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Advocate.com
FBI investigating whether slaying was a hate crime
Hattiesburg American
In response to requests for a hate crime investigation after last week's murder of openly gay Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian, the FBI said Wednesday it will get involved. The agency “is aware of the case, has been monitoring the state ...
Sheriff: No Hate Crime Investigation for Slain Gay CandidateAdvocate.com
Congressman, national civil rights group demand hate-crime probe into ...Jackson Clarion Ledger
Family: Miss. mayoral candidate's death a hate crimeUSA TODAY
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More power in the anti-corruption fight
News24
The anti-corruption unit in the department would be re-modelled into an Anti-Corruption Bureau, which is based on a system used by the Tanzanian government. Sisulu said the current system did not have enough "muscle and power" to make it effective ...
Sisulu gives some detail on anti-corruption bureauCitizen

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Village residents opposed to gold mine Greek clash with riot police, claim ...
Edmonton Journal
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Residents of a northern Greek village who object to the construction of a gold mine have clashed with riot police, with some complaining that police fired tear gas into a school. Police have been conducting frequent searches in ...

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Residents of Nelson, Ga., could soon have more than the right to bear arms—they could be legally required to, reports WSB-TV . With just one police officer in the 1,300-person town that straddles two counties, Nelson residents face long police response times, so local officials are introducing the Family...

Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to a year in prison today in his wiretapping case, but don't look for him to be wearing stripes anytime soon, Reuters reports. He can appeal the decision, and a jail term won't start until all possible appeals are exhausted, ANSA explains. This sentence is related...

Link Riot: 'The Hangover' Meets 'Harry Potter'
NextMovie (blog)
... ]. • 10 things you probably didn't know about the land of "Oz" -- starting with it's actually somewhere on Earth. [ScreenCrush]. • Behold the full feature lineup for the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. [Film.com]. • Here are all of the "Catching Fire ...

Canton crime rate declines, fire calls up
Hometownlife.com
Major crimes in Canton have steadily declined since 2009, mirroring a national trend that local officials say often differs from public perceptions of worsening crime rates. Canton reported 1,245 incidents of serious crimes, including robbery, burglary ...

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NDTV
UP policeman's murder: CBI registers case against Raja Bhaiya
NDTV
Uttar Pradesh, Kunda: The CBI has registered four different cases in the murder of senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq and two others who were shot dead on Saturday in the constituency of former Uttar Pradesh minister, Raja Bhaiya. The politician will be ...
UP cop killing: CBI slaps murder charges on Raja BhaiyaHindustan Times
Centre hands over Pratapgarh DSP murder case to CBI, books Raja Bhaiya for ...Deccan Chronicle
DSP murder: CBI names Raja Bhaiya in FIRIBNLive
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Times LIVE
Sisulu gives some detail on anti-corruption bureau
Times LIVE
The anti-corruption unit in the department would be re-modelled into an Anti-Corruption Bureau, which is based on a system used by the Tanzanian government. Sisulu said the current system did not have enough "muscle and power" to make it effective ...
Dept to track corrupt officialsiAfrica.com

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MILAN -- A Milan court on Thursday convicted former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi of breach of confidentiality for the illegal publication of wiretapped conversations related... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jade-walker/

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Jailed Pussy Riot Member Seeks Parole
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Russian immigration officials stopped a performance based on the Pussy Riot trial at Moscow's Sakharov Center on March 3 to examine the papers of the show's Swiss director. TEXT SIZE - +. March 07, 2013. Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, ...
Jailed Pussy Riot punk seeks paroleThe Australian
Moscow City Court to Hear Pussy Riot AppealThe Moscow Times
No penalty for prison rules violation for Pussy Riot's TolokonnikovaRAPSI

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CBS Local
Detroit Police Search For 2011 Murder Suspect
CBS Local
DETTROIT (WWJ) - Detroit police are asking the public for help in locating a 25-year-old man wanted in the 2011 murder of a man whose body was found after a fire at a vacant garage. A warrant was signed Wednesday charging Antowan Stitts with murder.

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Corruption watchdog accused
The Age
A top official from Victoria's new anti-corruption commission has quit only weeks into his job after he was accused by a colleague of intimidation and harassment. Fairfax Media has also learnt that some investigators from the Independent Broad-based ...

NDTV
UP policeman Zia-ul-Haq's murder: CBI registers four cases
NDTV
Kunda, Uttar Pradesh: The CBI has registered four different cases in the murder of senior police officer Zia-ul-Haq and two others who were shot dead on Saturday in the constituency of former Uttar Pradesh minister, Raja Bhaiya. The politician was ...
Centre hands over Uttar Pradesh DSP murder case to CBI, FIRs soonTimes of India
CBI names Raja Bhaiyya in DSP murder caseZee News
UP DSP murder: How shocking revelations embarrass AkhileshOneindia
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Village residents opposed to gold mine Greek clash with riot police, claim ...
Montreal Gazette
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Residents of a northern Greek village who object to the construction of a gold mine have clashed with riot police, with some complaining that police fired tear gas into a school. Police have been conducting frequent searches in ...

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A young, ambitious ballerina appears to be at the center of the January acid attack on Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin, reports the New York Times . Anzhelina Vorontsova, described by the paper as a "luminous blonde," made a splash when she was discovered at 16. Filin brought her to...

AZFamily
Man facing murder charges after human remains found in Phoenix yard
AZFamily
PHOENIX -- A Valley man is facing murder charges in connection with the discovery of two bodies in a Phoenix yard earlier this week. Police said Alan Matthew Champagne, 42, was rebooked into the Maricopa County Jail Wednesday on two counts of first ...

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Morning Advantage: Putting an End to Corruption
blogs.hbr.org (blog)
In 2010, the U.N. estimates, some $1.5 trillion in bribes wiped out more than 5% of global GDP. And by 2015, this Foreign Affairs article predicts, the total value of goods lost to counterfeiting and piracy will balloon from 2008's $650 billion to $1 ...

Sky News Australia
Jailed Pussy Riot punk seeks parole
The Australian
JAILED Pussy Riot performer Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, serving a two-year sentence in a Russian prison camp, has asked to be released on parole, Russian media quoted her lawyer as saying. Tolokonnikova, 23, has asked a regional court that she be ...
Higher Moscow court to hear Pussy Riot appealOakland Press
Pussy Riot's Tolokonnikova seeks parole on grounds of having young childRAPSI

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Ex-Kyrgyz Minister Jailed For Corruption
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
BISHKEK -- A Kyrgyz court has convicted former Social Protection Minister Ravshan Sabirov of corruption and sentenced him to five years in prison. The Bishkek City Court ruled that Ravshan Sabirov will serve his term in a maximum-security prison and ...

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