534-some-fear-chilling-effect-on-women-reporting-rapes</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>reporting-rapes</category><category>when-kristen-bakalar</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jul 2011 17:04:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/64c4c559-ead1-4fd2-9b91-31c0e01595a0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/64c4c559-ead1-4fd2-9b91-31c0e01595a0.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Eliina Keitelman, 25, sits outside her home in Falls Church, Va., Friday, July 8, 2011.   Keitelman. at age 14, was raped by a man with whom she'd chatted on the Internet. After the assault, she called her father to pick her up but didn't tell either of her parents what had happened, she was too ashamed.  Many women, most, in fact, still decide not to report an assault, fearing the shame and embarrassment it might bring, disapproval from family and friends, or simply the ordeal ahead of them.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)    (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2dfd9c0a-5f25-45ca-8cea-f5eca94baa1c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2dfd9c0a-5f25-45ca-8cea-f5eca94baa1c.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Eliina Keitelman, 25, sits outside her home in Falls Church, Va., Friday, July 8, 2011.   Keitelman. at age 14, was raped by a man with whom she'd chatted on the Internet. After the assault, she called her father to pick her up but didn't tell either of her parents what had happened, she was too ashamed.  Many women, most, in fact, still decide not to report an assault, fearing the shame and embarrassment it might bring, disapproval from family and friends, or simply the ordeal ahead of them.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9884d732-80bb-4aee-a546-5885814485a6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9884d732-80bb-4aee-a546-5885814485a6.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Eliina Keitelman, 25, sits outside her home in Falls Church, Va., Friday, July 8, 2011.   Keitelman. at age 14, was raped by a man with whom she'd chatted on the Internet. After the assault, she called her father to pick her up but didn't tell either of her parents what had happened, she was too ashamed.  Many women, most, in fact, still decide not to report an assault, fearing the shame and embarrassment it might bring, disapproval from family and friends, or simply the ordeal ahead of them.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0cc878b1-8947-41eb-a30f-018cfc12760e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="382" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0cc878b1-8947-41eb-a30f-018cfc12760e.jpg" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Eliina Keitelman, 25, sits outside her home in Falls Church, Va., Friday, July 8, 2011.   Keitelman. at age 14, was raped by a man with whom she'd chatted on the Internet. After the assault, she called her father to pick her up but didn't tell either of her parents what had happened, she was too ashamed.  Many women, most, in fact, still decide not to report an assault, fearing the shame and embarrassment it might bring, disapproval from family and friends, or simply the ordeal ahead of them.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cbb32b19-665f-4aad-b572-d7028d33ea24.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="286" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cbb32b19-665f-4aad-b572-d7028d33ea24.jpg" width="120" height="215" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows the percentage of rapes and sexual assaults reported to police for 1996 through&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Congo col. surrenders over mass rape accusations</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.N. and Congolese officials say a colonel accused of mass rapes in volatile eastern Congo has surrendered along with a large group of his men.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7024844-congo-col-surrenders-over-mass-rape-accusations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/06/7024844-congo-col-surrenders-over-mass-rape-accusations</guid><category>congo</category><category>united-nations</category><category>world-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Wed, 6 Jul 2011 11:18:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Aid group says more than 100 raped in Congo attack</title>
<description><![CDATA[An international medical aid group says more than 100 people were raped in a recent attack in Congo's volatile east.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/23/6925602-aid-group-says-more-than-100-raped-in-congo-attack</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/23/6925602-aid-group-says-more-than-100-raped-in-congo-attack</guid><category>congo</category><category>world-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:33:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hundreds of women report rapes by Gadhafi forces</title>
