Honduras: Political Crisis and Civil Uprising

The political crisis that began almost three months ago is now at its worst as the de facto government extended the curfew, closed all airports, set roadblocks and threatened to cut off electricity in the whole...

Irish Minister Held at Gunpoint

The Europe Minister in Ireland, who just came back to the country after a week in Brussels negotiating the new Irish referendum vote on the Lisbon Treaty, was taken hostage today during an armed robbery at a golf...

Regina school hostage taking ends peacefully

A Tuesday morning hostage taking incident at Luther College High School in Regina, Saskatchewan, has ended without casualties.   A former student held a pastor hostage at gunpoint during the school's morning chapel service."Trista Gargol, a student at the...

Police Release Sketch of Man Who Allegedly Kidnapped Teen

"Authorities in Leadington, Missouri released a composite sketch of a man they believe abducted a 17-year-old boy at gunpoint Monday.The victim, Kory Wakefield, said the suspect abducted him Monday morning at 7:21...

More Caribbean Crime--Victim Advice: "Don't Go!"

"A British woman has described how she was raped at gunpoint after her husband was kicked senseless by an intruder at their villa in the Caribbean. The young, masked attacker slipped into their privately rented...

The End of the CraigsList Serial Rapist

A truly frightening crime story that highlights the dangers of online contacts--and points out some good police work."Maj. Daniel Dusseau's head throbbed. It was 9 p.m. and nine months into the pursuit of a rapist whose attacks had haunted nearly a dozen of his detectives,...

Mugabe forces hold UK and US diplomats at gunpoint

US and UK diplomats were held at gunpoint yesterday by Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's forces, threatening to exascerbate the already out of control situation in that conutry."Panic as diplomats are held at gunpoint Driver beaten up and tyres slashed Furious Miliband lays...

Why I Hate Cops

"I don't hate cops. I've had friends who were cops in every town where I've ever lived. One pal o' mine--Cuddles to his friends--drove the meat wagon (picking up corpses) for the Chicago police department. Another was Ziggy, a ex-junkie who submitted an application to the...

Iraq Launches Hunt for Kidnapped CBS Journalists

An update to our earlier story on the disappearance of two CBS journalists working in Iraq."Security forces have launched a search for a British journalist and his Iraqi translator working for US television network CBS who were kidnapped in the port city of Basra, an official...

Two CBS journalists kidnapped in Iraq

"Security forces have launched a search for two journalists from the US television network CBS who were kidnapped at gunpoint from their hotel in the Iraqi city of Basra. An interior ministry spokesman said there was an intensive operation under way to find the two...

The New Slavery

"Human trafficking flies below the radar of most people's consciousness, but it happens — even in New Orleans By Sarah Andert The Capri Hotel on Tulane Avenue was no place for human inhabitants in November 2005. Floodwaters from the levee breaches had inundated the building...

Couple Catch Burglar, Make Him Clean Up at Gunpoint

MONTGOMERY, Ala. —  A burglar in Montgomery chose the wrong family to mess with, literally."Adrian and Tiffany McKinnon returned to their Centennial Hill home Tuesday after a week away to find that...

Thieves Rob Entire Hotel

Talk about going big... I've never heard of a hotel robbery on this scale before. "A gang of thieves held up an entire hotel in northern KwaZulu-Natal, robbing the hotel, staff and guests of cash, cellphones and cars, police said on Wednesday. Superintendent Jay Naicker said...

Gang Jailed Over Luxury Car Scam

"Members of an international gang who made £4.5m selling luxury cars stolen in violent attacks have been sentenced. Gang members sold more than 190 cars, some of which were stolen by associates at gunpoint others...

Fire Engulfs Stores Amid Standoff

"Maryland - A 29-year-old gunman was believed to have perished yesterday in a fire that broke out in a liquor store during his standoff with police and engulfed a Frederick shopping complex. The gunman, identified...

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