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The Philippine government was under the impression that Syrian rebels would release 21 UN monitors today—but that hasn't happened, it says. Officials say the rebels maintain that they won't release the monitors until Syrian government forces exit the Jamlah area, near the Golan Heights. "I don't know exactly know...

Slate Magazine (blog)
Violent Crime on Indian Reservations Is Up, But Prosecutions Are Down
Slate Magazine (blog)
Generally, the federal government grants native tribes jurisdiction over many crimes committed on their reservations. The federal government shares jurisdiction in the case of major or violent crimes like murder, rape, and assault with a deadly weapon.

Address root cause of corruption
Inquirer.net
Another election is upon us and politicians are again courting the people's votes. Like in past elections, lots of promises are being made only to be broken. Yet, people continue to vote them into office. And, sad to say, corruption in government is so ...

Gruesome murder trial continues Friday
Providence Eyewitness News
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- The murder trial of a Johnston man accused of murdering his common-law wife Stacie Dorego, continues in court Friday. Donald Greenslit, 52, is accused of stabbing Dorego, 39, to death, dismembering her body, then trying to ...

Riot in the streets, at a desk, in your hand: An indie documentary game
Joystiq
"Riots are powerful. They are moments in which lots of different people blend into a unique and cohesive mass to fight for their freedom. It is something that you cannot pursue for yourself, but only for a greater good. How can that not be incredibly ...

Anti-corruption spirit needed
Bangkok Post
Independent organisations alone will never be able to eradicate corruption if Thai people themselves do not embrace the fight, say crusaders for good governance. A strong opposition to corruption needs to be implanted in all Thai people from childhood ...

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Independent Online
SA govt to fast-track corruption cases
South Africa.info
The South African government is to set up an anti-corruption bureau to fast-track disciplinary cases in the public sector, Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu announced on Thursday. Speaking at a breakfast media briefing in Cape ...
More power in the anti-corruption fightNews24
Sisulu gives some detail on anti-corruption bureauCitizen
'Single bill not centralisation'The New Age Online
Mail & Guardian Online -AllAfrica.com
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Aljazeera.com
S African police officers charged with murder
Aljazeera.com
Nine police officers in South Africa have been charged with the murder of a taxi driver who was dragged from a police vehicle and later found dead. Mido Macia, a 27-year-old taxi driver from Mozambique, was found dead in police custody on February 27 ...
South African officers charged with murder in man's draggingCNN
South Africa: 8 police officers charged with murder of taxi driver seek bail ...Washington Post
SA Taxi Driver Murder Suspects Appear In CourtSky News
BBC News -Eyewitness News -Times LIVE
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Nowhere is the human toll of our American consumption more obvious than in the United States/Mexico border region. And nowhere is the border nightmare more clearly visible than in Ciudad Juárez. Also obvious is the passion and resilience of the residents. Ryan J. Bell http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-j-bell/

DINWIDDIE, Va. -- A Virginia State Police trooper was shot and killed during a traffic stop off Interstate 85 Thursday and a suspect was arrested... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-campbell/

The Australian Financial Review
Anti-corruption body is essential
The Australian
Ongoing fallout from an unfathomable blunder by the CMC in giving carte blanche public access to sensitive criminal-intelligence files from the Fitzgerald inquiry era could reshape the anti-corruption landscape. It is no secret that the CMC and its ...
CMC boss Ross Martin left the anti-corruption body yesterday because of ill-healthCourier Mail
Qld corruption agency boss quitsThe Australian Financial Review
Qld Govt calls for resignation of corruption watchdog chairmanABC Local
NEWS.com.au -The Daily Telegraph -Herald Sun
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euronews
Russian police detain several Pussy Riot supporters
GlobalPost
MOSCOW, March 8 (Reuters) - Russian police detained several activists protesting on Friday against the incarceration of the punk rockers Pussy Riot in a demonstration timed to take place on International Women's Day. The street-art collective Voina ...
Human rights ombudsman seeks to overturn Pussy Riot convictionRussia Beyond The Headlines

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As a true crime historian who has written about some of America's most heinous serial killers, I have encountered (thankfully only on paper) criminals whose enormities beggar the imagination. Harold Schechter http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harold-schechter/

Why did some kids give in and start down that slippery slope of evil, while others resisted and stayed on the right side of that line separating good from evil? Dr. Philip Zimbardo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-philip-zimbardo/

Evil is not simple and does not fit in a box; it manifests itself in many shapes and forms, from the victim who becomes a torturer, the Nazi who follows orders, and the psychopath who kills without remorse, to the bystander who remains silent in the face of terrible injustice. Marina Nemat http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marina-nemat/

Adjaye reveals images of post-riot Hackney fashion hub
Architects' Journal
Shop fronts, retail units and railway arches around Chatham Place – close to the centre of the summer 2011 riots in the area – will be transformed into a new fashion hub. According to the project's backers, the idea is based on the success of Bicester ...

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The Times of Israel
Palestinians riot on Temple Mount
The Times of Israel
Israeli police entered Jerusalem's Temple Mount on Friday to disperse hundreds of Palestinians who were throwing rocks. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Palestinian worshipers rioted after Friday Muslim prayers at the holy site in the Old City.
Palestinian demonstrator dies two week after being shot at riotSt. Louis Jewish Light

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Daughter of Pussy Riot member visits mother in prison
Russia Beyond The Headlines
It has been a year since Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the punk group Pussy Riot, was arrested. Radio Liberty journalist Masha Gessen traveled with the prisoner's husband, father and daughter for a meeting in the prison camp in Mordovia, where ...

Human rights ombudsman seeks to overturn Pussy Riot conviction
Russia Beyond The Headlines
Russia's human rights ombudsman, Vladimir Lukin, has filed a motion asking for the conviction of the punk band Pussy Riot to be overturned. Legal experts note that Lukin's interventions have frequently helped defendants obtain repeals or revisions of ...

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Anti-corruption crusade needed
Bangkok Post
Independent organisations alone will never be able to eradicate corruption if Thai people themselves do not embrace the fight, say crusaders for good governance. A strong opposition to corruption needs to be implanted in all Thai people from childhood ...