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  2. Human cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal.The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe animals consuming parts of individuals of the same species as food.

  3. Cannibalism in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Fanciful depiction of cannibalism in China, from a 15th-century edition of The Travels of Marco Polo. Acts of cannibalism in Asia have been reported from various parts of the continent, ranging from ancient history to the 21st century. Human cannibalism is particularly well documented for China and for islands that today belong to Indonesia.

  4. List of incidents of cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Cannibalism was widespread during the Holodomor, a huge famine in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933; [153] [154] multiple instances were reported from Ukraine, the Volga region, South Siberia, and Kuban during the Soviet famine of 1930–1933. [155] The historian Timothy Snyder writes: Survival was a moral as well as a physical struggle.

  5. Places where modern day cannibalism still exists - AOL

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    Every so often we hear horrifying stories of modern day cannibalism. In 2012, a naked man attacked and ate the face of a homeless man in Miami.That same year, a Brazilian trio killed a woman and ...

  6. Exocannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Exocannibalism (from Greek exo-, "from outside" and cannibalism, "to eat humans"), as opposed to endocannibalism, is the consumption of flesh from humans that do not belong to one's close social group—for example, eating one's enemies. It has been interpreted as an attempt to acquire desired qualities of the victim and as "ultimate form of ...

  7. Crime in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Illegal drug trade is a major concern in the Philippines. Meth ("shabu") and marijuana, are the most common drugs accounting most drug-related arrests.Most of the illegal drug trade involved members of large Chinese triad groups operating in the Philippines, owing to its location on drug smuggling routes.

  8. Cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Cannibalism, however, does not—as once believed—occur only as a result of extreme food shortage or of artificial/unnatural conditions, but may also occur under natural conditions in a variety of species. [1] [5] [6] At the ecosystem level, cannibalism is most common in aquatic settings, with a cannibalism rate of up to 0.3% amongst fish.

  9. Philippine criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Apart from the crimes penalized in the Revised Penal Code, several other pieces of criminal legislation have been passed, penalizing acts such as illegal possession and trafficking of dangerous drugs, money laundering, and illegal possession of firearms. These laws are called “Special Penal Laws” and they form part of Philippine criminal laws.