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1 Barack Obama defends 'just war' using drones Friday, 24 May 2013 6
2 Sergio Garcia's 'fried chicken' remark on Tiger Woods harms golf Friday, 24 May 2013 6
3 Sir Mervyn King: don't demonise bankers Sunday, 19 May 2013 8
4 MP on Google tax avoidance scheme: 'I think that you do evil' Thursday, 16 May 2013 7
5 America's 10 Worst Prisons: Walnut Grove."A picture of such horror as should be unrealized anywhere in the civilized world." Thursday, 16 May 2013 14
6 North Korea barbaric regime revealed Saturday, 13 April 2013 30
7 Can Noonan be serious? There's no way we can trust the banks Sunday, 24 March 2013 45
8 Ireland was ‘destination of choice’ for prostitutes Sunday, 24 March 2013 34
9 Environment Climate change scepticism Secret funding of climate sceptics is not restricted to the US Sunday, 24 March 2013 51
10 Magdalene Laundries: An American survivor's interview Sunday, 24 March 2013 47
11 The Norwegian prison where inmates are treated like people Sunday, 24 March 2013 42
12 Missing property tycoon found lost, ragged and scarred Friday, 01 February 2013 99
13 Defence sector corruption rife, new survey claims Tuesday, 29 January 2013 89
14 Redundancy is a life wasted. I am now nothing but a threat Thursday, 10 January 2013 95
15 Rage at brutal rape erupts in India Sunday, 23 December 2012 99
16 After the slaughter at Sandy Hook school, America's firearms debate intensifies Sunday, 23 December 2012 103
17 Banking industry's year of shame ends in a blizzard of Libor revelations Sunday, 23 December 2012 101
18 Leveson: an elephantine, sloppy exercise in cut-and-paste Monday, 03 December 2012 123
19 Offshore secrets revealed: the shadowy side of a booming industry Monday, 26 November 2012 92
20 PCC chair says he has widespread media backing for self-regulation plan Monday, 26 November 2012 93
21 UBS fined £30m over rogue trader Monday, 26 November 2012 102
22 Woman 'denied a termination' dies in hospital Friday, 16 November 2012 115
23 Female Cop Gets $1 Million After Colleagues Trolled Database to Peek at Her Pic Tuesday, 06 November 2012 112
24 Robert Bales trial opens as US sergeant charged with massacring 16 Afghans Tuesday, 06 November 2012 109
25 Malawi suspends anti-gay laws as MPs debate repeal Tuesday, 06 November 2012 110
26 Social workers 'at rock bottom' over issue of race and adoption Tuesday, 06 November 2012 120
27 Russia accuses US over 'double standards' on human rights Monday, 22 October 2012 117
28 Open season for terrorising the Irish countryside Monday, 22 October 2012 139
29 Time every citizen had right to a sex life Monday, 22 October 2012 142
30 Mau Mau veterans win right to sue British government Saturday, 06 October 2012 151
31 South African mine owner Amplats fires 12,000 workers Saturday, 06 October 2012 156
32 News World news Forced marriage 'They're following me': chilling words of girl who was 'honour killing' victim Sunday, 23 September 2012 182
33 The British public would not trust or accept armed police Sunday, 23 September 2012 176
34 Greater Manchester police warn of vicious gangland feud Sunday, 23 September 2012 197
35 Justice for the 96 and their families Sunday, 23 September 2012 188
36 Marikana strike: South Africa to release unrest miners Monday, 03 September 2012 202
37 South Africa's Zuma 'will not act' on Marikana charges Monday, 03 September 2012 204
38 Bishops set to lobby politicians in abortion campaign Monday, 27 August 2012 199
39 17 beheaded in Afghanistan Monday, 27 August 2012 281
40 Court finds Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik sane Friday, 24 August 2012 161
41 Minister attacks BBC and Ofsted secrecy over use of surveillance Wednesday, 22 August 2012 210
42 US 'should hand over footage of drone strikes or face UN inquiry' Monday, 20 August 2012 193
43 Mass Shooting in Aurora, Colorado – Tell Me Why We Don’t Need Gun Control Again? Friday, 20 July 2012 199
44 Closure of forensic archive a 'shambles', experts warn Wednesday, 18 July 2012 196
45 Felon voting laws to disenfranchise historic number of Americans in 2012 Tuesday, 17 July 2012 174
46 7% surge in people taking their own lives Thursday, 12 July 2012 212
47 Israeli woman protects Palestinan boy from Israeli soldier Thursday, 05 July 2012 253
48 Britain's oldest woman robbed aged 112: Vile thug jailed for raid which left frail Grace living in fear Thursday, 05 July 2012 268
49 "It was the fault of the world and society": Teenager who raped girl, 5, avoids jail as judge says he's been warped by online porn Thursday, 05 July 2012 210
50 Confessions of an immigrant: Knowledge of Life in the UK Tuesday, 03 July 2012 203
51 Warning over care home sexual abuse Tuesday, 03 July 2012 224
52 Will we see City bankers behind bars? Tuesday, 03 July 2012 201
53 City suits laugh at the law while hoodies get their collars felt Tuesday, 03 July 2012 206
54 Going straight... to the top: Gang members 'could be wealthy businessmen if they went legit' Thursday, 28 June 2012 239
55 Barclays shamed by £290m fine for market fixing Thursday, 28 June 2012 252
