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"Law & Order: SVU" fans got a healthy dose of "ripped from the headlines" last week when the long-running crime series featured a pseudo Rihanna-Chris... Liat Kornowski http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liat-kornowski/

Without dispute, the Sandy Hook shootings were despicable and inhumane. But in light of this clear trend, can we reasonably call the shootings "unimaginable" or "unfathomable?" Ravital Segal http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ravital-segal/

Garfield police bust Lucchese crime family associate in rash of commercial ...
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GARFIELD — Police nabbed a city man with ties to the Lucchese crime family they say is responsible for a spate of commercial burglaries in recent weeks. According to Capt. Darren Sucorowski, 37-year-old Gianni Iacovo was already a suspect in the ...

Fans rampage in Cairo after soccer riot verdict
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CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed the death sentences against 21 people for taking part in a deadly soccer riot but acquitted seven police officials for their alleged role in the violence. Suspected fans enraged by the verdict ...

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Unrest in Egypt over Port Said football riot sentences
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Rival football fans in Egypt have protested over sentences handed down over riots at a match in Port Said in February last year. The court upheld 21 death sentences and handed down prison terms to other defendants over the violence, which claimed 74 ...

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Violence flares over Egypt football riot sentences
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Rival football fans in Egypt have been protesting angrily over sentences handed down over deadly riots at a match in Port Said in February 2012. The court upheld 21 death sentences and handed down prison terms to other defendants over the violence, ...

Facebook party riot: Police criticised
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The Hague - Police and the mayor of a sleepy Dutch town "failed" in their handling of a riot triggered when thousands attended a party after receiving a Facebook invitation meant to be private, a probe found on Friday. Some 4 000 revellers descended ...

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MEC to act on KZN housing corruption
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Woodglaze Trading – linked to controversial businessman Jay Singh – the company that is behind the development of thousands of housing units across the Phoenix area, has been in the spotlight for poor building workmanship, allegations of corruption in ...

Raw Story
New Miss Russia defends jailed Pussy Riot punks
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The new Miss Russia took the unusual step Saturday of contradicting President Vladimir Putin by denouncing the jailing of two members of the Pussy Riot female punk band who performed a protest song in a church. Eighteen-year-old Elmira Abdrazakova ...
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Egyptian Court Confirms Death Sentences in Soccer Riot
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General Samak was the most senior of nine security officials tried for their part in the riot. Another police official, a colonel, was also sentenced to 15 years. Seven others were acquitted, a decision that led enraged protesters to torch the soccer ...
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Court confirms death sentences for Egyptian riot
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Egyptian protesters torched buildings in Cairo and tried unsuccessfully to disrupt shipping on the Suez Canal, as a court ruling on a soccer riot led to widespread unrest. The ruling enraged residents of Port Said by confirming death sentences imposed ...

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Riot in Cairo after confirmation of death sentences for 21 soccer fans
Hurriyet Daily News
An Egyptian court confirmed on Saturday death sentences handed down to 21 football fans for their role in a stadium riot which killed dozens of people in Port Said last year, a case which has provoked violent protests in the Suez Canal city. REUTERS ...

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Zeman pledges to tackle crime, corruption and far-right factions
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The Czech Republic's new president, Milos Zeman, has vowed to fight crime, corruption and nationalism and to stabilise the country's fractious political scene, despite predictions the plain-speaking left-winger is likely to clash with Prague's wobbly ...
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Egypt confirms death sentences for football riot
GlobalPost
An Egyptian court on Saturday upheld death sentences for 21 defendants over a deadly football riot in Port Said, in a case that has already sparked widespread violence and threats of further unrest. The court, sitting in Cairo for security reasons ...

Voice of America
Egyptian Court Upholds Death Sentences in Football Riot
Voice of America
An Egyptian court has upheld death the sentences of 21 people for their role in a football (soccer) riot last year that killed more than 70 people. The court also issued life sentences Saturday to five defendants. Lesser prison terms were handed down ...

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Egypt court confirms soccer riot death sentences
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The court also sentenced the city's former security chief, Maj. Gen. Essam Samak, to 15 years in prison. Samak was the most senior of nine security officials tried for their part in the riot. Another police official, a colonel, was also sentenced to 15 ...
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Gun violence is an urban problem. Gun violence is a suburban, small town, and rural problem. Gun violence is a problem in states with strong gun laws because guns still travel in from states next door. Marian Wright Edelman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/

Egypt Court Upholds Death Sentences for Port Said Soccer Riot
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Protesters in Cairo set fire to the headquarters of Egypt's soccer federation and a police social club after a court acquitted most of the police officers charged over rioting by sports fans in Port Said. Clashes elsewhere in the capital left two dead ...

Egypt court issues verdicts for Port Said soccer riot
Deutsche Welle
The Cairo court on Saturday sentenced five people to live in prison and 11 others to 15-year jail terms, over a 2011 soccer riot between fans of the al-Ahly and al-Masry soccer clubs that killed 74 people. Among those condemned to prison, former Port ...

Irish Times
PSNI officers injured in riot
Irish Times
PSNI officers injured in riot. The cost of policing the continuing union flag protests in Northern Ireland has soared to over #15 million (?17.5 million). Related. Unionist parties 'drove flag protests' | 02/03/2013 · Governments urge support for PSNI ...

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