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TIJUANA, Mexico Tijuana's police chief was fired Monday following three days of violence that left 37 people dead in this border city plagued by warring drug gangs, including nine men found decapitated and four children caught in shootouts ... Violence has soared in Mexico as drug cartels compete for smuggling routes and battle government forces ... Mexican newspapers have reported that more than 4,000 people have been killed across the country this year in drug-related violence. (Fox News)
Mumbai Returns to Life After Terrorist Attacks Dec 2, 2008
The mourning for the 172 people killed in the three days of violence that started Wednesday night was not over, however ... But the normally bustling street was half empty, and business owners said customers were slow in returning to an area so close to the violence ... Rekha Khanduri, headmistress of a Mumbai high school, said the school held an assembly Monday to discuss the attacks and her teachers received training in how to answer student's questions about the violence. (Fox News)
17 Killed in Feud Over Guatemalan Horse Race Dec 2, 2008
The increasing violence of Mexican drug gangs has sometimes spilled across the border into Guatemala, which is often used as part of the corridor to smuggle drugs toward the United States. Guatemalan police say 11 people died in a clash between drug gangs in March and authorities say the shooting and burning of 15 people on a bus in November also appears to be linked to drug trafficking. (Fox News)
Atletico receive death threats ahead of Marseille game Dec 2, 2008
The text of some of the messages, written in French, Spanish and English, were printed in the Spanish media on Tuesday and threatened violence against the club and their supporters if they travelled for the December 9 encounter in Marseille. Some went as far as to issue death threats. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Nigeria: Jos Riots - Death Toll Hits 400 Dec 2, 2008
Rival ethnic and religious mobs have burned homes, shops, mosques, and churches in the violence sparked off by the dispute over council elections ... The violence appeared to have gone down on Sunday ... But the security forces appear to have reacted more quickly than in the past to contain the latest violence, with the Army sending in reinforcements from neighbouring states. (allAfrica.com)
Cape Verde: Urban Crime, Violence Multiplies Dec 2, 2008
com: Cape Verde: Urban Crime, Violence Multiplies (Page 1 of 1). Cape Verde: Urban Crime, Violence Multiplies ... Praia resident Pericles Barros, 53, told IRIN he has lived in the capital for the last 27 years, and has never seen comparable rates of violence and crime. (allAfrica.com)
Zambia: UPND Denounces PF Mass Protests Dec 2, 2008
He said the issue of protests was a non-starter in Choma as the people in the area did not like violence. 2008 The Times of Zambia. (allAfrica.com)
Court set to begin: Murder case on docket Dec 2, 2008
Eric Hendrix, who is charged with domestic violence, second degree ... Daryl Levon Williams, who is charged with domestic violence, third degree harassment. (Brewton Standard, AL)
BIRMINGHAM MAYOR ACCUSED OF TRADING COUNTY DEALS FOR CASH AND CLOTHES... Dec 2, 2008
Out of control violence and a corrupt mayor ... For Goblueandau - on "out of control violence": It's not just Detroit (sans the sports). (The Drudge Report)
'No water' in cholera-hit Harare Dec 2, 2008
But the sanctions imposed after allegations of electoral fraud and political violence are aimed at Mr Mugabe and his close associates and consist of travel bans and a freeze on their foreign assets. Zimbabwe is struggling with an economic crisis - the latest annual inflation rate was 231,000,000% and just one adult in five is estimated to have a regular job. (BBC News -- Health)
Drink-fuelled attacks alarm A&E Dec 2, 2008
Senior house officer Dr Jones said: "We were quite surprised by the findings as the British Crime Survey has shown a reduction in interpersonal violence over the same period as the study and we weren't really expecting an increase. "A similar study was carried out by St Thomas' Hospital in 2007 and that supported the findings we've found here. "Fridays and Saturdays are still fight nights. There have always been peaks between midnight and 2am but now they last until 3am and 4am in the morning.... (BBC News -- Health)
Rice invokes special relationship after Mumbai Dec 2, 2008
Britain and the United States have a special reason for pursuing the terrorists responsible for last week's violence in Mumbai, US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has said. Speaking at a press conference in London alongside foreign secretary David Miliband, Dr Rice said Britain and the US would work with both India and to ensure those responsible were brought to justice. (InTheNews.co.uk)
Cruise ship Britons in brush with Gulf pirates Dec 2, 2008
Thousands flee country amid spiralling violence. Congo unrest. (Times Online)