56 'They even murdered my nine year old brother': Holocaust survivor returns to death camps 70 years after his whole family was wiped out Sunday, 24 June 2012 216
57 Wild West in Chicago: City officials fight back as murder rate outstrips N.Y., L.A. – even Kabul Friday, 15 June 2012 296
58 Forced marriage to become a criminal offence Wednesday, 13 June 2012 224
59 Ownership is the key to the corruption of the media Wednesday, 13 June 2012 261
60 Greek Crisis: Son, 60, Pushes Alzheimer Mother, 90, to Death and Commits Suicide Wednesday, 13 June 2012 231
61 Police up to 28 times more likely to stop and search black people – study Wednesday, 13 June 2012 252
62 Is 20p too much to prevent a rape? Sunday, 10 June 2012 244
63 First the 'targeted killing' campaign, then the targeted propaganda campaign Friday, 08 June 2012 254
64 City fete fright Thursday, 07 June 2012 262
65 DPP [Barbados]: Stop hiding white collar crime Thursday, 07 June 2012 229
66 Prisoners must be given right to vote, European court rules Wednesday, 23 May 2012 238
67 Ukraine Olympic chief filmed offering to sell thousand pounds worth of Olympics tickets on black market Wednesday, 23 May 2012 222
68 Road builders must put people first to curb epidemic of death and injuries Sunday, 20 May 2012 211
69 ‘Time and punishment’ now Canada’s way Friday, 18 May 2012 285
70 The Criminalization of Rape Victims Wednesday, 16 May 2012 291
71 DWP 'did not do enough to stop fraud among welfare-to-work companies' Wednesday, 16 May 2012 229
72 Theresa May 'on precipice of destroying police service' Wednesday, 16 May 2012 270
73 The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death Tuesday, 15 May 2012 271
74 Italian mafia boss's tomb opened in search for missing girl Tuesday, 15 May 2012 284
75 Spain's indignados accuse police of violence Monday, 14 May 2012 242
76 Union leaders threaten more public sector strikes Thursday, 10 May 2012 255
77 Why reforming criminal justice is now a Conservative issue Saturday, 05 May 2012 249
78 France drops sex harassment law, angers feminists Friday, 04 May 2012 279
79 SOS NHS: How spending cuts are savaging our health service Thursday, 03 May 2012 258
80 Mayday! The distress call from British workers Thursday, 03 May 2012 273
81 Murdoch: The damning verdict Wednesday, 02 May 2012 255
82 Cannabis: Britain's growth industry Wednesday, 02 May 2012 297
83 From despair to where? Citizens Advice Bureaux face turning poor away as cuts bite Monday, 30 April 2012 237
84 Netherlands judge backs cafe cannabis ban Friday, 27 April 2012 265
85 Murdoch and the Cameron entourage: a shameful tale laid out for all to see Friday, 27 April 2012 232
86 The Criminalization of Bad Mothers Wednesday, 25 April 2012 281
87 Murdoch's stooges: Tory minister illegally tipped off Sky about £8bn deal... and PM 'caught lying' Wednesday, 25 April 2012 267
88 UN official: Crime generates revenues in the trillions of dollars each year Tuesday, 24 April 2012 299
89 Kingston Pen's children, child killers, murderers and monsters: Canada's oldest penitentiary to close after nearly 180 years Monday, 23 April 2012 257
90 Anders Behring Breivik denies contact with EDL Friday, 20 April 2012 290
91 “We are building settlements that reproduce sexual violence, crime and xenophobia” Friday, 20 April 2012 280
92 Anders Breivik: cold and calculating, yes – but insane? Tuesday, 17 April 2012 316
93 The Cameron crony and the Kray twins: Tory donor admits working as gangsters' doorman Monday, 16 April 2012 330
94 When Jens Breivik watched the news about the Utøya island shooting, he had no idea his son was responsible.... Monday, 16 April 2012 402
95 Elitist? The privileged minority has a grip on power and is rubbing our boat races in it Friday, 13 April 2012 281
96 'Scared' BBC workers offered bodyguards at new Salford base HQ Friday, 13 April 2012 308
97 Mental health treatment gets street smart Wednesday, 11 April 2012 343
98 George Osborne 'shocked' at level of tax avoidance among wealthy Tuesday, 10 April 2012 352
99 Pope's Easter message in the Vatican: Mankind is in darkness Tuesday, 10 April 2012 266
100 Met police commissioner urges staff to report racist behaviour Wednesday, 04 April 2012 363
101 Battle stress: The hidden price of the Falklands conflict Tuesday, 03 April 2012 299
102 Internet companies warn over government email surveillance plans Monday, 02 April 2012 305
103 Eurozone crisis live: Spanish general strike kicks off Thursday, 29 March 2012 324
104 Verdict on UK riots: people need a 'stake in society', says report Wednesday, 28 March 2012 324
105 It’s “utterly disgraceful” that Cruddas offered access to the PM at Chequers says Danny Alexander Tuesday, 27 March 2012 274
106 Woman beaten in San Diego attack to be buried in Iraq Monday, 26 March 2012 260
107 Institutionalized racism: Thousand protests Trayvon Martin's murder Friday, 23 March 2012 345
108 Eurozone crisis live: Recession fears grow as Portugal strikes Thursday, 22 March 2012 273
109 Budget bombshell: Tories mug OAPs and hand tax breaks to the rich Thursday, 22 March 2012 294
