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When he heard American soldiers had been charged in the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, Northern Kentucky University professor J. Robert Lilly had little reason to be surprised.

SOUTH Molton student Hannah Yates, 20, has completed a Territorial Army training course and now holds the rank of Second Lieutenant. Hannah, who is at Plymouth University studying Criminal Justice Studies and Sociology, completed the three-week Territoria...