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  • This volte-face on cannabis is iniquitous and ignorant 20 Jul 2008 12:31 GMT
    ... paraphernalia but that was some years before Britain 's problematic drug using population had risen ... of these shops in Camden Town, north London, where there is also a severe crack ... — but cannabis use, according to the British Crime Survey, has been falling since 1996. ...

  • Brown blasts 'suicide' claim of Iraq hostage 20 Jul 2008 10:50 GMT
    ... Brown blasts 'suicide' claim of Iraq hostage LONDON (AFP) - One of five Britons kidnapped ... of seriousness on the part of the British government". Proof would only be provided if ...

  • Timeline: the hostage crisis 20 Jul 2008 10:30 GMT
    ... The five men are seized from Baghdad's finance ministry ... an attempt to find the five. The British ambassador to Iraq, David Asquith, calls for ... jailed in your government's prisons for no crime they committed." The hostages' relatives reply by ...

  • A civil society starts with us 20 Jul 2008 09:35 GMT
    ... news scenario. On the good news side, crime rates are down for the third year in ... was not included.) And the study only scraped the surface, because "incivility" was defined quite ... likely to be rebuffed, or worse. In Britain recently, a woman who cuffed a teenager ...

  • Chicago high school emphasizes fundamentals - and a world view 20 Jul 2008 09:32 GMT
    ... Jordan Nolan didn't have to show up after school ... between the upscale Gold Coast area and crime-ridden Cabrini-Green. Students travel from all over the ... classes in the school year just ended: British Literature, U.S. History, AP Statistics, Beginning Chorus, ...

  • Madeleine police chief writes book 20 Jul 2008 09:31 GMT
    ... The Portuguese police investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine ... Gonçalo Amaral, who was chief of the criminal investigation police for the Algarve region, has ... his assault on the role of the British police in the investigation. He has publicly ...

  • ACPO On British Crime Survey Figures 20 Jul 2008 09:28 GMT
    ... ACPO lead on crime, Chief Constable Ian Johnston, comments on annual ... lead on Crime and Chief Constable of British Transport Police, said: “The police service nationally ...

  • North Yorks Boasts Lowest Crime Rate In England 20 Jul 2008 09:28 GMT
    ... North Yorks Boasts Lowest Crime Rate In England North Yorkshire joint lowest English crime rate ... lower rate. The report also highlights the British Crime Survey which interviews thousands of victims of crime ...

  • Federation Criticises PCSOs 20 Jul 2008 09:28 GMT
    ... London's increasing reputation as the stabbing capital of ... anecdotal evidence from 43 police forces in England and Wales suggested rank-and-file officers with stop-and-search ...

  • 120 Scots warned they are on secret list of murder targets 20 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT
    ... 120 Scots warned they are on secret list of murder ... former pupil Ahmet Osman, 14, of Hackney, London, and killed the boy's father and two ... are prepared to provide such information." In England and Wales, Osman warnings were issued to ...

  • Postwar Pogrom 20 Jul 2008 06:56 GMT
    ... Jan Karski reported to his government-in-exile in London in 1940, formed “a sort of narrow ... town of Jebwabne in July 1941 — crimes little noted at the time nor since ... had actually orchestrated the unrest to persuade Britain to hand over Palestine. It was a ...

  • Busted soldier hid lethal arsenal of weapons in his home 20 Jul 2008 06:55 GMT
    ... Busted soldier hid lethal arsenal of weapons in his ... make a fortune by selling guns to crime lords. Gangsters Raymond Anderson, 46, and James ... of 18. 2. Enfield L42 sniper rifle: British Army's standard rifle until 1957. 3. Remington ...

  • Shi'ite Iran's Genocidal Jew Hatred 20 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT
    ... both opined solemnly about an inevitable Israeli attack on ... to which it is And when the British physician John Fryer visited Lar in 1676, ... community of Jews was held responsible for crimes and misdemeanors committed by its individual members; ...

