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The body of a teenager was found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh, India on Saturday. The 15-year-old girl was allegedly abducted, gang-raped and murdered and her body hung from a tree to give the impression that she committed suicide, according to police. The teenager went missing from her village on Friday after reports that men were following her. The Indian Express reports: The incident has triggered outrage, prompting the authorities to swing into action.

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As awful as Obamacare has been at its purported goal of making health care affordable, it has been unquestionably successful at one of Obama's other primary goals: the redistribution of wealth.  Unfortunately, the poor design of the redistribution function is one of the reasons Obamacare is failing.

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In a stark warning as to what will happen if Chancellor Angela Merkel allows Turkish citizens visa-free travel throughout Europe, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says "Contraception is Treason, Women Not Equal to Men, Muslims Must Multiply Descendants ."

Please consider Turkey’s Erdogan Warns Muslims Against Birth Control.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Muslims to reject contraception and have more children.

 

As you may have read here, I was at a conference in Baltimore over the weekend. While in the city, I met a woman who identified herself as a reader of this blog. She said, “I know people accuse you of being alarmist all the time, but let me tell you that they aren’t raising teenagers in this culture.”

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Amnesty International warned on Friday that a surge in executions carried out by Saudi authorities could see more than 100 people put to death in the first six months of 2016.

The London-based watchdog says that the kingdom carried out at least 158 death sentences last year, making it the third most prolific executioner after Iran and Pakistan.