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State agency hands out emergency shelter funds: Seeking An End To Homelessness: Local programs for the homeless and domestic violence victims were awarded $600,000 in Federal Emergency Shelter Grant funds by the state Department of Housing and Community Development. The HCD announced the grants totaling $6.4 million in 24 counties on Sept. 8. HCD Director...; Tags: U.S. Department of Housing, violence; Research articles 2008-09-15
US calls for inquiry in death of Kremlin critic: WASHINGTON AFP — The United States on Tuesday called on Russia to investigate the death of Russian web journalist Magomed Yevloyev while in police custody. "It's very disturbing," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. Yevloyev, the publisher of the independent news website Ingushetiya.ru, was detained by local interior...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, journalist, Russia, violence; Research articles 2008-09-03
Milan and Fiorentina fans to be kept out: ROME AFP — Following the violence and destruction caused by Napoli fans in Rome on the opening Serie A weekend of the season, AC Milan and Fiorentina supporters will be banned from travelling to their club's next away matches. The decision has been taken by the Committee for the...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, game, Italy, Milan, stadium, violence; Research articles 2008-09-03
US forces detain Reuters photographer in Iraq: BAGHDAD AFP — Ibrahim Jassam, an Iraqi photographer working for Anglo-Canadian news group Reuters, has been arrested by American forces just south of Baghdad, the US military and the agency told AFP Wednesday. "He has been detained because he has been assessed to be a threat to the security...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, Iraq, journalist, Thomson Reuters Corp., violence; Research articles 2008-09-03
France to call for EU, UN action on women's and gay rights: PARIS AFP — France is to call for a European Union drive to tackle violence against women worldwide and for the United Nations to step up action against homophobia, the French human rights minister said on Wednesday. Junior Human Rights Minister Rama Yade told the 61st annual conference of...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Paris, violence, women; Research articles 2008-09-03

Iraq PM says Ramadan to celebrate victory over 'terrorists': BAGHDAD AFP — Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sunday that Iraqis will this year celebrate Ramadan as a victory over terrorism amid an overall drop in violence across the country. Iraqi Sunnis will observe the Muslim holy month of Ramadan from Monday, to be followed a day later...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, violence; Research articles 2008-08-31
Mexican president seeks help from public to beat crime: MEXICO CITY AFP — President Felipe Calderon called on all Mexicans to help fight escalating crime, a day after tens of thousands protested against insecurity and impunity across the country. Violence has spiked across Mexico since Calderon, who took office at the end of 2006, launched a crackdown on...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Mexico, president, violence; Research articles 2008-08-31
Protest leaders to meet president after mass Mexican marches: MEXICO CITY AFP — The organizers of mass marches in which white-clad protesters lit up the streets of Mexico to protest escalating violence were Sunday to hand in their demands to the president. Towns and cities across the country's 32 states took part in Saturday's "Iluminemos Mexico" or "Let's...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, crackdown, insecurity, leader, Mexico, president, violence; Research articles 2008-08-30
Egypt FM moots Arab force for Gaza: CAIRO AFP — Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said an Arab force for the Gaza Strip could help end violence in the impoverished territory, the official news agency MENA reported on Saturday. However the minister, in a magazine interview to appear on Sunday, stopped short of making a...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Arab, Egypt, Israel, unity, violence; Research articles 2008-08-30
Pakistan military air strike kills 22 militants: ISLAMABAD AFP — At least 22 militants, including two senior commanders, were killed late Friday in an air strike by Pakistan's military in the troubled northwest Swat valley, a senior security official told AFP. Troops backed by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery have for weeks been pounding militant positions...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Pakistan, security, spokesman, violence; Research articles 2008-08-29
Chinese police kill six in Xinjiang clash: reports: BEIJING AFP — Chinese police killed six people and arrested three others during a clash in the restive Muslim northwest region of Xinjiang, state media reported on Saturday. Police carried out an operation late Friday in Kashgar prefecture in the far west of Xinjiang against a group of people...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, clash, SECURITY, violence; Research articles 2008-08-29
'Wire' gives insight into daring crime: MAN ON WIRE -- *** 1/2 -- Documentary feature about the 1974 "artistic crime of the century"; in French, with English subtitles; rated PG-13 (violence, brief drugs, vulgarity, brief nudity, brief sex) "Man on Wire" tries to show what it was like for a handful of mostly European...; Tags: footage, violence, World Trade Center; Research articles 2008-08-29
Indian police told to shoot religious rioters: BHUBANESWAR, India AFP — Indian police were ordered to shoot on sight to end Hindu-Christian clashes on Wednesday as Pope Benedict XVI "firmly condemned" violence that has killed at least nine people. Parts of eastern Orissa state have been rocked by Hindu-Christian clashes since Saturday, when a popular hardline...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Hindu, India, violence; Research articles 2008-08-27
US 'deplores' Darfur refugee camp violence: WASHINGTON AFP — The United States deplored Monday's incursion by Sudanese government forces in a refugee camp in Darfur that killed at least 25 people, and called on Khartoum to investigate the incident. "We are concerned by indiscriminate weapons fire by Sudanese government forces on the Kalma internally displaced...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, SECURITY, spokesman, violence; Research articles 2008-08-26
Baghdadis revel in first big football final in years: BAGHDAD AFP — For two hours on a clear, hot summer evening, Baghdadis forgot the bloodshed and hatred that has divided their city and shared their delight for Iraq's national passion -- football. For the first time since the US-led invasion of 2003, nearly 50,000 people crowded the national...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, football, invasion, Iraq, violence; Research articles 2008-08-25
Gunmen kill police investigator, 8 others in Mexico attacks: CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico AFP — Nine people, including a senior police investigator, died in suspected drug-related violence in the past 24 hours in northern Mexico, local authorities said. Mexican drug turf wars have claimed the lives of more than 2,700 people so far this year, despite a crackdown by...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, crackdown, Mexico, prosecutor, violence; Research articles 2008-08-25
Nine killed in Iraq violence: BAGHDAD AFP — Three bomb attacks and a shootout claimed the lives of nine people and wounded more than two dozen in Iraq on Sunday, security officials said. Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and eight others were wounded when a roadside bomb blasted their patrol in the town of...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, bomb, Iraq, ministry, SECURITY, violence; Research articles 2008-08-24
Australian plan to create 'homophobia-free zones' attacked: SYDNEY AFP — Australia's gay capital Sydney came under attack from a rebel city councillor on Monday over its plans to create 'homophobia-free zones' in the heart of its bar and nightclub precinct. The City of Sydney Council this month voted five-to-four for the special designation for parts of...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, council, Harassment, Manufacturing, SECURITY, Sydney, violence; Research articles 2008-08-24
Troops kill up to 35 militants in NW Pakistan: military: PESHAWAR, Pakistan AFP — Pakistani troops killed up to 35 Taliban militants Saturday in a major army offensive in the restive northwest, while at least 12 people were killed in separate attacks, officials said. The violence came as Pakistan's political future remained up in the air, with an election...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, Pakistan, SECURITY, violence; Research articles 2008-08-23
13 killed in Mexico as prosecutors hold crisis talks: CIUDAD JUAREZ AFP — Thirteen people, including a police officer, were killed in Mexico's northern Chihuahua state Friday, officials said, as regional prosecutors held a security crisis meeting in the state capital. The deaths followed the signing, by politicians and prosecutors, of a nationwide security pact in Mexico City...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Mexico, prosecutor, security, violence; Research articles 2008-08-22