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Muslims urge resignation of NY police chief over video (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) ? U.S. Muslim civil rights groups demanded the resignation of New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly on Wednesday amid a controversy over the repeated screening of an offensive video. Kelly said he regretted cooperating with the makers of “The Third Jihad: Radical Islam’s Vision for America,” which shows footage of suicide attacks [...]
5 police shot dead in town outside Mexico City (AP)
VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico ? Officials say five police officers were fatally shot after they stopped a vehicle in a town outside Mexico City. Mexico State prosecutor Alfredo Castillo Cervantes says the municipal officers from the town of Ixtapaluca had stopped the vehicle when a taxi and a van pulled up and a group of [...]
Defendant shoots German prosecutor dead in court (Reuters)
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) ? A businessman convicted of embezzlement shot dead a prosecutor as his sentence was being read out in a German court Wednesday, police and prosecutors said. The 54-year-old man shot the prosecutor with a 6.35-caliber gun as the sentence was read out in the courtroom in Dachau, in the southern state of [...]
Mugger left bloodied after attempt on MMA fighter
NBCChicago.com Chicago police say Anthony Miranda tried to rob an MMA fighter. ? By NBCChicago.com CHICAGO — A convicted felon decided to mug an MMA fighter on the Southwest Side of Chicago, police say, and ended up paying a steep price. Police did not release the victim’s name but said he was able to ward [...]