Electronic Privacy Information Center: Privacy Dec 2, 2008
Information on EPIC's domestic violence and privacy project ... These standards effectively create a national ID with serious implications for domestic violence survivors ... Privacy affecting provisions of the Violence Against Women Act. (Yahoo News -- Online Privacy)
Respond to Zimbabwe crisis Dec 2, 2008
Orchestrated violence and brutal persecution of Tsvangirai and his supporters forced him to withdraw from the forced runoff and leave the country ... When Mugabe cannot pay his army and enormous civil service, the result may be a resort to internecine violence and a failed state, similar to Somalia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Tom Cruise's Runaway Mom 'Dead' to Friends Dec 2, 2008
The movie ends in unexpected violence and has a jarring resonance right now. Maybe by the time the public sees it months from now, the Virginia Tech issue will have faded a bit. (Yahoo News -- Celebrity Couples)
The catalogue of failures in Baby P's care Dec 2, 2008
What Miss Ward - and the multitude of people who had seen Baby P - failed to realise was that he had known nothing but violence in the last eight months of his life ... It was one of many acts of violence carried out on the child, but the inspection report found that although police generally attended cases where sexual abuse was suspected, they were not so consistent where there was physical abuse. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Media Bombardment Is Linked To Ill Effects During Childhood Dec 2, 2008
The study did not touch on issues of violence and media, which researchers said was systematically reviewed by others. Researchers also excluded analysis of advertising or marketing. (Washington Post)
* Nine killed and 49 injured by suicide attack in Pakistan Dec 2, 2008
Pakistan is facing its worst period of violence by Islamic militants, many of whom are linked to al-Qaeda. Nearly 1,500 people have been killed since July last year in a wave of militant bombings across the country. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Civilian, IED deaths increasing in Iraq Dec 2, 2008 Fight Night-Violence Night-What are you teaching those kids? Dec 2, 2008 Fight Night- Violence-What is the School Districts Response? Dec 2, 2008 Dozens killed in attacks across Iraq Dec 2, 2008 NIGERIA: Aid agencies struggle to cope after Jos carnage Dec 2, 2008 U.N. Human Rights Council condemns abuses in Congo Dec 2, 2008 Europe hesitant, divided over force for east Congo Dec 2, 2008 Congo rebels quit border town, urge govt to talk Dec 2, 2008 EXCERPT: Read a passage from 'American Lion' Dec 2, 2008 Thomas L. Friedman: Obama has an opportunity for a positive outcome in Iraq Dec 2, 2008 'Trapped' abroad Dec 2, 2008 Oliver Stone in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow Dec 2, 2008 Norway convicts Bosnian on 1992 war crimes Dec 2, 2008 The San Diego aftermath Dec 2, 2008 Obama reaches out to blacks in L.A. Dec 2, 2008 Kosovo riots 'were orchestrated' Dec 2, 2008 Counting the bodies in the aftermath of clashes in Nigeria Dec 2, 2008 French police treatment of journalist raises free-speech issues Dec 2, 2008 2 attacks kill at least 30 Iraqis Dec 2, 2008 Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Dec 2, 2008 Thai crisis deepens as airport seige intensifies Dec 2, 2008 Iowa Legislature: Bar owners are baby-sitters Dec 2, 2008 DVRC has special volunteer in Robinson Dec 2, 2008 Assin Manso Omanhene marks 40th year on the throne Dec 2, 2008 Change in Ghana Dec 2, 2008 Thousands of foreigners stranded in Thailand Dec 2, 2008 Turkey's Detente With Kurds Wavers Dec 2, 2008 Increase in inmates opens door to private prisons Dec 2, 2008 Iowa lawmakers could change sex offender law Dec 2, 2008 Lamont joins online advertising group after boardroom bloodletting Dec 2, 2008 Line between spanking and abuse difficult to determine Dec 2, 2008 1924 article: Ku Klux Klan members lobbied for support in Winona area Dec 2, 2008 Newsom expounds on State of the City on YouTube Dec 2, 2008 Zimbabwe crisis deepens as cholera toll nears 500 Dec 2, 2008 Lawmen make 22 weekend arrests (123) Dec 2, 2008 Not all terrorist plots can be detected in advance and prevented. Dec 2, 2008 Student of violence: Local med student finds spot where help could be applied Dec 2, 2008 Yar'Adua stops Jang from swearing in council heads Dec 2, 2008 Hampton state rep. fights teen dating violence Dec 2, 2008 Cholera kills hundreds in Zimbabwe Dec 2, 2008 Pakistan Takes Heat Over Mumbai Massacre Dec 2, 2008 Safety already on Olympia agenda Dec 2, 2008 Shots ring out at Western Dec 2, 2008 Domestic Violence May Raise Kids' Abuse Risk Dec 2, 2008 State lifts moratorium on paroling violent offenders Dec 2, 2008 'Too frightened' Dec 2, 2008 Nigeria riot victims swamp medics Dec 2, 2008 Lots of TV and Web Harms Kids Health Dec 2, 2008 Zimbabwe's Latest Plague: Cholera Dec 2, 2008 COMMENT: No Time To Waste Dec 2, 2008 Tijuana: Mayor shakes up city's police department Dec 2, 2008 