<description><![CDATA[At first, the responses to the questionnaire about the trauma of the war in Libya were predictable, if tragic: 10,000 people suffering post-traumatic stress, 4,000 children with psychological problems. Then came the unexpected: 259 women said they had been raped by militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Faul]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michelle Faul]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/28/6737885-hundreds-of-women-report-rapes-by-gadhafi-forces</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/28/6737885-hundreds-of-women-report-rapes-by-gadhafi-forces</guid><category>libya</category><category>war</category><category>moammar-gadhafi</category><category>world-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>ml</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 16:32:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/13f17fb6-9623-43e7-8d51-c0d91d351289.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/13f17fb6-9623-43e7-8d51-c0d91d351289.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Saturday, March 26, 2011 file photo, Iman al-Obeidi is seen after bursting into a hotel to show her wounds and allege to foreign journalists that she was gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops, at the hotel in Tripoli, Libya. London-trained child psychologist Dr. Seham Sergewa, through a survey distributed to Libyans living in refugee camps after being driven from their homes, has found 259 women claiming to have been raped by militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/32d0c04a-cd2f-46c2-81ce-5b4c778e6f52.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/32d0c04a-cd2f-46c2-81ce-5b4c778e6f52.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Friday, May 6, 2011, Dr. Suleiman Refadi stands to be photographed at the public hospital where he works in Ajdabiya, Libya. Refadi said he has treated three women who said they were raped by Gadhafi fighters in March when the town was invaded. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Critics: Military should cover abortion after rape</title>
<description><![CDATA[Though rape is a problem of deep concern to the U.S. military, its health plan doesn't cover abortions for victims who become pregnant &#8212; a policy that indignant critics are now pushing to change.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Crary]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Crary]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6724824-critics-military-should-cover-abortion-after-rape</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/26/6724824-critics-military-should-cover-abortion-after-rape</guid><category>us</category><category>abortion</category><category>military</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 19:53:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ad9e6f3c-fe95-4877-87fb-51a5ef7f8ce2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ad9e6f3c-fe95-4877-87fb-51a5ef7f8ce2.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 2006 picture made available by Jessica Kenyon shows her at her graduation ceremony at Fort Eustis, Va. after completing the Army's Advanced Individual Training program. Though rape is a pervasive problem in the U.S. military, its health plan doesn't cover abortions for victims who become pregnant &amp;#8212; a policy that indignant critics are now pushing to change. The campaigners include members of Congress, the American Civil Liberties Union, and veterans such as Kenyon, whose says her Army career derailed after she was raped and impregnated by a fellow soldier while serving in South Korea in 2006. (AP Photo/Jessica Kenyon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Victim of old injustice revels in White House tour</title>
<description><![CDATA[Recy Taylor has a picture of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in the living room of her home in Florida. She never imagined she would visit the Obamas' house in Washington.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacy A. Anderson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Stacy A. Anderson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6632810-victim-of-old-injustice-revels-in-white-house-tour</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6632810-victim-of-old-injustice-revels-in-white-house-tour</guid><category>us</category><category>civil</category><category>rights</category><category>civil-rights</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>rapes</category><category>michelle-obama</category><category>recy-taylor</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 21:05:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c829015c-7cc6-4063-b3a1-60412969fbd5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c829015c-7cc6-4063-b3a1-60412969fbd5.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Recy Taylor stands in Lafayette Park, Thursday, May 12, 2011,  after touring the White House. Taylor has a picture of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in the living room of her home in Florida. She never imagined she would visit the Obamas house in Washington. Taylor is touring the nations capital nearly seven decades after she was denied justice following a brutal assault. In 1944, Taylor, who is black, was a 24-year-old wife and mother living in Abbeville, Ala. Seven white men kidnapped and sexually assaulted her and then left her on the side of the road. Two grand juries, made up of white men, refused to indict anyone. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/23e6a01b-b737-422e-8886-34c17adfeb8e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="378" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/23e6a01b-b737-422e-8886-34c17adfeb8e.jpg" width="120" height="114" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Recy Taylor stands in Lafayette Park, Thursday, May 12, 2011,  after touring the White House. Taylor has a picture of President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama in the living room of her home in Florida. She never imagined she would visit the Obamas house in Washington. Taylor is touring the nations capital nearly seven decades after she was denied justice following a brutal assault. In 1944, Taylor, who is black, was a 24-year-old wife and mother living in Abbeville, Ala. Seven white men kidnapped and sexually assaulted her and then left her on the side of the road. Two grand juries, made up of white men, refused to indict anyone. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>