AUSTRALIA
Australia/Domestic - March 2010 
Australia to defy the ban
Govt rejects UN pressure to outlaw spanking at home
Australia/Schools - April 2010
Give 'em a smack
Northern Territory hasn't outlawed school CP, but officials say it's not used
BOTSWANA
Botswana/Judicial - January 2010
Police Commissioner to hand two flogging dockets to DPP
Attorney-General lays down the law on JCP
Botswana/Judicial - February 2010
Bailiffs to administer corporal punishment
Courts are recruiting applicants to deliver canings
Botswana/Judicial - March 2010
"Give me back my trousers"
27-year-old gets three strokes for attacking his cousin in domestic dispute
The wages of theft
"Three strokes on the bare buttocks" for thief, 24
CANADA
Canada/Domestic - January 2010
A good spanking
Columnist considers research into spanking and cultural differences
Spanking bans: bad for kids and society
Don't diminish parental rights, warns writer
MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Schools - January 2010
Maintain strict discipline to achieve excellence, principals told
Caning is "an influential factor in all successful schools"
Malaysia/Judicial - February 2010
3 women caned for having illicit sex
First-ever religious CP of women is carried out
Caning 'has done us a world of good'
Women say they are grateful for punishment
Malaysia/Judicial - April 2010
Cook gets one year, whipping for consuming liquor (illustrated)
24-year-old, pictured, gets rare Shariah caning sentence for alcohol
Man who splashed acid on wife gets six years' jail (illustrated)
And two strokes of rotan for husband, 47, pictured
Man gets jail, rotan for cheating company staff (illustrated)
39-year-old, pictured, ordered to receive 7 strokes of the cane
Youth gets five years, two strokes for statutory rape (illustrated)
19-year-old, pictured, had sex with underage girl
MYANMAR (Burma)
Myanmar/Illicit - March 2010
Burma bus company told to 'stop caning drivers'
On-the-spot corporal punishment for drivers and conductors who let too many passengers on buses
NIGERIA
Nigeria/Judicial - March 2010
Student caned for stealing goat
Court order of 12 strokes for 21-year-old is carried out in public
PAKISTAN
Pakistan/Judicial - February 2010
New video shows Taliban flogging men, boy (with video clip)
Offenders are filmed receiving public unofficial JCP
SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - March 2010
25 years' jail, 24 strokes for rapist
Court orders maximum penalty for 27-year-old who bound and gagged his victim
Geylang knife attack: Jail, caning for gang of 7 (illustrated)
Seven young gangsters, pictured, receive heavy caning sentences after knife fight leads to death
Singapore/Judicial - April 2010
Duo get jail, cane for loan shark activities (illustrated)
Twentysomethings, pictured, sentenced to receive 8 and 10 strokes
SWAZILAND
Swaziland/Schools - April 2010
Only 4 strokes please - Education Ministry
Article sets out official rules for school canings
TONGA
Tonga/Judicial - February 2010
Tongan teens appeal flogging
Two boys sentenced to be whipped
UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Domestic - January 2010
Smacking 'makes your child more successful'
Claims made for not spanking are not consistent with the data, finds study
UK/Illicit - February 2010
Registrar offered fake degrees for spanking
Suspended sentence for man who filmed himself caning women
UNITED STATES
US/Domestic - January 2010
Study: Spanking may not be all bad for children (with video clip)
Spanked kids had highest rate of academic achievement
Spare the Spanking, Spoil the Report Card?
Study "undermines rationale for banning spanking", says writer
US/Schools - February 2010
School Board asks: To spank or not to spank?
Paddling at issue in a Florida district
Paddling students still common in New Mexico (with video clip)
Mother claims boy's punishment was excessive
Some Ky. schools still use paddling as disciplinary measure for students (with video clip)
Suspensions "have not been effective"
La Vega principal's arrest puts spotlight on corporal punishment policies
650 Texas school districts allow paddling
Teacher suspended without pay for spanking student
Alabama district permits it, but parent had asked for exemption
US/Reformatory - March 2010
Hess: No criminal case at reform school (illustrated)
No proof that long-ago Florida spankings were abusive, says state; 1974 photo shows paddle and strap
US/Schools - March 2010
Fed suit seeks state paddling ban
Paddled schoolboy, 16, wants Mississippi to outlaw school CP
Teachers in Fountain Lake want corporal punishment (with video clip)
40 Arkansas teachers say "bring back spanking"
To spank or not: Gaston one of few school districts still using the paddle (with video clip)
Map shows incidence of school CP in different N. Carolina counties
Columbus County Schools: Spanking and the drop-out rate (with video clip)
A district in North Carolina that uses the paddle has fewer school drop-outs
US/Domestic - April 2010
When does discipline become a crime? (with video clip)
Father, 37, pictured, spanked boy, 12, for fifteen minutes
US/Schools - April 2010
Senior Suspended For Skimpy Prom Dress (with video clip)
17 students paddled in AL for inappropriate attire
School Board's ban on paddling draws mixed reviews
A Florida school board abandons CP
Bill to limit school paddlings shelved
Louisiana House rejects limitations on school CP
Houston Man Paddles New York Congresswoman (with video clip)
But only metaphorically. Federal bill seeks to outlaw school CP
Paddling still used as punishment in schools (with video clip)
Report on CP in Texas
Texas city takes a swat at student misbehavior with an old custom (with video clip)
Restoration of CP in Temple, TX is a success
High school paddling: 'It Works' teachers say (with video clip)
Students interviewed in Temple, TX
Corporal Punishment legal in Texas, lawmaker in D.C. wants to ban it
Texas school districts' paddling policies vary
Paddling not controversial at local schools
Only with parental permission in many Texas districts
Parent: Written policy on spanking needed
CP policy challenged in a N. Carolina district
US VIRGIN ISLANDS
US Virgin Islands/Schools - April 2010
Teachers protest superintendent's policies
Local authority trying to stop paddling, but teachers object
 To view all the above items in a single date sequence irrespective of country, with a separate link to each individual item, see News Chronology 2010
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