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Police Officer buys child a McDonald's meal before being shot dead

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Final act of kindness: After seeing that the boy didn't have enough cash, Jeremy Henwood buys the meal for him. Police have released video from a McDonald’s security camera that show a police officer’s final act of kindness shortly before he was killed in a random act of violence. The video clip shows Officer Jeremy Henwood paying for a 10-year-old boy’s meal at a McDonald’s... 

Ron Paul: "They're Setting The Stage For Violence In This Country"

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In a response to a question asked by Infowars correspondent Robert Wanek at Iowa State University during the recent Ames straw poll, Ron Paul said that the federal government was preparing for civil unrest and martial law in the United States. Paul was asked for his opinion on whether H.R. 645 (The National Emergency Centers Establishment Act) could lead to Americans being incarcerated in detention... 

Questions Arise Over 'Flash Mob' Attacks in U.S. Cities

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Police departments in several cities around the country are investigating what appear to be incidents of “flash mob”-generated violence, in which packs of dozens or even hundreds of youths appear seemingly out of nowhere to commit assaults, robberies and other crimes against innocent bystanders. The motive and circumstances surrounding the attacks that have resulted in numerous arrests... 

Ethnical issue becomes Britain's No.1 problem

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Still reeling with shock and anger over the worst rioting in decades, Britain has turned to a tough reckoning with the perpetrators, with courts sitting through the night and the police saying Thursday that over 1,200 people had been arrested, the bulk of them in London. But, despite an apparent lull in the rioting that has ravaged London and other major cities, concern was growing about many of the... 

Despite Violence, U.S. Firms Expand in Mexico

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Newly hired workers, wearing yellow jerseys, were trained at Spellman High Voltage's second manufacturing plant, which makes X-ray components in Matamoros, Mexico. When the latest bloody headlines from the drug war in Mexico reach headquarters in New York, Ken Chandler, the manager of an American electronics manufacturing plant here, jumps on the phone. He is not begging to come home. He is begging... 

20 killed in fresh Nigerian violence

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People gather at the scene after a suicide bomb explosion at the Police force headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria on June 16, 2011. At least 20 people have been killed and several others injured in a fresh wave of violence in the troubled northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri. A blast went off near a police barracks on Sunday, killing ten people and injuring several others that are reportedly in critical... 

Dance Protest at Jefferson Memorial Ends with Violent Arrests

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An RT America television host Adam Kokesh was violently slammed and choked by police who arrested the host after he took part in a flash-mob at the publicly-funded Jefferson Memorial. On May 28 Adam and other activists were arrested seconds after they started silently dancing in what they say was a celebration of the first amendment’s champion. The police officers slammed some of them; others... 

Russia, European Commission condemn violence against opposition in Georgia

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Georgian riot police officers disperse opposition rally in Tbilisi late on May 25, 2011. Moscow has blasted authorities in Tbilisi for dispersing a protest rally and urged the international community to investigate the events in Georgia. The Russian Foreign Ministry described the actions of the Georgian law enforcement agencies as “a flagrant violation of human rights,” including the right of assembly... 

NATO bombards Tripoli as UN calls to halt violence

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The Libyan capital Tripoli has been hit by another heavy bombardment. Reports suggest numerous airstrikes were carried out by NATO fighter jets early on Tuesday. The UN humanitarian chief has called for a pause in hostilities, from all sides. According to witnesses, eight airstrikes were carried out by NATO forces within a period of about three hours, which is unusually intense, Al Jazeera informed.... 

Lara Logan reveals details of the horrors she experienced in Egypt

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Set upon: Lara Logan was torn away from her film crew just moments after this picture was taken in Cairo's Tahrir Square. She was subjected to a prolonged sexual assault by a terrifying mob of at least 200 men. Lara Logan has spoken out for the first time since her terrifying sexual assault in Egypt, describing how attackers ‘raped her with their hands’. The 39-year-old CBS foreign... 

'More will die': Mexico drug wars claim U.S. lives

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The Mexican drug cartel issue is not a marginalized thing in the US, most drugs in the US come from South American drug cartels and now it’s not only the drug issue but crimes as well. More and more Americans are getting in the middle of gang conflicts, David Hartley’s case is only one example of how an innocent man can get killed just because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time,... 

Blasts hit Nigeria ahead of election

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Last week Nigerians voted during parliamentary elections. At least two explosions have hit near one of Nigeria’s voting centers only hours before the polls open for the country’s presidential election. No casualties have been reported after the Friday and early Saturday blasts in the city of Maiduguri, AFP reported. “The attackers, who were in a moving car, threw the bomb which exploded... 

Cairo square chaos intensifies, violence spreads

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Egyptian anti-government protestors gather by the seafront in Alexandria, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Banner in background reads, from right to left, “Before – Hope. After – Killing”, while showing a picture of a man atop a weapon, and in a hospital bed. Protesters and regime supporters skirmished in a second day of rock-throwing battles at a central Cairo square while new... 

Soldiers shoot at university students in Nigeria

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Soldiers in a central Nigerian city opened fire Saturday on university students protesting continuing violence between Christians and Muslims, witnesses said, with at least nine people killed in the ensuing violence. The shooting came as gas stations and farmers’ markets smoldered after late Friday violence that sparked when Christian students attacked Muslims trying to bury a corpse in Jos,... 

7 presidential candidates face 15 years in Belarus after mass arrests

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Alexander Lukashenko has ruled the country since 1994 and has been dubbed “Europe’s last dictator”. A Belarusian human rights organization says seven of the candidates who ran against the country’s authoritarian leader face charges that could lead to 15 years in prison in the wake of post-election violence and massive arrests. Ales Belyatsky of the human rights center Vesna said the charges... 
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