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Voice of America
Venezuelan Presidential Opponents Clash Over Crime Rate
Voice of America
At the root of the country's crime problem, experts say, is a proliferation of firearms and drugs, and a weak justice system that means the majority of offenses go unpunished. Among a spate of attacks on prominent victims, a U.S. Major League baseball ...

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Straits Times
Woman at centre of ex-SCDF chief's corruption trial takes the stand
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: The woman at the centre of the corruption trial of the former head of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Peter Lim Sin Pang, told the court that he had called to ask if her company carried radiation portal monitors shortly before a ...
Woman at centre of corruption trial first met ex-SCDF chief Peter Lim in 1996Straits Times
Woman at centre of ex-SCDF chief's corruption trial testifies in courtinSing.com News
Woman at centre of ex-SCDF chief Peter Lim's corruption trial arrives in courtAsiaOne

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Amid the talk of ammunition magazines and background checks , the New York Times susses out a perhaps less obvious element of the gun-control battle: domestic abusers and firearms. As it explains, only a smattering of states require that those with protection orders against them give up their guns. It shares...

Let's hope he's not a big reader. A 20-year-old man has been barred from "all the libraries on the face of the earth" for some rather inappropriate alleged behavior at one of them. Tyree S. Carter reportedly masturbated in a Wisconsin library last Wednesday morning; a criminal complaint says he...

WBFS
Former Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Cindi Hutchinson pleads guilty to ...
MiamiHerald.com
Hutchinson, 56, joins a growing list of Broward public officials charged with corruption cases for using their office to enrich themselves — including a school board member who stuffed bribes in a doggie bag at a restaurant. The most notable cases ...
Ex-Ft. Lauderdale official guilty of corruptionSan Francisco Chronicle
Fmr. Lauderdale Vice Mayor Pleads Guilty In Corruption CaseWBFS

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'Castle' videos: Murder and ghosts and more evil in 'Scared to Death'
Zap2it.com (blog)
You'd think that a murder would be sufficient evil for a mystery like "Castle." In the upcoming episode, "Scared to Death," however, we get the possibility of evil ghosts haunting their victims to death. Is Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion) about to be ...

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Adam Lanza was such an ardent fan of mass murderers that he kept a massive spreadsheet detailing their "accomplishments." Investigators searching the home Lanza shared with his mother found a 7-foot long, 4-foot wide spreadsheet—apparently printed using a special printer—listing roughly 500 past shooters, including their names, the...

Officers Break Up Riot On University Of Dayton Campus
WKRC TV Cincinnati
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Riot-equipped police were called out to quell an unruly pre-dawn St. Patrick's Day crowd at the University of Dayton. One non-student was arrested for underage drinking during the Sunday morning disturbance. No injuries were ...

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LETTERS: Bill parents for riot
Courier Mail
IT is stated (C-M, Mar 18) that Lord Mayor Graham Quirk plans to fine, jail or bill the teenager who hosted a party at Acacia Ridge on Saturday night, which ended in a riot. May I ask where the Lord Mayor thinks a teenager will find money to pay for ...

B92
"No progress in fight against corruption"
B92
"Over the past ten years, we have established new institutions, we have witness protection, we have ratified international documents, joined all associations, and what we need is genuine will and desire to do something about corruption. It takes an ...

Department of Defense
Southern Partnership Station Confronts Transnational Crime
Department of Defense
Southern Partnership Station Confronts Transnational Crime. By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service. WASHINGTON, March 18, 2013 – Working with three Central American counterparts to help them build capability to counter transnational criminals, ...

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The Independent
Joss Stone murder-plot accused on trial
The Independent
Kevin Liverpool and Junior Bradshaw are accused of driving from Manchester in a Fiat Punto to near Miss Stone's home in Devon in June 2011. They deny charges of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to cause GBH and conspiracy to rob. Outlining the case at ...
Joss Stone murder plot: Accused pair 'had sword'BBC News
Joss Stone murder plot: gang 'conspired to rob and kill'Telegraph.co.uk
Stone murder-plot accused on trialBelfast Telegraph
Digital Spy -ITV News
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Venezuela election rivals clash over crime
Reuters
The Venezuelan government concedes the country suffers more violent crime than most of the region. But it accuses opposition politicians of exaggerating the problem and shamelessly stoking fears to tarnish Chavez's socialist "revolution." Capriles ...

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BBC News
Zambia: Rupiah Banda questioned over corruption
BBC News
Zambia's ex-President Rupiah Banda has appeared before an official panel to answer allegations of corruption during his three year in power. Police barricaded roads leading to the national anti-drugs offices in the capital Lusaka, where Mr Banda was ...
Zambian ex-president appears before corruption probeYahoo! News (blog)
Zambian ex-leader Banda summoned in corruption probeReuters
Zambia parliament strips ex-president of immunityWall Street Journal (blog)
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Two hit-and-run deaths in rural Mississippi just a few miles apart highlight a disturbing problem about data collection on possible hate crimes.

The soap opera that is Lindsay Lohan offers more drama after the actress missed a Sunday night flight to Los Angeles where she goes on trial Monday morning.

Yahoo! Singapore News
Bangladesh umpire gets 10-year ban for corruption
Yahoo! Singapore News
"The ICC takes no pleasure from the fact an umpire has been found to have acted inappropriately and sanctioned accordingly, however, the decision reflects the commitment of the ICC and its members to root out corruption from our great sport," ICC chief ...

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Salon
(AP) — Jurors are returning to court for closing arguments in the murder trial of a 75-year-old Detroit-area woman who fatally shot her teen grandson. Sandra Layne says she shot 17-year-old Jonathan Hoffman in self-defense after he demanded $2,000 and ...

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Cricket365.com (blog)
Bangladesh board bans umpire for 10 years for corruption
Times of India
"The ICC takes no pleasure from the fact an umpire has been found to have acted inappropriately and sanctioned accordingly, however, the decision reflects the commitment of the ICC and its members to root out corruption from our great sport," ICC chief ...
Umpire banned for 10 yearsHerald Sun
Bangladeshi umpire banned for corruptionCricket365.com (blog)
Corruption: Bangladesh empire Nadir Shah banned for ten yearsFrontier Post

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ABC News
Sarai Sierra Murder Suspect Arrested In Syria And Allegedly Confesses To ...
Huffington Post
A man holds her photo at the left as people carry the casket of murdered New York woman Sarai Sierra from the Surp Yerrortutyun church to an ambulances in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. Sierra, a 33-year-old mother of two, went missing ...
Sarai Sierra Murder Suspect Detained in TurkeyABC News
'I regret what I did,' Sierra murder suspect says after being brought to IstanbulHurriyet Daily News
Turkish Murder Suspect DetainedDaily Beast
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