An officer who had been on the police force for 22 years was shot in the face in a basement apartment that had been robbed in Brooklyn. The officer, Peter J. Figoski, died five hours later.

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In Dark Brooklyn Doorway, Officer Confronts Gunman, and Dies

By midafternoon on Saturday, the police estimated that 15,000 protesters had gathered in the center of Moscow as organizers hoped to mount the largest anti-Kremlin demonstration since the fall of the Soviet Union.

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Thousands Protest in Moscow, Russia, in Defiance of Putin

An initial police investigation into the deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan in 1991 was deeply flawed, a report by the police ombudsman suggests.

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Castlerock murder probe ‘flawed’

A man was fatally shot on a crowded Q111 bus by a man who had just killed another man two miles away and told the police he “had a beef to settle,” the authorities said.

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City Room: Two Men Shot Dead, One on a Bus in Queens

A lack of confidence in the police response to the initial riots in London in August led to further disturbances across England, a report finds.

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Police response ‘fuelled riots’

Jose Pimentel, who had been under surveillance, was arrested in Washington Heights after coming close to completing an explosive device, the police said.

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Jose Pimentel Is Charged in N.Y.C. Bomb Plot

When the police arrived, protesters emerged from their tents, some urging calm and others voicing alarm.

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Zuccotti Park Protesters: ‘It’s Happening’

Tens of thousands of children run away from home every year in England but only a small minority are reported to the police as missing by their parents, a report suggests.

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Charity warns over young runaways

The one-month-old Occupy D.C. movement has grown “increasingly confrontational and violent,” the District’s police chief said, citing Friday night incidents in which some demonstrators trapped conservative activists inside the city’s convention center and four protesters were hit by a vehicle. The police department will “adjust tactics as needed to assure safety,” Cathy L. Lanier said Monday. She did not detail those adjustments, but they could mark a turning point in the police department’s relationship with the group camped at McPherson Square. Read full article > >

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Police to ‘adjust tactics’ for dealing with Occupy D.C. protesters, chief says

A series of bomb attacks on churches and the police in Nigeria’s north-eastern town of Damaturu kill at least 63 people, the Red Cross says.

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‘Dozens die’ in Nigeria attacks

A grenade exploded in a nightspot in Nairobi early Monday, the police said, injuring at least a dozen people.

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Grenade Attack on Kenyan Bar Raises Fear of Widening Conflict

Scotland Yard calls in the police watchdog over allegations an undercover officer underwent a criminal trial using his operational alias.

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Watchdog to probe undercover case

Two videos show the police warning protesters that they would be arrested if they crossed the Brooklyn Bridge’s roadway.

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Catholic schools in Northern Ireland are to be offered visits by the police service in an attempt to overcome traditional barriers between them.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn met face to face on Thursday with the French writer who has accused him of attempted rape as part of an investigation into the woman’s accusations, the police said.

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Strauss-Kahn Faces French Accuser in Paris