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Chipimo on parallel universe: tolerating corruption
Zambian Watchdog
Corruption is a cancer on our society. Just like cancer, it starts off small and when you try and control it, it has a way of becoming aggressive and fighting back. When the body is invaded by cancer cells, the aim is to take control of the body until ...

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Convicted killer back in custody, found 'watching TV'
Chicago Tribune
Robbins, 44, who was serving a 60-year sentence for murder in Indiana, was apprehended "without incident" about 10:55 p.m. Friday in the 400 block of Fraser Avenue in Kankakee, according to Bilecki. “He was found at the home of an acquaintance, ...

BBC News
Spain PM Mariano Rajoy denies 'false' slush fund claim
BBC News
From other news sites. International Business Times UK Spain's Rajoy denies wrongdoing in kickbacks scandal 3 hrs ago. Business Recorder Rajoy denies corruption claims 5 hrs ago. Al Jazeera Spanish PM denies secret payments scandal 6 hrs ago ...

DAYTON, Ohio -- An Ohio man pleaded guilty Friday to raping a boy at the center of sexual abuse allegations that have already landed the... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

Stanford Mathematician Models The Spread – And Prevention – Of Crime As A ...
Patch.com
It's called a reaction-diffusion-advection system, and criminologists have found it a useful way to analyze issues like "near-repeat victimization" – the observation that single neighborhoods, and even single households, see a disproportionate share of ...

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Irish Times
Rajoy denies corruption claims
Irish Times
Spanish prime minister and the ruling People's Party (PP) leader Mariano Rajoy is seen on a TV monitor at the media room as he speaks during his party's national executive committee in Madrid. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters.

The five men facing the death penalty in India in the gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus pleaded not guilty today, reports the Guardian . (A sixth suspect is being tried as a juvenile and will face a maximum of three years.) The case is...

Spain prime minister denies corruption allegations
USA TODAY
MADRID (AP) — Spain's prime minister promised Saturday to publicly disclose the amount of funds in all his personal bank accounts, denying recent media reports that allege he and members of his governing Popular Party accepted or made under-the-table ...

Spain prime minister denies corruption allegations
Salon
Spain prime minister denies corruption allegations A protestor shout slogans during a demonstration against corruption, in Madrid, Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Spain's top prosecutor says there is sufficient cause to investigate fresh allegations of irregular ...

Spain prime minister denies corruption allegations
Huffington Post
MADRID — Spain's prime minister has denied media reports that allege he and members of his governing Popular Party accepted or made under-the-table payments. Speaking at a special executive committee meeting at his party's Madrid headquarters on ...

ABC News
Spain Prime Minister Denies Corruption Allegations
ABC News
Spain's prime minister promised Saturday to publicly disclose the amount of funds in all his personal bank accounts, denying recent media reports that allege he and members of his governing Popular Party accepted or made under-the-table payments.

Spain's Rajoy says corruption allegations are false
Reuters Canada
Spain's Rajoy says corruption allegations are false. Sat Feb 2, 2013 8:15am EST. Print This Article | Single Page. [-] Text [+]. By Sarah White. MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy strongly denied on Saturday allegations in the ...

MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — As the standoff with a man accused of holding a 5-year-old boy hostage continued Saturday, a nearby community prepared to bury... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-griffo/

CHICAGO — Two days after a stunning series of errors allowed a convicted murderer to walk out of a Chicago jail where he did not... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/buck-wolf/

Day five of the Alabama hostage situation arrives with little news: Police are still talking with 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes through a PVC pipe connected to his underground bunker, and Dykes is still refusing to leave or free the 5-year-old boy he abducted, reports KAIT8.com . About the only tangible...

Bangkok Post
Spain PM to speak out on corruption scandal
Bangkok Post
A man protests in Madrid on January 31, 2013 against a corruption scandal implicating the Popular Party. Fresh allegations of corrupt payments in Spain's ruling party raised pressure on Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Saturday as he prepared to speak out ...

Riot police deploy after Egypt palace clashes
Economic Times
CAIRO: Egyptian riot police deployed on Saturday near the presidential palace after a night of clashes between security forces and petrol-bomb-throwing protesters that killed one man and injured nearly 100. In Cairo's Tahrir Square, protesters pelted ...

St. Charles Crime News January 2013
Patch.com
In January, St. Charles' new Police Chief Randy McKinley started with the department; a St. Charles girl ran away with an older man who was subsequently charged with statutory rape and an 18-year-old was charged with six burglaries. New Police Chief ...