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 CBS Local | Domestic violence victims fear deportation Glenwood Springs Post Independent GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ? An undocumented immigrant who was detained by immigration authorities after being arrested in a domestic violence incident ? in which she was the victim ? is speaking out because she doesn't want others to go through the ... Woman Who Made Domestic Violence Call Ends up in Immigration Custody Reporting domestic violence among illegal aliens Garfield County sheriff turning over domestic-violence cases to ICE |
The House's violence against the Violence Against Women Act Philadelphia Inquirer If lesbians are victims of domestic violence, do they not bleed? Yet, last week, Republicans in the House of Representatives pushed through a version of VAWA that stripped many protections for these women who had been included in the version of the ... Biggert Hosts Roundtable on Domestic Violence Protecting women from violence Why VAWA Must Include LGBT Survivors |
 Daily Beast | Stop Settler Violence Daily Beast The Israeli human rights group Yesh Din has estimated that nine out of ten investigations into these violent incidents fail to result in any prosecutions. A Palestinian farmer sits in his damaged tractor in his olive groves in the West Bank village of ... |
 Haaretz | Anti-African street violence surges in Israel Chicago Tribune JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Surging street violence against African migrants in Israel, including a rampage that an Israeli broadcaster dubbed a "pogrom", drew statements of empathy for the rioters as well as censure from the government on Thursday. US Jewish groups condemn anti-African violence in Tel Aviv US Jews urge Israel to protect African migrants following violent rally Violent race riots hit Tel Aviv |
 The Daily Star | Syria Blame Game Begins as UN Peace Falters BusinessWeek By Flavia Krause-Jackson and Nicole Gaouette on May 24, 2012 As the United Nations peace plan for Syria flounders toward failure, a US-Russian blame game has begun, increasing the odds that violence the UN says has killed more than 10000 people will ... Syria Blame Game Begins as Annan's UN Peace Plan Falters UN chief tells CNN that Annan peace plan is only option for ending Syria violence UN Secretary General: 'We don't have a Plan B' |
Amid violence, Mexican paper gives up reporting all crime Huffington Post "The newspaper will abstain for as long as necessary from publishing any information about the violent disputes that our city and other regions of the country are suffering," the editorial stated. "The administrative and editorial councils of this ... |
Despite Atlantic City attack, schizophrenia needn't lead to violence Philadelphia Inquirer By Stacey Burling People with schizophrenia, the mental illness that afflicted a woman who allegedly killed two Canadian tourists in Atlantic City on Monday, are generally not violent, experts say, but the risk that they will be rises when they stop ... |
Human rights report details violence and abuse in Latin America MiamiHerald.com By Jim Wyss Drug fueled violence in Mexico and Honduras, mass detentions in Cuba and an executive power grab in Venezuela were highlighted in the US State Department's 2011 human rights report released Thursday. The annual Country Reports on Human ... |
 CBS News | Violence Against Women Act stalled as Congress bickers MiamiHerald.com By Sean Cockerham WASHINGTON -- The federal reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act has fallen victim to political bickering, with the House of Representatives and the Senate refusing even to consider the versions passed by each other. Bickering stalls Violence Against Women Act Heather Yakin: Heed folks in trenches on combating domestic violence Violence Against Women Act Stalls - NOW Condemns House Version |
 The Guardian | Syria violence shakes Lebanon's fragile stability Malaysia Star The violence spread to the capital on Monday when Sunni gunmen fought street battles in a Beirut neighbourhood following the killing of a Sunni cleric, also opposed to Assad, by Lebanese soldiers at an army checkpoint in the northern Akkar province. Syrian Violence Hits Capital Russia warns Syrian violence could spread to Lebanon 2 killed, 7 hurt in Beirut violence |