31.   A Philippine congressman charged with raping a child urged his colleagues Thursday to reconsider a proposal to suspend him from the House of Representatives for two months.

32.   An American fugitive wanted for allegedly raping a child has been arrested in the northern Philippines, the immigration bureau said Saturday.

33.   An Islamic court in the United Arab Emirates has condemned an Emirati man to death for raping four children, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

34.   Mayiki said Peba raped the child while her mother was visiting friends although the exact date of the incident was not known.

35.   People convicted of raping children aged under seven now face the death penalty in Vietnam.

36.   Philippine police were on Thursday staking out an exclusive high-rise condominium in suburban Manila in their search for a legislator charged with raping a child, officials said.

37.   Philippine President Fidel Ramos and lawmakers on Monday criticized police for failing to capture a legislator charged with raping a child.

38.   South African men diagnosed HIV-positive are allegedly raping children in the belief that this will cure them of the fatal disease, the Sowetan newspaper reported Monday.