Activists expect Clinton to propel women's rights Dec 1, 2008 NPR team escapes injury in bombing of car in Iraq Dec 1, 2008 10 killed as violence flares in Pakistan Dec 1, 2008 Thai crisis heightens as government backers rally Dec 1, 2008 Bolivia may charge opposition leader Dec 1, 2008 Iraqi doctors come to U.S. for training Dec 1, 2008 Empty Stockings Dec 1, 2008 Nigerian city tense after riots Dec 1, 2008 NEWSWEEK: Media Lead Sheet/December 8, 2008 Issue (on newsstands Monday, December 1) Dec 1, 2008 Brady Law at Fifteen: 1.6 Million Dangerous Sales Blocked, But There's More Work to Do Dec 1, 2008 Mexican diners killed by gunmen Dec 1, 2008 Man acquitted of assault Dec 1, 2008 Vermont Sex Offender to be Released After 3 Years Dec 1, 2008 Nigeria: Hundreds Die in Jos Riots Dec 1, 2008
Most measures of violence remain much lower than last fall. The new statistics also showed a rise in the number of attacks using sticky bombs X explosive devices that attach magnetically to the bottom of a car X which have become increasingly popular among insurgents. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* World News Quick Take Dec 2, 2008
Mexicos border region from Tijuana east to Ciudad Juarez across from El Paso, Texas, has seen most of the drug cartel-related violence that has killed 350 people since early September. More than 4,500 people have been murdered in Mexico, mostly in drug gang warfare, since early this year. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Blogs : Fight Night-Violence Night-What are you teaching those kids ... Fight Night-Violence Night-What are you teaching those kids ... By Montrose Victim of Violence Published/Last Modified on Thursday, November 27, 2008 4:20 AM MST. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Blogs : Fight Night- Violence-What is the School Districts Response ... Fight Night- Violence-What is the School Districts Response ... Montrose Victim of Violence. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Iraqi officials said the violence had nothing to do with politics, contending that terrorists continue to look for opportunities to harm people despite the security gains of the past year. "Terrorists became weaker, much weaker," said Col. Shawkat al-Alosi, a spokesman for the Iraqi army ground forces. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Preliminary police figures show that some 200 people died in the violence, triggered by local election results, but the number is thought to be higher ... Up to 10,000 residents of Jos North, the scene of the violence, have sought refuge in local mosques, churches, and army and police barracks, according to Nigerian Red Cross director in Jos Dan Tom ... Jonathan Tawkek, a Christian staying in the Rukba army barracks, said: "Thankfully my family is safe but I have lost everything I owned in this... (AlertNet)
More than 250,000 people have been driven from their homes since fighting erupted between Congolese forces and Tutsi rebel General Laurent Nkunda in August and an unknown number have died in widespread violence and looting. The Human Rights Council resolution "condemns the acts of violence, human rights violations, and abuses committed in Kivu, in particular sexual violence and the recruitment by the militia of child soldiers, and stresses the importance of bringing all perpetrators to... (AlertNet)
This would aim to quickly bridge a delay of at least two months before planned U.N. reinforcements can arrive to beef up an overstretched U.N. peacekeeping force already in Congo, which despite being 17,000-strong has failed to halt the violence ... EU soldiers intervened in Congo in 2003 to halt militia violence in northeast Ituri district that grew out of a broader 1998-2003 war, and to protect successful 2006 elections that returned President Joseph Kabila to office. (AlertNet)
The 17,000-strong U.N. force has failed to halt the violence in a country the size of Western Europe ... EU soldiers previously intervened in Congo in 2003 to halt militia violence in northeast Ituri district that grew out of a broader 1998-2003 war, and to protect successful 2006 elections. (AlertNet)
Clearly Jackson seethed beneath the surface, for when flummoxed or crossed or frustrated, he would work himself into fits of rage so paralyzing that contemporaries recalled he would begin "slobbering." His prospects were not auspicious: here was an apparently unbalanced, excitable, insecure, and defensive boy coming of age in a culture of confrontation and violence. It was not, to say the least, the best of combinations. (USA Today -- Life)
Terrible postwar execution and unrelenting attempts by al-Qaida to provoke a SunniShiite civil war turned the Iraqi geopolitical space into a maelstrom of violence for four years, with U.S. troops caught in the middle. A huge price was paid by Iraqis and Americans. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
