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MOGADISHU, Somalia — The Somali government has charged a woman who has said she was raped by security forces, according to an international human rights... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jade-walker/

The Guardian
Pimlico stabbing: man arrested on suspicion of murder
The Guardian
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a teenager believed to have been attacked by a gang wielding swords and knives. Hani Abou El Kheir, 16, died from multiple stab wounds after he was set upon on in Pimlico, central London ...
Man arrested on suspicion of murder over Pimlico 'sword' stabbing of 16-year ...Metro
Pimlico Stabbing: Man Arrested on Suspicion of Murder of Hani Hicham Abou El ...IBTimes.co.uk

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Teen murder suspect in shooting near Linden-McKinley to be evaluated
Columbus Dispatch
Franklin County Juvenile Court Judge Terri Jamison ordered the evaluation yesterday for Shyquan D. Washington, 17, who faces a delinquency charge of murder in the death of 15-year-old Kaewaun D. Coleman. Defense attorney Daniel Fletcher filed a ...

The man suspected of holding a 6-year-old hostage in his Alabama bunker was due in court yesterday in a separate case: Jimmy Lee Dykes allegedly shot at his neighbors in a December property feud. A standoff between police and Dykes continues, with Dykes reportedly in the bunker with the boy....

Washington Post
China sentences 2 Tibetans on murder charge for inciting self-immolations in ...
Washington Post
BEIJING — A Chinese court convicted two Tibetan men of murder and handed out harsh sentences Thursday over accusations they incited others to self-immolate, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The court in Aba prefecture in the southwestern province ...
Tibetans guilty of murder for 'inciting immolations'BBC News
China convicts Tibetan burning 'inciters' of murderBangkok Post

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Philadelphia Inquirer
Surveillance cameras prove helpful in crime probes
Philadelphia Inquirer
To city officials and law-enforcement experts, the footage offered another reminder of the crucial, ever-growing role that surveillance cameras play in helping authorities fight - and solve - crime. "I don't think we needed this incident to remind us ...

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The Guardian
Chinese protesters plead guilty after water pollution riot in Qidong
The Guardian
Fourteen people have pleaded guilty to encouraging a riot in eastern China last year in which scores of police were hurt and the local Communist party chief was stripped half-naked in a mass protest that ultimately forced the scrapping of a wastewater ...
14 charged over riot in Qidong, Jiangsu province, plead guiltySouth China Morning Post

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CNN's Anderson Cooper looks at a bizarre story out of Georgia, where police say workers stole $65,000 in chicken wings.

Opinion: Hate crime legislation has good intentions, but falls flat
LSU The Reveille
Levy said Congress defines a hate crime as a criminal act “in which the defendant's conduct was motivated by hatred, bias, or prejudice, based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation ...

Disease of corruption possibly fatal to country
Malaysia Kini
Honourable Justice KG Balakrishnan once said "the pervasive culture of graft provokes pessimism about the quality of governance", and turns every social institution upside down. There is no doubt that corruption causes massive human deprivation and ...

Efficient way to fight crime: Just go where the crashes are
KATU
When Clark County sheriff's deputies combined a map showing traffic collisions (in red) and a map showing property crimes (light blue) they found the dark-blue areas, which are high crime, high traffic collision areas. Police say they can then ...