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Sailing coach accused of sexually abusing 11-year-old athlete appears before prosecutor

A Greek sailing coach accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old athlete appeared before a prosecutor in Athens on Monday.

The 38-year-old was arrested on Sunday on the eastern Aegean island of Samos. He faces charges of aggravated rape, repeated seduction and misconduct.

UN Court Rejects Bosnian War Rape Convict’s Plea for Release

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in The Hague has turned down a request for early release from Dragoljub Kunarac, the wartime leader of a Bosnian Serb Army reconnaissance unit, who was jailed by the UN court for multiple rape and the enslavement of two women in the Foca area during the Bosnian conflict.

Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, U.S. media reported on March 22.    

Weinstein, 68, is in prison in northern New York state after being sentenced to 23 years in jail for rape and sexual assault.    

The fallen film producer's diagnosis was first reported on March 21 evening by local paper the Niagara Gazette.    

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