It's often distressing work, especially when violence is involved ... The Forced Marriage Act in the UK now gives British courts the power to issue protection orders that can stop intimidation or violence and prevent someone from having to go abroad. (BBC News -- South Asia)
But I think the Asian love of violence is often gratuitous, unless its done with great originality, as in the films of (South Korean director) Chan-wook Park and others. . (The Star Online, Malaysia)
"The internment lasted for all 11 prisoners significantly longer than one month and/or the prisoners were exposed to unusual suffering," the judge said, adding that Repak was linked particularly to one incident of violence when he tortured a woman during questioning. He was acquitted of the more wideranging charge of crimes against humanity, since that element of the law could not be applied to the alleged offence at that time. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Shootings, thievery, rapes, assaults, batteries, violence against women, drug dealing, drug use, gang activity, are among those common negro behaviors. The league owners, being comprised of mostly well-bred, intelligent men, decided it was time to run criminals out of the game. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
After mentioning the chaos and violence in those days and the anger and despair that boiled over into the streets, she endorsed ethnic diversity and called for border policies that recognized immigration has been and still is the lifeblood of the United States ... Even in the midst of violence and despair, there s always something to be hopeful for ... The tragedy struck New Orleans long before the hurricane hit, Obama said, citing lowperforming schools and high levels of violence and poverty. (Yahoo News -- African Americans)
He also said: "It is clear to us that the violence... was orchestrated. We believe we know who was responsible" ... "We've never had what we would consider a clear and unambiguous denunciation of this kind of violence from the ministers," he said ... Although tensions were high in Mitrovica on Tuesday, Nato peacekeepers were in control of the main flashpoints in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the previous day's violence. (Yahoo News -- Kosovo)
Life began to return to normal after election-related violence ... As an uneasy calm returned on Monday, the exact number of dead and injured was still unclear and residents continued to debate what set off the violence ... In 2001, nearly 1,000 people were killed in religious violence, and in 2004 hundreds died in fighting in the nearby city of Yelwa. (International Herald Tribune)
vy, adding that in 33 years of defending the newspaper in libel cases, he had never seen such violence. "We have no memories of this type of method ever being used for a publisher," said an official in the prosecutor's office, where an administrative inquiry has been started to investigate whether the judge's warrant was inappropriate. (International Herald Tribune)
Suicide bombings in Baghdad and Mosul took the lives of at least 32 Iraqis on Monday in carnage that recalled the levels of violence before the American troop build-up last year ... The wave of violence follows the Iraqi Parliament's approval last week of a controversial security agreement that requires American troops to leave by the end of 2011, but in the meantime allows them to operate in close consultation with the Iraqi military ... Provincial elections are scheduled to be held on Jan. 31,... (International Herald Tribune)
CHARLES TAYLOR CHARGES Acts of terrorism (WC) Murder (CAH) Violence to life, in particular murder (WC) Rape (CAH) Sexual slavery and violence (CAH) Outrages upon personal dignity (WC) Violence to life, in particular cruel treatment (WC) Other inhumane acts (CAH) Use of child soldiers (VHL) Enslavement (CAH) Pillage (WC) CAH: Crime against humanity WC: War crime VIHL: Violation of international humanitarian law ... The charges include terrorising the civilian population, murder, sexual violence,... (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
The divisions have slipped into deadly violence. So far, six people have been killed in bomb attacks, clashes with police and street battles between government opponents and supporters. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Bar violence is undeniably an Iowa City issue. While Friday and Saturday nights spell out fun and relaxation for many bar patrons, others fall victim to brutal assaults, sexual harassment, and in extreme cases, some are casualties of alcohol-related killings. (Daily Iowan, IA)
HOPE VALLEY Elizabeth Robinson, remembers one weekend of many when domestic violence permeated her days, and her life was threatened. She found safety and understanding, through the Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County ... She recognizes a silver lining in a very dark cloud as she volunteers her time at the center these days, helping others who are seeking refuge from situations of domestic violence. (Westerly Sun, RI)
