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Nowhere To Go: Iraqi kids trapped in cycles of violence, povertyThree years since the intensification of violence in Iraq, children are trapped in an endless cycle of violence and increasing poverty and continue to witness sheer horror and unimaginable violence, according to a UN Children's Fund (Unicef) More… |
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100 held as anti-Trump protests turn violentA pair of police officers were injured and 95 protesters arrested after they smashed windows, damaged cars and threw rocks at police near Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on Friday in Washington, D.C. Two DC police officer More… |
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Thousands take to streets across US to protest police violenceThousands took to the streets of US cities on Friday to denounce the fatal shooting by police of two black men this week, marching the day after a gunman killed five police officers watching over a similar demonstration in Dallas. More… |
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Russia, England teams to be expelled if violence persistsEuropean soccer's governing body has warned the English and Russian soccer associations that their teams could be disqualified from Euro 2016 if there is a continuation of the fan violence that has injured several dozen people. More… |
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Euro 2016 violence spreads to second French cityViolent clashes between fans spread to a second French city on Saturday, tainting the opening days of the Euro 2016 soccer tournament and raising questions among supporters over policing tactics. Several hundred English and Russia More… |
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Global violence worsens, driven by MideastThe world has become increasingly violent with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high, terrorist attacks at an all-time high and more people displaced than at any time since World War Two, the 2016 Global Peace Index showed on Wednesday. More… |
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Kurdish leader urges Turkey peace talks as 4 soldiers killedTurkey's Kurds on Monday marked the annual spring festival of Newroz with a call for the resumption of peace talks between the government and Kurdish militants, but four Turkish soldiers were killed in another rebel attack in the restive sou More… |
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Turkey starts repairs on Iraqi Kurdish oil pipeline as violence flaresTurkey has begun work to repair a pipeline taking crude oil from northern Iraq to the Mediterranean through its restive southeast and aims to restore flows soon, the Turkish energy ministry said. The pipeline, More… |
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Migrants among suspects in Germany's New Year violenceNearly two dozen asylum seekers are among those suspected of involvement in mass assaults and muggings on New Year's Eve in Cologne, officials said on Friday, intensifying a debate about Germany's welcome for hundreds of thousands of mig More… |
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Behind scary headlines, 2015 offers scope for optimismThis year may be remembered for barrel bombs, beheadings and the Bataclan massacre, but according to a Harvard psychologist, a remarkable long term downward trend in violence is continuing. Wars are far less common and deadly than More… |
