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Town hosts Stephen Lawrence event09 Nov 09 | BerkshireA meeting marking the 10th anniversary of a Reading's declaration to promote racial equality following the murder of Stephen Lawrence gets under way.
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Ahmedinejad in Turkey for summit09 Nov 09 | EuropeTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan went as far as saying over the weekend that no war crimes had occurred in Darfur and that he would be more comfortable meeting Sudan's president than the prime minister of Israel. But the EU, which Turkey hopes to join, wanted the invitation to be...
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Nine executed over Xinjiang riots09 Nov 09 | Asia-PacificThe nine were convicted of murder and other crimes during the riots, the official Xinhua news service said. Hundreds of people were detained after the riots, the worst ethnic unrest in China for decades.
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Cannabis bush worth £1,500 seized09 Nov 09 | ShropshireAnyone with information about this incident or other drugs related crimes should contact police or call Crimestoppers anonymously.
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MP seeks memorial vandals penalty09 Nov 09 | LondonA north London MP calls for a change in law to bring in longer jail terms for vandals desecrating war memorials.
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Bashir misses Islamic summit09 Nov 09Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, indicted for war crimes in Darfur, has pulled out of an Islamic summit in Istanbul.
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ICC seeks speedy Kenya trials07 Nov 09The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has said he wants to move quickly against the perpetrators of Kenya's 2007 post-election violence.
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Barristers 'will decline work'07 Nov 09Chairman of the Bar Council Desmond Browne QC on the effects on justice of reducing barristers' legal fees.
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Are crime victims getting justice?07 Nov 09Out of court punishments are intended only for minor crimes, but an investigation for this week's Panorama that half of all criminal cases in England and Wales, including violent assaults, were dealt with by police and did not make it to court. Reporter Shelley Joffre discusses the findings.
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Working to keep women out of prison06 Nov 09Panorama visits Bradford's Together Women Project where advice and support is offered in an attempt to keep women from re-offending.
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TV
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Romanzo Criminale04 Nov 09Inspired by a true story, an epic crime thriller which follows a gang's wave of violence, terror and corruption from the 1970s to 1990s. When childhood friends Ice, Dandy and Lebanese kidnap a rich man for a huge ransom they decide to spend their profits on taking over Rome's criminal underworld.
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Knowledge
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Timeline: TajikistanCountry profiles
2003 July - Parliament approves a draft law abolishing the death penalty for women and reducing the number of crimes for which men can face punishment. Supreme Court sentences Shamsiddin Shamsiddinov, deputy leader of opposition Islamic Rebirth Party, to 16 years in jail.
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Country profile: TurkeyCountry profiles
But under Article 301 of the penal code, it remains a crime to insult the Turkish nation. TRT introduced broadcasts in Kurdish, banned for many years, in 2004 as a part of reforms intended to meet EU criteria on minorities.
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Relationships - Domestic violence - LeavingRelationships
However, the 2004 Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act has changed the law so that breaching a non-molestation order is now a criminal offence for which the police can arrest someone. If you get a non-molestation order and your (ex)
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History - Milosevic on Trial: The Dilemmas ofHistory
Shane Brighton reviews the precedents of war crimes trials since Napoleon, and shows how the mechanisms of the courts reflect the changing nature of conflict. ...
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Religion & Ethics - Ethical Problems of EuthanasiaReligion & Ethics
They add that as suicide is not a crime, euthanasia should not be a crime. Why euthanasia should be forbidden Religious opponents of euthanasia believe that life is given by God, and only God should decide when to end it. Other...
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