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DAWN.com
Shahzeb murder case: Medical board completes report on Jatoi's age
DAWN.com
KARACHI: A seven-member team of doctors tasked to determine the age of the prime suspect in the Shahzeb Khan murder case has finished compiling its findings in a report to be presented in court on Monday. The seven-member board of doctors on ...
Shahzeb Khan murder: Medical board declares Shahrukh Jatoi not a minorThe Express Tribune
Shahzeb Khan murder: Shahrukh Jatoi is 19 years old, says reportNews Tribe

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The News International
Bokhari stresses upon need to overcome corruption
The News International
Addressing a seminar, jointly organized by NAB and Transparency International, in a hotel here on Saturday, Bokhari said that unfortunately, various politicians wanted to make more money while the institutions fighting against the corruption are being ...
NAB chief claims institutions being used as political ammunitionDAWN.com

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WBIR-TV
2 arrested in 1977 cold case murder of Texas Army officer
Fox News
EL PASO, Texas – Investigators in West Texas say they've solved the murder of an Army Green Beret who was found with a fractured skull and stab wounds in an El Paso County desert in 35 years ago. The El Paso Times reports that Lisbeth Garrett, 74, was ...
Man arrested in Knoxville; wanted for 1977 murder in TexasWATE-TV
Woman charged with murder for 1977 slaying worked at YISDKFOX El Paso
Man arrested in Knoxville in connection with '77 murder of Army officerWBIR-TV
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The Weekly Standard
Culture of Corruption
The Weekly Standard
Caribbean-based company ICSSI had seen its lucrative contract to X-ray the cargo entering the Dominican Republic languish for years when, in 2011, it began searching for an investor with political pull. Perhaps someone with the right connections would ...
Evidence Could Get US Senator Involved in CorruptionPrensa Latina

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Tampabay.com
Death recommended for double murder
MiamiHerald.com
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A jury has recommended that a former MacDill Air Force Base sergeant should be put to death for murdering his former lover and their 15-month-old son. Pinellas County jurors voted 7-5 Friday in favor of the death penalty for ...
Jury recommends death in Wright double-murder caseTampabay.com
Former MacDill sergeant convicted of murder asks to address juryNorthwest News and Tribune

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Dos Palos: Property crime down, but violent crime rises
Merced Sun-Star
But other crimes spiked last year. Aggravated assaults increased to 48 in 2012 from 17 in 2011, according to data from the Dos Palos Police Department. Much of the violent crime can be attributed to gangs, Mann said. Reversing their influence is going ...

Families share grief — but differ on the death penalty
Baltimore Sun
Adding their voices will be the families of murder victims, people who — like Richardson and Spikes — have come to profoundly different conclusions about the wisdom and morality of the state putting killers to death. Wishing 'a vile creature could ...

abc7news.com
Vigil held for murdered teen found in Fairfield park
abc7news.com
Officials identified 32-year-old Anthony Lamar Jones early on as a suspect. Investigators say they had him under round-the-clock surveillance. Police say Jones was booked on murder, kidnapping to commit rape, rape, and lewd or lascivious acts on a child.
Fairfield: Man, 32, facing murder, rape charges in death of teen girlContra Costa Times
Fairfield police make arrest in teen's murder caseKTVU San Francisco
Man Arrested in Teen's Death to be Charged with Murder, RapeKTXL

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Newsday
Corruption scandal new worry for hard-hit Spain
Newsday
MADRID - (AP) -- It's not as though Spain doesn't have enough to worry about-- two years of recession, harsh austerity programs, sky-high unemployment and an unstable footing on the world's markets. Now comes a corruption scandal that has shaken the ...
Spain gripped by 'corruption' scandalBBC News
Spanish party treasurer grilled as corruption scandal growsThe Independent
Spain Borrowing Costs Rise Amid Corruption AllegationsBloomberg
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Newsday
Anti-corruption advisers challenge FIFA to change
Newsday
GENEVA - (AP) -- FIFA's anti-corruption advisers urged president Sepp Blatter's executive committee on Friday to "demonstrate leadership" and resist attempts to dilute reforms of soccer's world governing body. The advisory panel published a slate of ...
FIFA Governance Report Welcomes Progress, Says More Reform NeededWall Street Journal (blog)

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Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Riot police fire water cannon at India rape protest
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Feb 8, (AFP): Riot police fired water cannon Friday at hundreds of protestors in the Indian state of Kerala demanding the resignation of a lawmaker over allegations he raped a schoolgirl 17 years ago. P.J. Kurien, 72, the ...

Guest Commentary: Responding to hate crime close to home
Memphis Commercial Appeal
It also raises a number of important questions: What distinguishes a hate crime from other offenses? How should we respond to such a crime? How do our experiences with anti-Semitism, racism and other hatreds shape the way we view a hate crime?

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Hearing set in NAPA driver's murder
Yuma Sun
Another court date has been scheduled for a gang member accused of the 2009 murder of a NAPA Auto Parts delivery driver from San Diego who was making an early morning delivery in Somerton when he was beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed to ...

Mexico City murder ties back to Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
The murder of Guillermo “Montes” Jiminez-Flores happened thousands of miles away in Mexico City, but prosecutors say it was driven by the much less well understood multi-million dollar racket in fake IDs, right here on Chicago's Southwest side. Even as ...

Honduras' government deploys soldiers to help fight crime in 2 biggest, most ...
Fox News
Lobo says the soldiers will coordinate with police to patrol neighborhoods that are hotspots for crime. He says 800 soldiers have been assigned to Tegucigalpa and 600 to San Pedro Sula. National Police Director Juan Bonilla says this is part of a ...

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Boston Globe
Dorchester man ordered held without bail in death
Boston Globe
A 23-year-old Dorchester man with a lengthy criminal history was charged Friday with first-degree murder in an unusual prosecution that links his alleged firing at several people to the death of a man who fled unscathed but succumbed to an asthma ...
Dorchester man charged with murder for asthma deathBoston Herald

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Jakarta Post
Golkar executive charged with corruption
Jakarta Post
Graft suspect: Riau Governor Rusli Zainal briefs the media after being questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Friday. (Antara/Wahyu Putro). The country's antigraft commission has named Riau Governor Rusli Zainal, who is ...

Crime Stoppers: Police search for man wanted on aggravated battery charges
Bloomington Pantagraph
BLOOMINGTON — McLean County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help in finding a man wanted on aggravated battery charges. Foster L. Shelby, 23, last of the 900 block of North Roosevelt Avenue, Bloomington, is 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 180 ...

Newsday
Man charged with wife's murder has long rap sheet
Newsday
On April 17, 2011, Diane Reed's ex-con husband, Leonard, grabbed her by the neck, threw her to the floor, kicked her in the head, and when she tried to stand up, struck her with "a blunt object," according to court records. But, according to a law ...

Jurors in Mueller murder trial to deliberate this weekend
Denver Post
Investigators found Mueller's story allegedly did not fit with forensic evidence and he was charged with her murder early last year. During five weeks of trial testimony, experts in hydrology and human motion testified that Leslie Mueller's injuries ...

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