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The triple homicide of actress-singer Jennifer Hudson’s kin has thrown crime into the national spotlight – along with Barack Obama’s hometown, which is the new murder capital of the U.S. Chicago has seen more murders this year than both New York and Los Angeles. Yet you won’t hear Obama talk about crime or his policy to fight it. That’s because he doesn’t have one –... 

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Several gun stores in the valley have seen an increase in firearm and ammunition sales lately. News 3’s Dan Ball explains why the election and the economic crisis have people pulling the trigger. Jeffrey Bergman and his sister came to the Gun Store on Tropicana to practice their aim. “We’ve had things like break-ins in the neighborhood,” says Jeffrey. “We’re concerned... 

Somalis in Canada, a relatively new immigrant community, are getting help for a more veteran immigrant group of Canadians: Jews. The Toronto Star reports on the unusual partnership between the Canadian Somali Congress, the United Jewish Appeal of Greater Toronto and the Canadian Jewish Congress. The program is the brainchild of the Canadian International Peace Project, which brings together diverse... 

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaking to a local Iowa radio station, said that terrorists would dance in the streets if Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, is elected president — precisely because of not only Obama’s position on withdrawing US troops from Iraq, but because Obama’s middle name is “Hussein,” his father’s Muslim roots, and his appearance — or “optics,”... 

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In remarks that clearly pointed toward the restoration of the military draft under an Obama administration, the Democratic candidate said Thursday night that his job as president would include demanding that the American people recognize an “obligation” for military service. “If we are going into war, then all of us go, not just some,” Senator Barack Obama declared. Obama’s comments came... 

  Undercover Sun investigators secretly recorded Choudary telling a young and impressionable audience that they would eventually rule under strict Sharia law. And our team listened in chilled silence as he predicted: “Islam is superior and will never be surpassed. The flag of Islam will rise over Downing Street.” Lawyer Choudary also said it would be easy for vast numbers of Muslims to declare... 

A warm late summer afternoon on a leafy street in an area colonised by fashionable cafes and shops came to an abrupt end when the peace was shattered by a raw, terrifying eruption of gang violence this week. Armed with spades, screwdrivers, bars and sticks, two gangs clashed and sent locals fleeing into shops for safety. This running battle between black and Asian youths – a sickening example... 

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The latest incident to blight relations between Georgia and Russia took place in a forest in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia. That was where Georgian forces last week killed two Russian military officials. President Mikheil Saakashvili, speaking at the UN on September 26, said it was a “law-enforcement operation” aimed against illegitimate intruders. “One has to wonder,... 

SARAH Palin warned yesterday she would be prepared to go to war with Russia to protect Georgia in her first interview since John McCain chose her as his vice-presidential nominee. Calling Russia’s invasion of its neighbour unprovoked, the Republican said she supported Georgia’s application to join Nato even if it meant the United States could face a future confrontation with Moscow. “I... 

Russia Today TV channel journalists, who worked in the city of Tskhinvali, accuse CNN of forgery in the coverage of the conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia, RIA Novosti reports. The statement was made Monday by a correspondent of Russia Today, Nikolai Baranov, during a round table discussion devoted to the recent events in the Caucasus. “Our crew was making a report about Tskhinvali ruined... 

The security aid package the United States has refused to give Israel for the past few months out of concern that Israel would use it to attack nuclear facilities in Iran included a large number of “bunker-buster” bombs, permission to use an air corridor to Iran, an advanced technological system and refueling planes. Officials from both countries have been discussing the Israeli requests...