  • Nigeria charges former governor with graft 20 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT
    ... Published: Sunday, 20 July, 2008, 08:34 AM Doha ... tolerance for corruption. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused Boatmang of embezzling over ... to ex-governor Joshua Dariye, a fugitive from British justice, took over when Dariye was impeached ...

  • Bergerac: Complete Series 7 20 Jul 2008 06:26 GMT
    ... I've taken to watching Midsomer Murders in recent weeks. ... with loan sharks, retired gangsters and terrorists. British society would surely be forever dented were ... after being threatened by a gang of London teenagers. "St Hellier's got a town clock!" ...

  • Our Towns: In Madison, Conn., a Sprawling Exercise in Police Corruption 20 Jul 2008 05:57 GMT
    ... It can be tough to be one of those too-perfect In ... town of 18,000 with virtually no violent crime, 8 officers, so far, on a force ... more low-key place, known for its New England atmospherics and its lovely beaches, where some ...

  • UK alarmed as kids kill kids with knives 20 Jul 2008 05:57 GMT
    ... UK alarmed as kids kill kids with knives Issue ... a peak in 1995, according to the British Crime Survey, in which citizens report their exposure to ... from three-fourths of the police forces in England and Wales, reported recently that nearly 21,000 ...

  • Week Of July 20, 2008 20 Jul 2008 05:17 GMT
    ... have considered the possibility of a lesser crime than manslaughter in the 2003 shooting death ... 90 straight days. [Wired.com, 5-7-08] In April, England's University of East Anglia advertised for subjects ... [WXYZ-TV (Detroit), 6-17-08] Artist Martin Creed won Britain's 2001 Turner Prize for his highly acclaimed installation ...

  • Some Comments on Rawlings' Speech on July 1, 2008 20 Jul 2008 05:16 GMT
    ... is crying foul that the rate of crime under the present government is soaring uncontrollably. And ... explains why developed nations like the U.S., Britain, Germany, and France, rely heavily on large ... them—either as an instrument of political intimidations, assassinations, or solely as law enforcement or for ...

  • Malaysia Anwar gives alibi but faces pressure on DNA 20 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... which has led Malaysia since independence from Britain in 1957, is facing its worst crisis ... by a jail term for sodomy and corruption. The supreme court overturned the sodomy conviction ... consenting adults, is regarded as a "heinous crime" and is punishable by up to 20 years ...

  • Inner-Cities See 55% Of Knife & Gun Crime 20 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... More than 55% of knife and gun crime attacks ... year were concentrated in inner-city areas of London, Birmingham and Manchester, according to Home Office ... on both police recorded crime and the British Crime Survey show violent crime falling by ...

  • Nine Reasons to Investigate War Crimes Now 20 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... The US Supreme Court should look back on its most ... whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be ... In May, Vanity Fair magazine published by British human rights attorney Philippe Sands, in which ...

  • Islam and the great Turkish headscarf war 20 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... secular feminist, I abhor the headscarf. In London, I feel anger and dismay at eight-year-old British Muslim girls in hijab. If this is ... church school when her father studied in Britain, she covered her head at 17: “It ...

  • Wendy Murphy: D.A. should apologize to JonBenet, not to her parents 20 Jul 2008 04:28 GMT
    ... Fri Jul 18, 2008, 04:52 PM CDT Boulder District Attorney Mary ... attend to. He and his wife hired criminal lawyers that same day and refused to ... She is an adjunct professor at New England School of Law and a radio talk ...

  • Bulgaria risking European sanctions 20 Jul 2008 04:27 GMT
    ... sanctions on Bulgaria for failing to tackle corruption. According to sources in Brussels, the Netherlands, ... sources in Brussels, the Netherlands, France and Britain have taken the initiative to block hundreds ... be blocked as early as November. Organised crime She quotes the draft report on Bulgaria currently ...


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