On the Elections, Barima Nkyi noted that the nation needed peace to develop, and expressed the hope that Sunday's Presidential and Parliamentary elections would be held in a peaceful manner devoid of violence and chaos ... Mrs Kurankye urged the people to vote for the party, which could solve their problems and not those which preach violence and chaos in their campaign. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
We reiterate the call from the leader of the Change party, Professor John Atta Mills, when he keeps on saying "do not resort to violence, but use the ballot box to vet your frustrations". 2. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
The alliance wants to discard direct elections of lawmakers in favor of appointing most legislators, a stand that has fostered resentment among rural voters and triggered violence between the two camps. On Sunday, the alliance bused in more protesters to reinforce its siege of the Suvarnabhumi international airport and the domestic Don Muang airport. (Yahoo News)
But the tide began to turn, many Kurds say, even before violent clashes between police and Kurdish protesters in late March left 13 civilians dead in the region s worst violence in more than a decade ... The resulting violence, and a renewed campaign by the separatist guerrillas, is testing the Turkish government s commitment to reform ... Many in Turkey believe the escalation in violence can be blamed on both the PKK and the shadowy actions of disgruntled military operatives, who oppose Turkey... (Yahoo News -- Kurdish Issues)
But the company acknowledges that its prisons are not immune from occasional assaults, disturbances and violence. Safety and security is the obvious No. 1 priority for CCA, spokeswoman Louise Grant said. (Yahoo News -- Prison Issues)
He wants to be sure the law would actually make children safer from sexual violence before he votes for it. "When you're adding additional burdens on state and local taxpayers, you'd better make darn sure what you're doing is going to result in better public safety," said Kreiman, who heads the judiciary committee in the Iowa Senate. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Sep 3 2008: The poster for the Angelina Jolie film Wanted has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for 'glamourising gun violence. Surely there aren't other film posters that do a similar thing. (guardian.co.uk)
But even frequent spanking doesn't lead to the kind of violence seen in the shootings in St. Johns, Milby and others said. "Even if you spank a child, that doesn't mean a child is going to pick up a gun and shoot you," Milby said. (AZCentral -- News)
The organization had been tarred by accusations of vigilante violence and secrecy but most allegations were unfounded, and the group s covert activities were necessary to combat criminals, Elliott told a packed audience at the church ... It s part of the fascinating if unpleasant local history of a group that has become synonymous with hatred and violence ... Walsh, who particularly criticized the Klan s anti-Catholic stance, cited a dozen acts of violence, including several murders... (Winona Daily News, MN)
Tuesday's segment will cover transportation, Wednesday's will deal with violence prevention and poverty, Thursday's will consider the economic climate and economic development, and Friday's will examine emergency planning and public art. But will people really sit through the entire speech when they could watch the new James Bond flick three times instead. (San Francisco Chronicle)
While the army played down violence by a "small number of indisciplined soldiers" directed against dealers in desperately-short foreign currency, the leader of the opposition said the country was completely collapsing. With the capital Harare without water for a second day running, staff at the city's main hospital stayed away from work. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ray Alexander Blevins, 22, Port Lavaca, arrested by CCSO for assault family violence Class A.. Tanya Lyn Brown, 36, Refugio, arrested by CCSO for tampering with government records. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
This is a difficult argument because no one wants to lose loved ones to the mindless violence of terrorists. For Australians, we should always follow the travel warnings issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
In the process he learned about himself and may have provided a new clue about how to stop violence among young people ... That s where he heard a presentation on the physiology of gunshot wounds and a speaker from Project Ujima, and that intrigued him enough to spend the 12 weeks of his summer school holiday researching youth violence ... There was a program in place for child abuse but not for youth violence, she said. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday called a halt to the move by the Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, to swear in chairmen and councillors whose elections on Thursday sparked off the violence that has left the city in ruins ... " To ensure that there are no reprisal attacks in other states, the President was said to have already enlisted the support of security chiefs, prominent religious, traditional rulers as well as political leaders across the country. But Jang, at another forum... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
