Asia Pacific

Australia Taking Over Local Government On Tiny, Bankrupt Island

The old government buildings and remains of the penal colony in Kingston, the capital of Norfolk Island, located about 1,000 miles northeast of Sydney, in a photo taken in 2006. Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Australia Taking Over Local Government On Tiny, Bankrupt Island

March 19, 2015 • Norfolk Island, home to descendants of sailors who mutinied on the HMS Bounty in 1789, will be administered from Canberra beginning next year.

Rape Widespread Across Asia-Pacific, U.N. Survey Says

Activists march during an anti-rape rally on June 18 in Kolkata, India. Nicky Loh/Getty Images hide caption

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Parallels

Rape Widespread Across Asia-Pacific, U.N. Survey Says

September 10, 2013 • The survey of 10,000 men in six Asian and Pacific countries found nearly 1 in 4 men reported raping a woman. The results of the survey were released the same day a court in New Delhi convicted four men of the rape and murder that shocked India last December.