Posts Tagged ‘the-victims’

From Honduras, Conflicting Tales of a Shootout

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Some Honduran officials and residents have said that the victims of a fatal gun battle last week were innocent people, challenging the account of American drug enforcement agents.

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From Honduras, Conflicting Tales of a Shootout

Doubts and Suspicion Haunt Victims’ Relatives in Mexico

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Relatives of the victims of Mexico’s violence must also grapple with suspicions about involvement in the drug trade from friends and family.

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Doubts and Suspicion Haunt Victims’ Relatives in Mexico

VIDEO: 9/11 families seek justice in Cuba

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

Relatives of some of the victims of 9/11 have arrived in Cuba, ahead of the military tribunal of the man accused of masterminding the attacks.

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Pakistan mourns air crash victims

Friday, April 20th, 2012

Pakistan begins mourning the victims of a plane crash in a residential area near Islamabad airport – all 127 on board are believed to have died.

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‘More victims’ in child sex case

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Thirty-eight girls could have been the victims of child exploitation in Oxford, a court has hears.

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Bells toll as Tucson marks anniversary of deadly shooting rampage

Monday, January 9th, 2012

TUCSON — Bells rang across Tucson on Sunday marking the exact time last year that the city was rocked by a deadly shooting rampage that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gravely wounded and six people dead. The bells at 10:11 a.m., the moment of the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting, opened a day of remembrance events across Tucson for survivors of the shooting, the victims’ families and city residents. Read full article > >

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Madoff Family Aims to Write Its Own Future

Monday, October 31st, 2011

“Everything that I think about the victims — it’s hard to face, because there’s nothing I can do about any of it,” Ruth Madoff said in an interview.

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Madoff Family Aims to Write Its Own Future

Monday, October 31st, 2011

“Everything that I think about the victims — it’s hard to face, because there’s nothing I can do about any of it,” Ruth Madoff said in an interview.

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Madoff Family Aims to Write Its Own Future

Madoff Family Aims to Write Its Own Future

Monday, October 31st, 2011

“Everything that I think about the victims — it’s hard to face, because there’s nothing I can do about any of it,” Ruth Madoff said in an interview.

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WHO warns of growing epidemic of premature death from ‘noncommunicable diseases’

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

The world is facing a growing avalanche of death from heart attack, stroke, cancer, emphysema and diabetes, with many of the victims working-age people in poor countries. Up to half of those deaths could be prevented or deferred by implementing a short list of interventions, some by individual people and some by governments. But no country is doing all it could. Read full article > >

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Third of teachers ‘cyberbullied’

Monday, August 15th, 2011

Teachers as well as children are the victims of online bullying with parents responsible for a quarter of the abuse, according to a study.

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D.C. man charged with hate crime against lesbian

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

A 19-year-old man who allegedly attacked a woman outside the Columbia Heights Metro station was charged with a hate crime this week — 10 days, the victim says, after seven police officers refused to take action immediately after the attack. Christian Washington of Northwest Washington was charged with bias-related assault Tuesday. The police response to the attack, in which five lesbians were attacked by at least two men, attracted scrutiny from members of the city’s gay, lesbian and transgender community after the victims said responding officers refused to take a report. Read full article > >

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Thousands Flee Spain Quake Site

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Fearing aftershocks, thousands fled the Spanish town of Lorca Thursday-only one day after devastating twin earthquakes hit, leaving nine dead and nearly 3,000 homeless. Funerals for some of the victims are set to start Friday; an open-air funeral mass…

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VIDEO: 7/7: ‘Nothing will bring my son back’

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Families of the victims of the 7/7 London bombings have welcomed a coroner’s ruling that they were unlawfully killed, but some have vowed to seek a public inquiry.

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VIDEO: 7/7: ‘Nothing will bring my son back’

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Families of the victims of the 7/7 London bombings have welcomed a coroner’s ruling that they were unlawfully killed, but some have vowed to seek a public inquiry.

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