fights teen dating violence ... fights teen dating violence Hampton state rep ... takes up issue of dating violence. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
MDC leader won the most votes in March elections but dropped out of the subsequent runoff, citing violence against MDC supporters. Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe of the ruling ZANU-PF signed a power-sharing deal in September, but it has failed to take effect as the MDC has refused to form a national unity government, accusing Mugabe of taking all the key ministries. (CNN -- World)
But the normally bustling street was half-empty, and business owners said customers were slow in returning to an area so close to the violence. The 60-hour attack, apparently carried out by 10 gunmen, exposed glaring weakness in India's security forces and police. (CBS News -- World)
Though school violence is rare in Washington, the fatal shooting at Foss High School in Tacoma likely will spur lawmakers to act during the upcoming legislative session ... While gun violence is still rare in Washington public schools, there have been notable exceptions. (Yahoo News -- School Violence)
She said the incident was more about street violence spilling over into the school's parking lot than an issue directly related to school safety. That sentiment was echoed by Principal Pearl Morgan, who oversees the school of about 2,300 students. (Yahoo News -- School Violence)
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Mothers who experience violence or aggression at the hands of an intimate partner are at greater risk for maltreating their children than mothers who do not experience intimate partner abuse. Intimate partner aggression and violence "impacts the whole family, raising health risks for children in the home as well as adult victims," Dr. Catherine A. Taylor told Reuters Health ... Moreover, the presence of intimate partner aggression and violence appears to confer a... (MEDLINEplus)
The review also called for the state to use certain criteria to evaluate an offender's potential to commit violence, such as the use of a gun in committing a crime, and to improve training of parole agents. "Recent tragedies have made clear that we must do a better job of evaluating and supervising parolees with a history of violence," Rendell said. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Teacher Japeth, 25, speaks to the BBC News website from his home in Jos where post-election violence has engulfed the central Nigerian city, leaving hundreds dead, as rival Christian and Muslim mobs attacked each other ... The violence continued until late that night and then on Saturday it began again at 0530 hours and went on until 2300 hours. (BBC News -- Africa)
Hospitals in a Nigerian city that was convulsed by lethal sectarian violence at the weekend are struggling to cope, say aid officials ... Violence flared on Friday amid claims an election had been rigged ... " Reinforcements The authorities have said about 200 people died but our correspondent says the death toll may be far higher. A mass burial of 238 bodies took place on Sunday, the AP news agency quotes witnesses as saying. A local imam at the mosque where Muslims brought their dead said the... (BBC News -- Africa)
Experts for decades have worried about the impact on young viewers of the violence and sexual content in some TV programs, movies and video games. Another issue is that kids are spending time sitting on a couch watching TV or playing computer games when they could be running around outside. (Newsmax)
This, by itself, has been bad enough Mugabe and his security services unleashed a campaign of violence that has killed more than 200 people when they lost control of parliament and Mugabe came second to Tsvangirai in a general election in March this year. But, in the context of Africa's worst countries, 200 deaths, despotism, brutality and the corruption of the regime elite is all too usual. (Time.com)
If we don't, the country could sink into an abyss of violence and disorder. The writer is a former director-general, BSF.. (India Times, India)
TIJUANA Following weeks of unprecedented violence in Tijuana, Mayor Jorge Ramos Monday made some major changes in his troubled police department, removing its top official, Alberto Capella Ibarra ... Capella was a corporate attorney who rose to public prominence as the leader of a statewide citizens committee that denounced corruption and violence in Baja California. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