110 RIP NHS, 1948-2012: Cameron gloats as hated Health Bill passed to allow private firms to cash in on care Wednesday, 21 March 2012 271
111 Children in peril: The gang culture turning kids to lives of crime Wednesday, 21 March 2012 329
112 Politicians and public service: snouts in the public trough Wednesday, 21 March 2012 293
113 What's all the fuss about the 'feminist porn star' James Deen? Tuesday, 20 March 2012 375
114 The Trayvon Martin Killing, Explained Tuesday, 20 March 2012 343
115 German Police Honing In on Far-Right Criminals Friday, 16 March 2012 294
116 "How much money did we make off the client?": Goldman Sachs resignation letter blasting culture of "toxic" greed goes viral Thursday, 15 March 2012 302
117 Guardian's crime reporter: Communication with police being 'closed down' Wednesday, 14 March 2012 254
118 Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs Wednesday, 14 March 2012 635
119 Afghanistan killings: gunman hunted families as if they were military targets Tuesday, 13 March 2012 274
120 Shock 'cure' for paedophiles: 100 perverts chemically castrated in jail to crush vile urges Tuesday, 13 March 2012 284
121 Surge in brutal killings of gay and 'Emo' youth Tuesday, 13 March 2012 267
122 Israeli air strikes kill five Palestinians Tuesday, 13 March 2012 291
123 As Annan flies out, Assad's men go in to kill the innocent Tuesday, 13 March 2012 268
124 One law for the rich, no law for the poor Sunday, 11 March 2012 275
125 Sexist remarks and wolf-whistles could become criminal offences Thursday, 08 March 2012 273
126 New York Prostitution Ring Provided Minors For Wealthy Elitists Thursday, 08 March 2012 285
127 "In the US today, you’re on your own": The homeless living the American Nightmare in tent cities Wednesday, 07 March 2012 269
128 Christopher Tappin refused bail by American court Tuesday, 06 March 2012 272
129 'Putin is a thief' cry Russians as inspectors attack vote Tuesday, 06 March 2012 254
130 The copper, the Lawrence killer's father, and secret police files that expose a 'corrupt relationship' Tuesday, 06 March 2012 262
131 We will carry the torch of Bhopal to London's Olympic Games Tuesday, 06 March 2012 286
132 Witchcraft murder: Couple jailed for Kristy Bamu killing Monday, 05 March 2012 356
133 Women and children could die because of legal aid cuts says former attorney general Monday, 05 March 2012 270
134 Shame works on bankers, MPs and tabloids, however immune they seem Saturday, 03 March 2012 273
135 Fuel poverty deaths three times higher than government estimates Wednesday, 29 February 2012 319
136 Can Leveson Inquiry get any worse for key players? Wednesday, 29 February 2012 297
137 Andrha Pradesh: lender's own probe links it to suicides Wednesday, 29 February 2012 282
138 Bryant: phone hacking may be worst corporate corruption case for 250 years Tuesday, 28 February 2012 276
139 Rape figures 'distorted' as cases wiped from record Tuesday, 28 February 2012 259
140 Companies using 'blaggers' to illegally access personal data to be investigated Tuesday, 28 February 2012 278
141 Charlotte Church: 'Why did I settle the case? Because I found out their tactics. They were going to go after my mother again' Tuesday, 28 February 2012 263
142 The Sun on Monday: Shocking scale of paper's corruption exposed at Leveson Tuesday, 28 February 2012 292
143 The Leveson inquiry has exposed Britain's growing corruption problem Tuesday, 28 February 2012 288
144 Court told of murky world of blagger at heart of computer-hacking allegations Monday, 27 February 2012 291
145 Eugenics: the skeleton that rattles loudest in the left's closet Thursday, 23 February 2012 279
146 It's official: crime is bad for your health Thursday, 23 February 2012 305
147 EastEnders' Jamie Foreman: I was 14 when I learnt my dad was a killer Tuesday, 21 February 2012 400
148 Dominic Lawson: My Lord Lucan episode shows why Murdoch has got it right Tuesday, 21 February 2012 679
149 We need to know who funds these thinktank lobbyists Tuesday, 21 February 2012 281
150 Squatting law will only criminalise the homeless Tuesday, 21 February 2012 302
151 Jeremy Clarkson remark did not break rules, says Ofcom Monday, 20 February 2012 309
152 In Alabama, a County That Fell Off the Financial Cliff Sunday, 19 February 2012 273
153 Faith groups warned they 'must abide by laws' Friday, 17 February 2012 309
154 MI5 helped US in fruitless search for Charlie Chaplin's Communist past Friday, 17 February 2012 293
155 How an abortion divided America Thursday, 16 February 2012 296
156 Guatemalan leader: the only way to beat gangs is to legalise drugs Thursday, 16 February 2012 289
157 Rothschild loses libel case, and reveals secret world of money and politics Thursday, 16 February 2012 302
158 Mad, bad and delightful to know: How Lord Byron became a cultural superstar Thursday, 16 February 2012 304
159 From Kent to Texas, grandfather facing 35 years in US jail Wednesday, 15 February 2012 302
160 McMurtry, Greenspan & Doob: Harper’s incoherent crime policy Tuesday, 14 February 2012 356
