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The Canberra Times
Enlist fans in corruption fight
The Canberra Times
It will not eliminate it entirely, of course, since there will always be individuals who believe they can outwit the system, as well as unscrupulous club owners, coaches, and sports doctors or scientists who are prepared to corrupt or hoodwink young ...
NZ sport clouded by Australian corruptionStuff.co.nz
Damning report points finger of blame at leaders of each gameIllawarra Mercury

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Livemint
Riot police fire water cannon at rape protest in Kerala
Livemint
Women activists staging a Protest, demanding resignation of P.J. Kurien, deputy speaker of state's upper house, for alleged involvement in Suryanelli rape case, in front of the Kerala High Court at Kochi on Thursday. Photo: PTI ...

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Riot police fire water cannon at India rape protest
thejournal.ie
RIOT POLICE FIRED water cannon today 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. PJ Kurien, 72, the deputy speaker of the state's upper house, was ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Court Upholds Prison Reprimands Against Pussy Riot Member
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Two other reprimands, for getting up late and for rudeness toward a labor camp official, were dismissed. Alyokhina is one of three Pussy Riot members sentenced for performing a song last year at a Moscow cathedral, protesting President Vladimir Putin's ...
Pussy Riot Appeal Conviction to European CourtTIME
Russia court cancels Pussy Riot punk's prison reprimandsGlobalPost
Pussy Riot Appeals to European CourtWall Street Journal
TVNZ -Gay Star News
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The California resort town of Big Bear Lake has had a rough night. Los Angeles police officers have visited more than half the area's homes as they search for ex-cop Christopher Dorner ; they're telling locals not to answer their doors unless they're sure who's calling, ABC News reports. Meanwhile, surveillance...

China's Anti-Corruption Drive Hits New Year Sales
NBCNews.com (blog)
China's new leaders, who officially take the helm in March, have been sensitive to growing criticism of government corruption. Incoming President Xi Jinping has promised to go after tainted officials no matter the rank. He has also called on Communist ...

Police continued the massive manhunt for Christopher Dorner, a former officer who said he is bent on vengeance after being forced out.

Riot police fire water cannon at India rape protestors
Channel News Asia
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India: Riot police fired water cannon on 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 deputy speaker ...

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China's Anti-Corruption Drive Hits New Year Sales
CNBC.com
China's new leaders, who officially take the helm in March, have been sensitive to growing criticism of government corruption. Incoming president Xi Jinping has promised to go after tainted officials no matter the rank. He has also called on Communist ...

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KATC Lafayette News
Crime up 2.4% in city last year
The Daily Advertiser
Reported crimes were up in the city of Lafayette by 2.4 percent last year, according to Uniform Crime Report statistics released Thursday by the Lafayette Police Department. Most troubling — and most unpredictable, Police Chief Jim Craft said — is ...
Police: Lafayette Saw Crime Increase in 2012KATC Lafayette News

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San Francisco Chronicle
Anti-corruption advisers challenge FIFA to change
San Francisco Chronicle
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 football's world governing body. The advisory panel published a slate of ...
FIFA Launches Website to Fight CorruptionABC News
Anti-corruption advisers challenge FifaSuperSport (blog)
Anti-corruption guru slams FIFABigPond Sport
The Star Online -Sowetan -Indian Express
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More potential clues in the case of the poisoned lottery winner: Urooj Khan had recently arranged his finances so that, should he die, his wife would receive his share in a dry cleaning business, the Chicago Tribune reports. The news comes following word that his family is battling over his...

Is it a game or a crime?
Philadelphia Inquirer
One might think it strange when a victim is criticized for enlisting police to help catch a relentless intruder, but this is where modern American criminal law has brought us. To give another example, illegal entry into the United States is a crime ...

Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Former murder suspect Angel Villalona obtains work visa, headed to camp with ...
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
(AP)Three and a half years after being charged with murder in the Dominican Republic, Angel Villalona is on his way back to the United States to continue his pursuit of a playing career in Major League Baseball. Baseball America's Ben Badler, who has ...
Angel Villalona, former murder suspect, to rejoin SF GiantsSan Francisco Chronicle (blog)
Angel Villalona, once charged with murder, to join Giants in campCBS sports.com (blog)
Former murder suspect Angel Villalona gets travel visa, will be in Giants' campNBCSports.com

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EDITORIAL: Follow East Chicago's lead on violent crime
nwitimes.com
East Chicago is a city long plagued by crime, political corruption and betrayal of public trust by some past mayors and other city officials. So when decisions are made by a contemporary administration that improve conditions and residents' lives in ...

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First Bell defendant takes stand in corruption trial
Los Angeles Times
Teresa Jacobo on Thursday became the first defendant to take the stand in the corruption case of six Bell council members accused of raiding the city treasury by drawing extraordinary salaries. Slightly built and not quite 5 feet tall, Jacobo testified ...

Google News

2012 sees rise in city crime rates
Daily Californian
The city of Berkeley has seen an 11 percent increase in violent and property crimes for 2012 after four years of falling crime rates. According to the city's annual crime report, submitted by Berkeley Police Department Chief Michael Meehan, there has ...

Newark woman accused in crime spree that included carjacking and hit-and-run ...
Inside Bay Area
FREMONT -- Police say a Newark woman went on a crime spree that began with a fight and a carjacking and ended after at least four hit-and-run crashes on area streets. The chaos began about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday when employees at Centerville Saw and ...

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iAfrica.com
Pussy Riot eyes top rights court
iAfrica.com
Two jailed members of punk band Pussy Riot have taken their case to Europe's top rights court, arguing that their rights to freedom of speech and a fair trial have been violated, their lawyer said on Thursday. "A complaint has been sent to the European ...

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Rick Perez will be new crime lab director
Canton Repository
The city lowered the job qualifications for the director of the Canton-Stark County Crime Lab and then hand-picked a retired county sheriff's investigator for the post without advertising the vacancy. Rick Perez was hired this week and will make $70 ...