"This is a new opportunity. We're very optimistic," said Daphne Jayasinghe, Amnesty International's acting advocacy director for Europe/Central Asia and violence against women. The human rights group is pushing for ratification of a UN document calling for an end to gender discrimination, as well as programs to counter violence against women and girls ... Biden's strong Senate record on combating violence against women domestically and abroad has brought him accolades from women's advocates. (Boston Globe)
"Despite Sunday's attack, and the continued danger and difficulty of reporting from Iraq, even as the violence levels there fall, NPR remains committed to full and complete coverage of this important story," NPR said. Use of so-called "sticky bombs" attached to cars, buses and trucks has become increasingly common in Baghdad. (Boston Globe)
Al Qaeda and Taliban militants have stepped up attacks on security forces, especially in the northwest, where Pakistan is trying to eliminate militant strongholds from where they orchestrate violence in Pakistan and Afghanistan. "The attacker was riding in a car packed with explosives. He blew up the car a few hundreds meters before the checkpost," said one of the military officials in the valley, who declined to be identified. (Boston Globe)
Political violence has added to the sense of drift bordering on anarchy that pervades the country's administration. Explosions yesterday hit the prime minister's compound, which protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy have held since August, an antigovernment television station, and a road near the main entrance to the occupied domestic airport. (Boston Globe)
Twenty people, including a governor and another civic leader, are behind bars for the violence, which erupted in four opposition-controlled regions when anti-Morales protesters stormed government buildings, sabotaged natural gas pipelines, and battled with the president's supporters. Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, boosted his political standing through his handling of the crisis while his opponents emerged weakened. (Boston Globe)
Amid the violence in his country, he often traveled in larger groups, tried not to stay on the job too late into the night and varied the roads he took to work. The Iraqi government sometimes sent security guards to watch his home. (MSNBC -- International)
The Friendship Center provides safe shelter and a broad range of support services to victims of domestic and sexual violence and their children. In 2007, the center served 1,046 survivors of these crimes, including over 300 children. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
At least 200 people have been killed in the Nigerian town of Jos after two days of violence, officials say ... The violence was sparked by accusations that an election had been rigged ... Buildings were burnt during the two days of violence. (BBC News)
Plus: Foreign-policy experts on what we need to do now; why India's terror attacks must serve as a wake-up call for the region; Al Gore on the future of energy, drug violence at the Mexico-Texas border; and "luxury shame" in recessionary times. (PRNewsFoto/NEWSWEEK) NEW YORK, NY UNITED STATES. (PR Newswire)
"This is a happy anniversary, but a reminder that we need to do more," said Sarah Brady, Chair of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ... The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is a national non-profit organization working to reduce the tragic toll of gun violence in America, through education, research, and legal advocacy ... The programs of the Brady Center complement the legislative and grassroots mobilization of its sister organization, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence with... (PR Newswire)
The city, across the frontier from El Paso in Texas, has seen spiralling violence this year, most of it connected with the drug industry ... Government officials say that the extreme violence in the last few months is a sign that the cartels are under pressure, and are increasingly fighting amongst themselves for fewer spoils. (BBC News -- Americas)
The violence shown in the attack, police said, was enough to warrant an aggravated assault conviction. The jury disagreed. (Daily Collegian, PA)
"Sexual violence against children has become more of a priority not only for law enforcement but for the Legislature, which is a good thing," he said. "It made the Legislature talk about a very difficult process that we go through every day, which is to do justice, and that can be very difficult for the people involved.". (Fox News)
I wish you the best of luck and remember, discipline should be your watchword," Maj. Gen. Obi said.Meanwhile, the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Lt. Colonel Mohammed Yerima, has also explained that the troops while in Jos would assist the police to contain the violence.His words: "As you are all aware of the current situation in Jos, we in the One Division are just supporting with two companies of soldiers, to aid the civil authorities in Jos ... Meanwhile, Vice President Goodluck... (allAfrica.com)
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