161 Apple admits it has a human rights problem Tuesday, 14 February 2012 323
162 Lower classes quicker to show compassion in the face of suffering Tuesday, 14 February 2012 310
163 Letters raise fears for last Briton in Guantanamo Monday, 13 February 2012 280
164 Leveson so far: ingenious hacks, shifty editors and attacks of Sudden Memory Loss Syndrome Monday, 13 February 2012 518
165 Eight arrests as Murdoch 'throws staff to the wolves' Monday, 13 February 2012 327
166 Greek MPs warned of catastrophe as Athens erupts in violence Monday, 13 February 2012 289
167 End energy profiteering: The rich get richer, the poor get colder Friday, 10 February 2012 291
168 Night in the cells accidentally became two years in solitary Wednesday, 08 February 2012 557
169 Met admits illegally covering up hacking Wednesday, 08 February 2012 303
170 Times editors kept truth on email hacking from High Court Wednesday, 08 February 2012 288
171 The Assange case means we are all suspects now Tuesday, 07 February 2012 281
172 Lightning kills an entire football team Tuesday, 07 February 2012 344
173 Five myths about Americans in prison Friday, 03 February 2012 309
174 Justice Secretary warning on longer jail terms Thursday, 02 February 2012 295
175 Fury at army and police over Egypt soccer riot deaths Thursday, 02 February 2012 307
176 British men forced into 'modern slavery' abroad Thursday, 02 February 2012 321
177 Police Tape: Is Chicago really planning on detaining anyone who records protestor arrests at the G-8 summit? Thursday, 02 February 2012 319
178 Thousands wrongly labelled as criminals Thursday, 02 February 2012 290
179 Arizona execution-team requirements eased Wednesday, 01 February 2012 312
180 Whitewashing Black History Month Wednesday, 01 February 2012 329
181 A criminal’s charter? Defending the Human Rights Act, again Tuesday, 31 January 2012 301
182 Barack Obama faces pressure over TVShack extradition case Tuesday, 31 January 2012 296
183 Zante, bloody Zante: Sun, sex and the dark side of The Med Tuesday, 31 January 2012 526
184 Crime map website to reveal hotspots Tuesday, 31 January 2012 291
185 Marine gets no jail time in killing of 24 Iraqi civilians Monday, 30 January 2012 284
186 Glenn Greenwald on Two-Tiered U.S. Justice System, Obama’s Assassination Program & the Arab Spring Monday, 30 January 2012 326
187 Leon Panetta’s explicitly authoritarian decree Monday, 30 January 2012 396
188 Worth the risk? UK goes for broke with supercasinos Monday, 30 January 2012 262
189 Extreme close-up: German film brings the spread of neo-Nazi gangs into focus Monday, 30 January 2012 334
190 Why California's three strikes law is out of order Friday, 27 January 2012 296
191 Canadians finally getting it: crime is on the decline Thursday, 26 January 2012 294
192 Britain facing boom in dishonesty Wednesday, 25 January 2012 305
193 Small-time drug dealers to be spared jail in new rules Tuesday, 24 January 2012 357
194 It’s time to end the failed war on drugs Monday, 23 January 2012 320
195 A public mood that won't stand for corporate greed any longer Friday, 20 January 2012 313
196 We hacked emails too – News International Friday, 20 January 2012 354
197 Prosecutor says Iraq war vet killed transients for "thrill" Thursday, 19 January 2012 337
198 Cameron reveals his vision for 'moral markets' Thursday, 19 January 2012 334
199 Why Has China Declared War On Reality TV? Tuesday, 17 January 2012 307
200 £10m unpaid fines branded slap in face for crime victims Tuesday, 17 January 2012 318
201 Rail travel chaos after cable theft Tuesday, 17 January 2012 359
202 For too many African-Americans, prison is a legacy passed from father to son Monday, 16 January 2012 308
203 'We call people like Norris and Dobson RAs - Racist Attackers. They target you just because you are black' Tuesday, 10 January 2012 344
204 Muslims are 12.6 Per Cent of the Prison Population in England and Wales Tuesday, 10 January 2012 305
205 The US schools with their own police Tuesday, 10 January 2012 360
206 Since Stephen Lawrence's racist murder, how many more? 96 Tuesday, 10 January 2012 375
207 Quadriplegic Undocumented Immigrant Dies In Mexico After Being Deported From His Hospital Bed Tuesday, 10 January 2012 313
208 China, Oil And Ethnic Cleansing In Horn Of Africa Monday, 09 January 2012 346
209 Robert Reich: The decline of the public good Friday, 06 January 2012 348
210 Key Macpherson report figure says Met is still racist Friday, 06 January 2012 344
211 TV drama Public Enemies reflects the reality of probation officers Friday, 06 January 2012 494
212 Boy 'tortured and drowned' over witchcraft claims Thursday, 05 January 2012 345
213 Gary Dobson and David Norris never escaped shadow of suspicion Tuesday, 03 January 2012 313
214 B.C. public points to Britain to slam Vancouver’s riot response Tuesday, 03 January 2012 346
215 Yasmin Alibhai Brown: Honours that show the old order reasserting itself Tuesday, 03 January 2012 429
216 Air Jordan release sparks stampedes at stores across US Tuesday, 03 January 2012 357
