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In the latest instalment of our crime reporter's job-swap Mark Hughes looks at the combustible relationship between politicians and the police force.
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Tensions grow as Chavez masses troops on border
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Threat of bloodshed as Venezuelan president tells his people to prepare for war with Colombia
Pushchairs recalled over finger amputations
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Maclaren recalled about one million folding pushchairs in the United States following reports that 12 children suffered amputations after getting their fingertips caught in the hinges, authorities said.
Frantic search for survivors begins after El Salvador floods
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
130 dead and 7,000 living in shelters as storm heads towards US coast
Fort Hood shootings: soldier now able to speak, say doctors
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Hasan had ‘communicated with radical imam in Yemen’, but motive still unclear
US hikers will stand trial for espionage, says Iran
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Students who crossed border 'by mistake' could be pawns in nuclear game
Brazilian university expels girl for wearing mini-dress
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The Brazilian government sought an explanation on Monday from the private university that expelled a woman for wearing a short, pink dress to class, creating an uproar on the internet and throughout a nation where skimpy attire is common.
Case against Ohio bodies suspect expands overseas
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Authorities are investigating whether a suspected serial killer whose home and yard harboured the remains of at least 11 people is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan, California and the Carolinas.
Woman raped in McDonalds toilet, court told
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
A woman was allegedly raped at knifepoint by her former partner in the toilets of a fast food restaurant in Belfast city centre, the High Court has heard.
Obama hails a 'historic' US victory on healthcare reform
Monday, 9 November 2009
Speaker Pelosi praised for her work to secure passage of the President's keynote legislation
I prayed to Cardinal and walked again, says deacon
Monday, 9 November 2009
A US Roman Catholic deacon spoke today of how the agonising pain he had suffered from a spinal disorder disappeared after praying to the revered English Cardinal John Henry Newman.
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