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Canada Helps Barbados Combat Crime with Ballistics System

Mon, 14 May 2012 03:56:10 -0700
Forensic Technology: Montreal-made IBIS system helps establish caribbean ballistics network.Montreal, QC (PRWEB) May 14, 2012 Canada is continuing its mission to combat transnational crime in the Caribbean Basin by providing Barbados with ballistics identification equipment manufactured by Montreal-based Forensic Technology Inc. ...
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Veracruz governor vows to protect journalists

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:38:09 -0700
The governor of Mexico's eastern state of Veracruz vowed Friday to create two organizations -- one to help the victims of organized crime and the other to protect journalists.
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Shanghai Noir: China's Long History of Crime Stories, Real and Fictional

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:56:55 -0700
Now a center of global commerce, the city was once so dangerous that its name was slang for "to kidnap."
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Trans Woman Murdered In Oakland In Apparent Hate Crime

Thu, 03 May 2012 16:03:03 -0700
A transgender woman was shot and killed while sitting in her car in downtown Oakland last weekend, and it's taken a few days for local media outlets to catch up to the story. The case seems pretty obviously to be a hate crime, though police are not yet releasing a motive, and it's unclear if there are any suspects — though three other transgender women in the car at the time were witnesses ...
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Marijuana causes dopiness, health/safety risk

Tue, 01 May 2012 21:12:02 -0700
Sgt. Lorne Adamitz K Division, Edmonton Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Services Marijuana is causing dopiness...
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Journalists take note of Columbian

Sun, 20 May 2012 00:10:16 -0700
The Columbian won 28 awards, including nine first-place awards, for its work during 2011 in a five-state competition organized by the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Narcotraffickers Strive for a R eign of Terror in Honduras

Mon, 21 May 2012 05:44:16 -0700
Once again, Honduras is experiencing attempts to destabilize its government and status quo. Back in June of 2009, then President Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed from office "with the backing of Congress and the Supreme Court."
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