217 Retired police chief arrested at OWS after calling fellow officers ‘obnoxious, arrogant and ignorant’ Monday, 02 January 2012 346
218 12 charged over Amish race hate crimes Friday, 30 December 2011 340
219 Doctors sued for creating 'Valium addicts' Thursday, 29 December 2011 375
220 Mary Dejevsky: The hollowed-out city invites lawlessness Thursday, 29 December 2011 326
221 Can policing be bought and sold? Tuesday, 20 December 2011 346
222 This lobbying against reform is dishonest and damaging Friday, 16 December 2011 520
223 Housing instability is linked to poor mental health and offending, says Centre for Mental Health Thursday, 15 December 2011 348
224 Deported Tamils 'face torture' on return to Sri Lanka Thursday, 15 December 2011 341
225 I was born to be a killer. Every night I see the Devil in my dreams Wednesday, 14 December 2011 602
226 Vince Cable and David Willetts have vandalised our universities Wednesday, 14 December 2011 337
227 Iceland exits recession Wednesday, 14 December 2011 354
228 Human Rights Watch slams Obama administration for ignoring abuses In Uzbekistan Tuesday, 13 December 2011 350
229 Chief constable backs 'restorative justice' for youths Tuesday, 13 December 2011 327
230 IPCC: We were wrong about shooting that led to riots Tuesday, 13 December 2011 357
231 Police in Britain deemed untrustworthy compared with Europe, says study Tuesday, 13 December 2011 351
232 Euro calamity Tuesday, 13 December 2011 374
233 Havelange's legacy as the godfather of greed Monday, 12 December 2011 330
234 A rather modest retraction for a story that has changed so much Monday, 12 December 2011 440
235 Forced marriage ‘to be a crime’ Monday, 12 December 2011 343
236 Football 11 Prison 0. How sport can win the hearts, minds and energy of Manchester's young Friday, 09 December 2011 346
237 Manchester and Salford: a tale of two riots Thursday, 08 December 2011 331
238 Cocaine found in more than 10 per cent of British banknotes Friday, 02 December 2011 329
239 Unions hail public sector strike Thursday, 01 December 2011 320
240 Osborne's impact laid bare: The rich get richer and the poor get poorer Thursday, 01 December 2011 345
241 Thought Crime in Washington Thursday, 01 December 2011 345
242 Public lacked faith in riots police Tuesday, 29 November 2011 326
243 Homophobic crime: unspoken scourge within Britain's prisons Tuesday, 29 November 2011 370
244 Leveson inquiry: why journalists should cry - and visit the prayer room Monday, 28 November 2011 472
245 London Olympics in crisis as India threatens boycott Sunday, 27 November 2011 382
246 The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy Sunday, 27 November 2011 382
247 Overcrowded prisons are a national disgrace Friday, 25 November 2011 382
248 Letters: Newspapers feed the greed for fame Friday, 25 November 2011 338
249 The Sketch: Capital treason charges will sort out the bankers – if burning crosses don't Friday, 25 November 2011 370
250 India threaten to boycott London 2012 Olympics over Dow sponsorship Friday, 25 November 2011 371
251 Scandal of elderly facing abuse and neglect in own homes Wednesday, 23 November 2011 466
252 Student who ran TV website in extradition battle with US Wednesday, 23 November 2011 371
253 Capo di tutti capi plays dumb when quizzed about Murdoch mafia’s “omerta” Tuesday, 22 November 2011 459
254 Outcry over 'chilling' campus pepper spray use Monday, 21 November 2011 377
255 What price the new democracy? Goldman Sachs conquers Europe Friday, 18 November 2011 400
256 Child cage fighting can go on Friday, 18 November 2011 381
257 Home Office used 'highly selective' drug figures to make UKBA look good Tuesday, 15 November 2011 327
258 From tragedy to travesty: Drugs tested on survivors of Bhopal Tuesday, 15 November 2011 428
259 Private sector prisons are an eye-watering scandal, union tells Justice ministry Monday, 14 November 2011 325
260 Living with murder: Detroit's agony Monday, 14 November 2011 361
261 Italy and Greece: rule by bankers? Friday, 11 November 2011 339
262 Young black men make up four in 10 of youth jail population Thursday, 10 November 2011 361
263 Anger on the streets of London as 10,000 students demonstrate Wednesday, 09 November 2011 348
264 Crime falls when Sweden 'drinks like Europe' Thursday, 03 November 2011 348
265 Despair and desperation – the real story of youth unemployment in Britain Wednesday, 02 November 2011 360
266 Former Leftist Rebel Is Elected Mayor of Bogotá Monday, 31 October 2011 326
267 Did you hear the one about the bankers? Monday, 31 October 2011 354
268 Discovery offers new hope for drug addiction treatments Monday, 31 October 2011 352
269 Too many women in prison for breaching community orders Tuesday, 25 October 2011 374
270 Vatican calls for crackdown on financial markets Tuesday, 25 October 2011 367
271 UK riots analysis reveal gangs did not play pivotal role Tuesday, 25 October 2011 368
272 Undercover officer may have put trial at risk Thursday, 20 October 2011 357
273 Libya's Muammar Gaddafi killed Thursday, 20 October 2011 356
274 Early civil rights star studied in Cambridge Thursday, 20 October 2011 368
