" As many as 4 million people are expected to attend Obama’s inauguration at the Mall. What a gigantic, enormous, gargantuan, staggeringly mammoth job this will be: "Law enforcement officials bracing for the largest crowds in inaugural history are preparing...
A new campaign is being launched in Wales today with the aim of ending binge drinking. People are signing a pledge to stop the practice, which is very common in the UK."PEOPLE across Wales are today urged to pledge to stop binge drinking as an unprecedented coalition of...
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According to Human Rights Watch, the fight against terrorism in India edges over a Grey area. "Police officers allegedly tortured 21 Muslim men during an investigation into a series of bombings in southern...
A leader of the Basque seperatist group ETA has been arrested in Southern France, according to reports. ETA is fighting for an indpendant Basque state. The Basque homeland stretches across part of Spain and France,...
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Some residents are leaving doors and windows open because they believe that it will help firefighters in case of fire. But such action, however, helps looters to gain access and can help fire to spread easily. Same...
There seems no end to rewards for 'well wishers' and 'friends' of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari."A police DSP [deputy superintendent police] who 11 years ago used to accompany the then prisoner Asif Zardari from Adiala Jail to Attock Fort in an overheated armoured...
Received another warning of possible civil unrest. "By Aaron Brilbeck Monday, November 03, 2008 at 4:44 p.m. TOLEDO, OHIO -- Toledo police are gearing up for possible "Civil unrest" during and after tomorrow's elections.In an internal memo obtained exclusively by NBC 24 News,...
" On October 23 a house behind A mountain exploded. Gone. Completely. Why? What happened? The entire community is speculating. I took this picture on the 23rd. Mike and I drove by to see the damage. We heard about it...
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" In a Virginia hotel that ordinarily caters to business travelers and vacationers, FBI agents and local police officers were encountering a different kind of clientele. Throughout Friday evening, a...
New Rule Irks Some Officers"Beginning Nov. 1st, officers in Corpus Christi must keep their tattoos covered. Some officers don't like the new policy, including those who consider their military tats a badge of...
Four passengers on a cruise ship in the UK were found to have a millon pounds of cocain strapped to their bodies after the ship was raided when it docked in Southampton."More than £1 million-worth of cocaine has allegedly been found strapped to the bodies of four cruise ship...
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"Alleged thief leaves his signatureIOWA CITY, Iowa – Police didn’t have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card — he signed his own name on one of the receipts. The 21-year-old Iowa City man is accused of using the credit card to buy a latte at...
My phone under control of someone else Controlling every phone call, not knowing that the own country runs into bancruptcy, is Tragedy. Thats how the East german security service died. They controlled everything, the...
A flat allegedly used to plan the 7/7 terror attacks in London has been raided in the UK. It is unclear why the flat is being raided now, so long after the attacks, which occured in 2005."Officers began the search of the flat at 7am after receiving information from a member...
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RBS and Barclays banks in the UK are thought to be the next to be in trouble, with shares in both banks plummeting today. It is thought that the UK government is going to take partial ownership in both banks."The U.K. government may invest at least 45 billion pounds ($79...
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