Girl Named Independence

Brajesh Thakur, the politically-connected man arrested for the rape and torture of more than 30 girls at a shelter home in Bihar, hasn't spent much time in prison and probably wasn't aware of the surprise checks conducted around Independence Day. Or didn't care. So when a team of district administrators and police officers visited the jail hospital...

On February 17, 2008, Kosovo's parliament unanimously endorsed a declaration of independence from Serbia.

Brajesh Thakur, the politically-connected man arrested for the rape and torture of more than 30 girls at a shelter home in Bihar, hasn't spent much time in prison and probably wasn't aware of the surprise checks conducted around Independence Day. Or didn't care. So when a team of district administrators and police officers visited the jail hospital...

On February 17, 2008, Kosovo's parliament unanimously endorsed a declaration of independence from Serbia.