275 Centuries of open justice threatened by secret courts Thursday, 20 October 2011 357
276 Suppressing schizophrenia Wednesday, 19 October 2011 401
277 America's child death shame Wednesday, 19 October 2011 424
278 Canada's only female dangerous offender Friday, 14 October 2011 437
279 Five years of immigration detention ruled unlawful Tuesday, 11 October 2011 362
280 Saudi beheading of eight Bangladesh workers condemned Monday, 10 October 2011 376
281 CCA-Run Prison Remains Idaho's Most Violent Lockup Sunday, 09 October 2011 414
282 Report Confirms Need for NV Juvenile Justice Reform Wednesday, 05 October 2011 367
283 George Soros' sympathy for Wall Street protesters Tuesday, 04 October 2011 379
284 The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School Tuesday, 04 October 2011 386
285 As Scorn for Vote Grows, Protests Surge Around Globe Thursday, 29 September 2011 436
286 Should victims decide if crimes are investigated? Wednesday, 28 September 2011 360
287 Select Americans Get Top-Grade Pot From Feds Wednesday, 28 September 2011 372
288 Saudi women languish in jail as families reject them Wednesday, 28 September 2011 368
289 Inside Higher Ed: ‘Irvine 11’ found guilty Monday, 26 September 2011 387
290 Prison doesn't achieve anything, says Ken Clarke Friday, 16 September 2011 370
291 English city riots involved 'hardcore' of repeat offenders, first analysis shows Friday, 16 September 2011 686
292 Riots were a wake-up call to country, says Iain Duncan Smith Thursday, 15 September 2011 423
293 Jail For Rioters 'Not The Answer' Says Public Thursday, 15 September 2011 464
294 Some crime increases good news - expert Wednesday, 14 September 2011 373
295 Desperate Guatemalans Embrace an ‘Iron Fist’ Tuesday, 13 September 2011 400
296 Emergency notes: restorative justice to replace punitive in Trinidad? Monday, 12 September 2011 428
297 Nicaragua's Antidote to Violent Crime Friday, 09 September 2011 428
298 London's rioters are Thatcher's grandchildren Wednesday, 07 September 2011 754
299 Behind the riots: what young people think about the 2011 summer unrest Tuesday, 06 September 2011 778
300 CIA shifts focus to killing targets Tuesday, 06 September 2011 725
301 Getting away with murder Monday, 05 September 2011 700
302 Neo-Nazi mobilization in Dortmund on anti-war day Monday, 05 September 2011 731
303 Purists Gone Wild Friday, 02 September 2011 3919
304 Fear of chaos and crime dogs Brazil's 2014 carnival Friday, 02 September 2011 682
305 Why is crime in the US at a historic low? Thursday, 01 September 2011 653
306 Southfields dad committed suicide after housing benefit cut Tuesday, 30 August 2011 773
307 The Hackney Heroine tells why she confronted rioters Tuesday, 23 August 2011 891
308 Jon Snow: One law for the rich and another for the poor? Tuesday, 16 August 2011 834
309 UK banks fund deadly cluster-bomb industry Tuesday, 16 August 2011 737
310 Jail 'em all! Magistrate says government has ordered prison stretch for every rioter Monday, 15 August 2011 500
311 The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom Friday, 12 August 2011 659
312 Teen Gang Reveals Looting Spree Friday, 12 August 2011 564
313 UK riots: how do Boris Johnson's Bullingdon antics compare? Friday, 12 August 2011 499
314 Dealing with the looters – a beak speaks Friday, 12 August 2011 497
315 Judge gets 28 years for 'kids for cash' scandal Friday, 12 August 2011 734
316 How America criminalised poverty Wednesday, 10 August 2011 813
317 The UK riots: the psychology of looting Wednesday, 10 August 2011 786
318 Riot girls: "showing the rich we can do what we want" Tuesday, 09 August 2011 686
319 Riots: the underclass lashes out Tuesday, 09 August 2011 445
320 Big pictures: anarchy in London Tuesday, 09 August 2011 410
321 If the rioting was a surprise, people weren't looking Tuesday, 09 August 2011 609
322 A death at the hands of police – and a vigil that turned to violence Monday, 08 August 2011 430
323 Public perception of crime higher despite falling figures Thursday, 04 August 2011 811
324 Cops and Crime Tuesday, 02 August 2011 501
325 The punitive regulation of poverty in the neoliberal age Tuesday, 02 August 2011 503
326 If a Married Lesbian Couple Saves 40 Teens from the Norway Massacre and No One Writes About it, Did it Really Happen? Tuesday, 02 August 2011 497
327 The mystery of the missing Amazonian rubber slaves Tuesday, 02 August 2011 479
328 May accused of delaying overhaul of gun laws Tuesday, 02 August 2011 467
329 Invisible victims of crime and punishment Thursday, 28 July 2011 457
330 What turned Anders Breivik into Norway's worst nightmare? Thursday, 28 July 2011 610
331 Faces of hatred: Norway mass killer's life laid bare Monday, 25 July 2011 469
332 Mau Mau win the right to sue Britain Friday, 22 July 2011 458
333 Marijuana not linked with long-term cognitive impairment Friday, 22 July 2011 516
334 Texas executes 9/11 'revenge' killer Thursday, 21 July 2011 480
335 Drugs hitman aged 14 on trial after beheading four victims in Mexico Thursday, 21 July 2011 544
