Sun, Jul 12th, 2009 | Top Stories |

JAYAPURA, Indonesia, July 12 (Reuters) - A security guardemployed at the huge Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia's Papuaprovince was shot dead and several police officers wounded intwo separate shootings on Sunday, a mine official and policesaid. The latest violence around ...Read More

Orlando shooting witnesses describe events, fear

Sat, Nov 7th, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

ORLANDO -- The gunman in an Orlando office building entered the complex through an unguarded parking garage Friday before he opened fire on former colleagues at an engineering firm that fired him two years ago, according to a witness who ...Read More

10 Arrested In Mexican Police Chief's Killing

Fri, Nov 6th, 2009 | World |

GARCIA, Mexico (AP) - Five police officers and five other suspects were arrested Thursday in the investigation into the assassination of an army general who had been appointed police chief of this northern Mexican town over the weekend. Brig. Gen. Juan ...Read More

Fort Worth police suspend 3 officers in gay bar raid

Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 | U.S. |

After a four-month internal investigation, the Fort Worth Police Department announced Thursday that it has suspended a sergeant and two officers in connection to a summer raid on a gay bar in which authorities clashed with hundreds of bar patrons. Though ...Read More

Cops questioned in Mexican police chief's killing

Thu, Nov 5th, 2009 | World |

GARCIA, Mexico -Five police officers and five other suspects were arrested Thursday in the investigation into the assassination of an army general who had been appointed police chief of this northern Mexican town over the weekend. Brig. Gen. Juan Arturo Esparza ...Read More

'Afghan police have been infiltrated at every level by the insurgency'

Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

'Afghan police have been infiltrated at every level by the insurgency' I have always believed the term "Afghan police force" was a misleading one. The men who make up the force are not trained police officers in any sense that we would recognise. They are tribal militiamen who are wearing a ...Read More

More Body Bags Reportedly Taken From Rapist's Ohio House

Tue, Nov 3rd, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

More Body Bags Reportedly Taken From Rapist's Ohio House More body bags were reportedly taken from the backyard of the Ohio home of convicted sexual predator Anthony Sowell on Tuesday, Fox 8 Cleveland reported. Sowell's neighbors have said they complained for years about a foul smell coming from an area ...Read More

Neighbors, councilman griped about odor for years near Ohio rapist's home where 6 bodies found

Tue, Nov 3rd, 2009 | U.S. |

Neighbors, councilman griped about odor for years near Ohio rapist's home where 6 bodies found CLEVELAND (AP) - A Cleveland city councilman is calling for an investigation into whether police and health inspectors missed any signs that could have tipped them off to a house where the bodies of six women were found. Neighbors had complained ...Read More

Suicide bomber kills 35 in Pakistan

Tue, Nov 3rd, 2009 | World |

Suicide bomber kills 35 in Pakistan RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - A suicide bomb killed 35 people near Pakistan's military headquarters yesterday while a second blast wounded several police officers, continuing a wave of terrorism that prompted the United Nations to suspend long-term development work near the Afghan ...Read More

Home secretary's defence of professor's sacking is doubly wrong

Mon, Nov 2nd, 2009 | World |

Alan Johnson's defence of his damaging and rather crass decision to sack Professor David Nutt (Letters, 2 November) contained errors of fact, as well as errors of judgment. Professor Nutt was not the home secretary's "principal adviser". I presume that ...Read More

Memories of 9/11 Endure for Warship's Crew

Sun, Nov 1st, 2009 | Business |

ABOARD U.S.S. NEW YORK, off New York - They were schoolchildren mostly, but also construction workers, police officers and military members, when two planes slammed into the World Trade Center eight years ago. As they’ve motored north together, the crew of ...Read More

Qaeda Had Role in Attack on U.N. Staff, Official Says

Sun, Nov 1st, 2009 | World |

KABUL, Afghanistan — The deadly suicide attack at a United Nations guesthouse here last week was a joint operation directed by an Afghan warlord based in the tribal areas of Pakistan and by an operative of Al Qaeda, the Afghan ...Read More

Iraq bombing suspect kills officer

Sat, Oct 31st, 2009 | World |

Iraq bombing suspect kills officer A man being questioned in connection with a massive bomb attack in Baghdad has killed his interrogator before being shot himself, Iraq's interior ministry said. The man, who was not identified, snatched a gun from a guard, wounding the guard, and ...Read More

Ohio residents say cops advised them to move away

Thu, Oct 29th, 2009 | U.S. |

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Residents of one Ohio city are complaining that police officers are telling them if they're fed up with crime in their neighborhoods they should move out. At least two Columbus city council members have heard the complaint. An aide to ...Read More

Rap when you're ready: 4 Utah teens cited for disorderly conduct for McDonald's order

Thu, Oct 29th, 2009 | U.S., World |

AMERICAN FORK, Utah - Four Utah teenagers have been cited for disorderly conduct after they rapped their order at a McDonald's drive-through. The teens say they were imitating a popular video on YouTube. They rapped their order, which begins with, "I ...Read More

2 suspects sought in FBI probe of radical group

Thu, Oct 29th, 2009 | Top Stories |

Federal officials arrested one fugitive and asked the public for help in finding two suspects who remain at large, and could be dangerous, after Wednesday's raids in Detroit and Dearborn that resulted in a shootout and killing of the head ...Read More

Iraq arrests senior officers, vows more over blasts

Thu, Oct 29th, 2009 | Top Stories |

BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Iraq arrested dozens of security officials over bombings that killed 155 people and vowed to arrest more security officers suspected of colluding with the bombers or dereliction of duty, an official said on Thursday. Two-high profile ...Read More

Rockets take ferry to game against Warriors in Oakland

Thu, Oct 29th, 2009 | Top Stories |

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Aaron Brooks never figured he'd take a ferry to a game. Not in the NBA, anyway. The Houston Rockets traveled by boat to their game with Golden State on Wednesday night, plus a bus ride on either ...Read More

Gunmen wound seven in Athens attack: Greek police

Tue, Oct 27th, 2009 | World |

ATHENS (Reuters) - Two gunmen on a motorcycle launched an attack outside a police station in Athens on Tuesday, wounding six Greek police officers and a passer-by, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but Greece's ...Read More

6 Greek police officers wounded in attack

Tue, Oct 27th, 2009 | World |

ATHENS, Greece — Gunmen on a motorcycle fired on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding six police officers, authorities said. The attack occurred after Greece's new Socialist government promised to crack down on anarchist and far-left ...Read More

6 Greek police officers wounded in attack on suburban police station

Tue, Oct 27th, 2009 | World |

6 Greek police officers wounded in attack on suburban police station ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on a suburban Athens police station with automatic weapons late Tuesday, wounding six police officers, authorities said. The attack occurred after Greece's new Socialist government promised to crack down on anarchist ...Read More