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Violent start in Kenyan election; police killed
Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday began casting votes in a nationwide election seen ...
Syrian opposition head visits rebel areas in north
Following rebel gains, the leader of the Syrian opposition made his first visit Sunday to areas near the embattled northern city of Aleppo as fighters ...
Kenya's police are key for peaceful vote on Monday
One of Kenya's most vilified institutions — its police force — will be in the spotlight next week during its efforts to prevent the same type of ...
South Africa: Police charged with murder
Eight South African police officers were charged with murder on Friday for the death of a taxi driver dragged by a police vehicle, a videotaped ...
On video: SAfrican police drag man, who later dies
They bound his hands to the rear of a van, and then sped off, dragging the slender taxi driver along the pavement as a crowd of onlookers shouted in ...
Fierce clashes near landmark mosque in Syria
Syrian rebels battled government troops near a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, while fierce clashes raged ...
Syria rebels fight for police academy near Aleppo
Rebels backed by captured tanks launched a fresh offensive on a government complex housing a police academy near the northern city of Aleppo on ...
2 killed as Bangladesh police, protesters clash
Police in Bangladesh clashed Friday with protesters from Islamic political parties denouncing war crimes trials linked to the country's 1971 ...
Egypt rights groups allege rising police brutality
Egyptian rights groups alleged Wednesday that police abuse and brutality are on the rise in detention centers and at demonstrations, which have ...
Egypt's police to get 100,000 9mm pistols
An Egyptian security official said Saturday that the interior ministry has agreed to purchase 100,000 new 9mm pistols after low-ranking policemen went ...
Kenyan government sued for police brutality
The Kenyan government is being sued for police brutality in the violence following the 2007 election. The lawsuit comes as Kenya prepares for a new ...
12 police, rebels killed in Russia's Dagestan
Russian security forces tracked down and killed six rebels suspected of involvement in Thursday's suicide bombing that left four policemen dead in the ...
Cyprus police chief wants gyms for overweight cops
Cyprus' police chief wants his officers to get back into fighting trim after a survey suggested that 70 percent are overweight and 40 percent are ...
Egypt women protest sex assault at site of attacks
Washington's envoy on human rights cautioned Tuesday against the failure of Egypt's government to identify the perpetrators behind a growing number ...
Accused UK police killer changes plea to guilty
A 29-year-old man accused of murdering two unarmed British police officers in a gun and grenade attack dramatically changed his plea to guilty ...
Bomb attack in Somalia targets police commander
Police in Somalia say a suicide car bomb attack that targeted a senior police commander in a central Somali town killed only the bomber. Ali Abdinor, ...
Endangered newt delays UK police force's HQ
An endangered newt is posing quite the nuisance for one British police force. Durham Constabulary says the building of its new police headquarters has ...
Police officer charged in UK bribery probe
British prosecutors are charging a former police officer with leaking information to a tabloid newspaper. The Crown Prosecution Service said Thursday ...
Russian police kill terror suspect in Caucasus
Russia's Interior Ministry says police have shot and killed a militant suspected of involvement in a 2010 double suicide bombing on the Moscow subway ...
Militants kill 4 policemen in attacks in Iraq
Assailants opened automatic fire on police checkpoints in central and northern Iraq early on Wednesday, killing four officers and wounding five, ...
AP Interview: Morocco Islamists warn of unrest
Morocco likes to project itself as unique in the Middle East in finding a third way between revolution and repression amid the uprisings of the Arab ...
Video of police abuse stokes anger in Egypt
Egypt's Interior Minister vowed Saturday to investigate the beating of a naked man by riot police that threatened to further inflame popular anger ...
British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the ...
Egypt's police regain Mubarak-era notoriety
With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have been accused of firing wildly at protesters, beating them and ...