Archive for August, 2009

Taiwan police scuffle with Dalai Lama opponents (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Police have scuffled with demonstrators protesting the the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan.

Injuries as Niger police clash with former MPs (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Niger police on Sunday used tear gas and beat former MPs who were trying to reinstate parliament which President Mamadou Tandja dissolved in May, witnesses said.

Police expand kidnap probe to neighbor’s house (USA Today)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Police on Saturday expanded their search to a property next to the home of a California couple charged with kidnapping a little girl 18 years ago as they looked for evidence linking them to other open cases in the area, including the unsolved murders of prostitutes.

Attack on Pakistan police center kills 18 officers (CNN)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
At least 18 officers were killed Sunday in a suicide attack at a police training center in Mingora in Pakistan's northwest, officials said.

Police arrest man who found 7 dead in Ga. home (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Police say they have arrested the man who called 911 after finding seven people slain and two others critically injured in a Georgia mobile home, but he has not been charged in the killings.

Blast kills 15 police recruits in Pakistan’s Swat (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
A suicide bomber killed at least 15 police recruits Sunday in Pakistan's Swat Valley in the deadliest attack since the army regained control over the northwestern valley from the Taliban, officials said.

Blast kills 14 police recruits in Pakistan’s Swat (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
A suicide bomber killed at least 14 police recruits Sunday in Pakistan's Swat Valley in the deadliest attack since the army regained control over the northwestern valley from the Taliban, officials said.

Police review cases for connections to kidnap case (AP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Police on Saturday searched the home and property of a California couple charged with kidnapping a little girl 18 years ago, looking for evidence linking them to other open cases in the area, including the unsolved murders of prostitutes.

US police probe multiple deaths in trailer park (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
Police on Sunday searched for motives of grisly multiple killings in the southern US state of Georgia after the bodies of seven people were discovered there in a trailer park, reportedly shot to death.

Blast Kills Police Recruits in Pakistan (International Herald Tribune)

Sunday, August 30th, 2009
CHAMAN, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani police say an explosion has set several NATO fuel tankers on fire at a backed-up Afghan border crossing.