336 Christina Patterson: On one thing, Murdoch is right Thursday, 21 July 2011 490
337 We may still be paying Milly Dowler hacker's bills, admits Murdoch Thursday, 21 July 2011 474
338 Chaos at the Yard as Yates resigns and more officers face allegations Thursday, 21 July 2011 457
339 'We are sorry' - text of Murdock apology Tuesday, 19 July 2011 736
340 Steve Richards: Everything has changed, but most politicians don't realise it Tuesday, 19 July 2011 440
341 Margaret Drabble: Now we have the chance to purge ourselves of insidious shame Tuesday, 19 July 2011 457
342 Don't blame the Press Complaints Commission over phone hacking Monday, 18 July 2011 499
343 US Drones kill 54 as insane US foreign policy acts as recruiting agent for "terrorists" Thursday, 14 July 2011 480
344 Standing up to Naples' mafia Wednesday, 13 July 2011 591
345 Call for inquiry after seventh teenager dies in custody Monday, 11 July 2011 435
346 Public turn on Murdoch: 70% oppose BSkyB takeover Monday, 11 July 2011 520
347 The evils of unregulated capitalism: Stiglitz Monday, 11 July 2011 481
348 Failed by the law, the police and the media Saturday, 25 June 2011 445
349 Growth of 'legal highs' poses new risks to drug users Saturday, 25 June 2011 470
350 Websites trumpeting high school sexual slanders to the world Friday, 24 June 2011 498
351 Venezuela's Horrific Prison Riot: Why is Hugo Chávez Silent? Friday, 24 June 2011 473
352 Rounding up the governments Friday, 24 June 2011 491
353 Mental health care for youth offenders 'lacking' Friday, 24 June 2011 469
354 Blogs Elbow Up to Journal Status in New Academic-Publishing Venture Friday, 24 June 2011 474
355 Private university BPP launches bid to run 10 publicly funded counterparts Wednesday, 22 June 2011 522
356 Study finds prostitution now a career choice for many women in Wales Tuesday, 21 June 2011 709
357 Forget Freud, Forget Marx. Rioting, above all, is fun Saturday, 18 June 2011 602
358 Building strong communities means we can hold government to account Friday, 17 June 2011 497
359 From Protection to Punishment: new report from the Women in Prison Project Wednesday, 15 June 2011 473
360 Magistrates resign as courts close Wednesday, 15 June 2011 495
361 Patrick Cockburn: We must cut politics out of the debate on cannabis Monday, 13 June 2011 497
362 An ASBO in 14th century Britain Friday, 03 June 2011 723
363 Calls to legalise cannabis and ecstasy Friday, 03 June 2011 1135
364 Celebrities call for decriminalisation of drugs Thursday, 02 June 2011 507
365 Mexicans turn to social media for news about drug crimes Wednesday, 01 June 2011 493
366 Why Victims Face the Criminals Who Hurt Them Tuesday, 31 May 2011 559
367 The New Yorker Looks at the Decline in Texas Death Sentences Tuesday, 31 May 2011 766
368 Google under fire for using tax loopholes to save $3bn Monday, 30 May 2011 495
369 Google's Tax Avoidance: So Much for "Don't Be Evil" Monday, 30 May 2011 612
370 Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door Sunday, 29 May 2011 525
371 Rape sentences now average eight years, Ministry of Justice figures show Friday, 27 May 2011 509
372 Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts Wednesday, 25 May 2011 551
373 Amazon rainforest activist shot dead Wednesday, 25 May 2011 518
374 California must cut prison population by 30,000 Tuesday, 24 May 2011 522
375 Iran’s Profitable War on Drugs Tuesday, 24 May 2011 634
376 A feminist presumption of victimhood impairs justice Friday, 20 May 2011 593
377 When Social Fear Is Missing, So Are Racial Stereotypes Thursday, 19 May 2011 488
378 It's Miliband, not Clarke, who should be ashamed Thursday, 19 May 2011 558
379 Anyone hear what Clarke really said on rape sentencing? Thursday, 19 May 2011 535
380 Rape conviction rates: Ministry of Justice moves to tackle 'misleading' measurement Wednesday, 18 May 2011 565
381 Long prison sentences fail not just offenders, but society too Wednesday, 18 May 2011 549
382 Bernard L. Madoff Tuesday, 17 May 2011 582
383 Racial Bias in Capital Sentencing Monday, 16 May 2011 612
384 The Executioner's Dilemma Sunday, 15 May 2011 751
385 Discrimination in the hallways Thursday, 12 May 2011 557
386 Dame Anne Owers: We need to think again about those most at risk in our jails Wednesday, 11 May 2011 579
387 Bin Laden’s Crimes, and Ours Friday, 06 May 2011 568
388 Dad ‘disgusted’ as cops cleared of wrongdoing after they used Taser on him during epileptic fit Thursday, 05 May 2011 522
389 D.A. ready to test neighborhood courts Wednesday, 04 May 2011 622
390 Raping little girls, restorative justice and community accountability Tuesday, 03 May 2011 1219
391 Police use social media sites to reach public Friday, 22 April 2011 563
392 Moral welfare Thursday, 21 April 2011 515
393 Banksy exhibit 'inspires criminals', police insist Thursday, 21 April 2011 492
394 Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq Thursday, 21 April 2011 477
395 Bahrain's secret terror Thursday, 21 April 2011 522
396 Crime numbers total down by 3% Wednesday, 20 April 2011 506
397 Teenager found hanged in cell dies Wednesday, 20 April 2011 490
