Peru Overturns Two Controversial Land Laws

Peru has overturned two land laws that allowed a free trade agreement with the U.S. The laws sparked violence between the government and tribes that live on the land, who were not consulted about the use of the land. 34 people were killed in the violence, BBC News.

A shocking survey shows that one out of four South African men have raped someone, with more than hald of those saying they had raped more than one person. 73% who had admitted raping said they did so for the first time before the age of 20, BBC News.

The U.S. is tracking a North Korean ship that it believed to be possibly carrying weapons. An official said the U.S. would use UN protocol to ask permission to board the ship to search for weapons, CNN.

Read the New York Times’ blog for coverage on today’s events in Iran.

Government Tries To Solve Native American Rape Epidemic

Former vice-presidential candidate and NFL football player Jack Kemp died yesterday at age 73 from cancer. Kemp was Bob Dole’s running mate in the 1996 U.S. presidential election and also served in the House of Representatives for 18 years. The Congressman played in the NFL as a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills, CNN.

Clashes have emerged between police and farmers in Egypt after the government called for hundreds of thousands of pigs to be slaughtered to deter the swine flu. There have been no reported cases of the strain in the country so far, BBC News.

The federal government has introduced funds to help battle the epidemic of rapes on Native American land in the U.S. The February stimulus bill provided $500 million to buy rape kits, pay for more police on tribal land, and improve medical care, and the March bill added another $85 million for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. According to a Justice Department report, because only federal prosecutors can prosecute crimes on Indian land (leading to few crimes being reported and prosecuted), 1 in 3 Native American women will be raped in their lifetime, NPR.

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