398 Recorded crime falls despite rise in sexual offences and knife-point robbery Wednesday, 20 April 2011 507
399 Politicians exploit myth that Canada's soft on crime Tuesday, 19 April 2011 535
400 Young children suffering violence on the rise Tuesday, 19 April 2011 506
401 Save our cyclists: Clamour for flood of avoidable road deaths to be stemmed Friday, 15 April 2011 500
402 Distant relative of man hanged by mob in 1910 visits Newark Wednesday, 13 April 2011 816
403 To tackle crime, we need to understand what's causing it Wednesday, 13 April 2011 460
404 Stop prisoners from voting? That's criminal Wednesday, 13 April 2011 494
405 California shrinks its prisons, but overcrowding persists Wednesday, 13 April 2011 562
406 Unilever, P&G fined 315.2 million euros for price fixing Wednesday, 13 April 2011 497
407 Obalende, den of women of easy virtue Wednesday, 13 April 2011 583
408 Criminalisation harms sex workers Wednesday, 13 April 2011 506
409 Drugs and development – caught in a vicious cycle Tuesday, 12 April 2011 475
410 Hacking row: Miliband calls for 'criminal' probe Tuesday, 12 April 2011 479
411 Teenage girls at risk from 'generation of wife beaters' Tuesday, 12 April 2011 540
412 Spain and the lingering legacy of Franco Friday, 01 April 2011 519
413 Is it wise to criminalise respectable protest groups? Thursday, 31 March 2011 515
414 Amnesty International: Global death penalty trend falls Monday, 28 March 2011 531
415 In Europe's last dictatorship, all opposition is mercilessly crushed Tuesday, 08 March 2011 557
416 Classifying offenders could lead to criminal justice revolution Wednesday, 02 March 2011 809
417 How the rich soaked the rest of us Tuesday, 01 March 2011 783
418 It's not my fault you paid $250,000 and I paid a buck Tuesday, 01 March 2011 825
419 Chevron's dirty fight in Ecuador Wednesday, 23 February 2011 802
420 This evil despot must be brought to justice Wednesday, 23 February 2011 813
421 Good riddance to the society of suspects Wednesday, 16 February 2011 819
422 Laws against torture apply to Bush as well Wednesday, 16 February 2011 829
423 Prisoners 'do not deserve the vote' Thursday, 10 February 2011 819
424 Women protest at undercover policing Saturday, 05 February 2011 511
425 'Mubarak will go tomorrow', they cried as rocks and firebombs flew Friday, 04 February 2011 564
426 Tunisia is burning Friday, 04 February 2011 593
427 Tunisia: 'I've lost my son, but I'm proud of what he did' Friday, 04 February 2011 520
428 Torture, WikiLeaks and our lost sanity Tuesday, 21 December 2010 531
429 Kid campaigning to keep youth club open told he could be arrested Monday, 20 December 2010 598
430 Assange is a 'high-tech terrorist', says Biden Monday, 20 December 2010 539
431 All drugs should be legalised to beat dealers, says former minister Thursday, 16 December 2010 540
432 Germany admits enslaving and abusing a generation of children Tuesday, 14 December 2010 512
433 Police kettling under fire... Monday, 13 December 2010 560
434 My students have had a political awakening Monday, 06 December 2010 574
435 US-style police commissioners to cost £130 million Thursday, 02 December 2010 702
436 Depression and suicide rates climb Thursday, 18 November 2010 592
437 Pregnant woman at Yarl's Wood denied scan despite baby scare Friday, 12 November 2010 541
438 No, we shouldn't move on Friday, 22 October 2010 581
439 The crimewave that shames the world Wednesday, 08 September 2010 556
440 If words fall into disrepair....Tribute to Tony Judt Tuesday, 24 August 2010 552
441 Spirited defence of a level playing field Tuesday, 24 August 2010 558
442 Not just junkies Tuesday, 24 August 2010 576
443 Ban on marches could radicalize protesters Tuesday, 24 August 2010 515
444 The banks are still boss Monday, 09 August 2010 551
445 Being mad is one thing.... Monday, 09 August 2010 576
446 Crime in England & Wales lowest since 1981 Friday, 16 July 2010 592
447 Police chief backs community-based scheme Thursday, 15 July 2010 563
448 Call for restorative justice Thursday, 15 July 2010 577
449 Sympathy for Moat is normal Thursday, 15 July 2010 614
450 Fall in crime stats in the recession Thursday, 15 July 2010 593
451 Gang gunfight in Mexico leaves 21 dead Monday, 12 July 2010 540
452 Adults condoning smacking Monday, 12 July 2010 700
453 Stoning in Iran Monday, 12 July 2010 513
454 What's happened to crime? Thursday, 20 May 2010 537
455 Crime falls by 7% Thursday, 20 May 2010 517
456 Slumdog professor Wednesday, 17 March 2010 606
457 Slumdog reveals learning treasures Wednesday, 17 March 2010 755
458 The bankers lied Monday, 15 March 2010 777
459 It's defeatist talk of a crisis on leftwing thinking Monday, 15 March 2010 674
460 A shameful day for the Lords Monday, 15 March 2010 522
461 4,300 new crimes since 1997 Monday, 15 March 2010 636
462 Is society broken? Polly Toynbee and comments Saturday, 06 March 2010 590
463 The cost of jailing Friday, 05 March 2010 729
464 Jon Venables and the criminal justice system Friday, 05 March 2010 608

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