Innocents are being killed as a consequence of this war. A pregnant woman seeking for help..... could the soldiers have known this? Could they have held their fire, stop the vehicle and search it? " CIUDAD JUAREZ...
created by Pat Garcia | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1669 views | 26 recommendations | 4 comments
The bodies of two government soldiers were used as a roadblock on the route into rebel-controlled Congo, according to a report on CNN. The recent fighting between government forces and rebels wanting protection from Rwandan Hutu rebels has caused 250,000 people to flee. There...
created by Rachel Nixon | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 145 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
A quick article about roadblocks in Chad, Central Africa: originally part of the nation's infrastructure, road barriers have become ready-made businesses for those looking to make a quick buck off of motor traffic."The rain gates are installed and manned by the government,...
Members of the Kelly Lake Cree Nation (KLCN) took down a roadblock on Saturday because “angry and dangerous drivers” began blasting through, almost running over four people in separate incidents. One of the...
created by Ahni | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 302 views | 20 recommendations | 2 comments
US and British diplomats were handled roughly and illegally detained, then released on Thursday in Zimbabwe. The five Americans, four Brits and three Zimbabweans were travelling in a convoy when they were attacked by police, who stopped their vehicles and slahed their tires....
created by Rob Walker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 248 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
UPDATE: 5:39PM ESTMorgan Tsvangirai has now been released, after being detained for eight hours. "He was released without charge. Spokesman George Sibotshiwe said police had taken an armoured car from the Movement...
created by Rob Walker | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 332 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
Certainly speaks volumes of British Columbia's Drug mentality which seems straight out of a Cheech and Chong Movie, when a stoner, joint hanging between his lips, enters a Police Roadblock. "Man rolls up to...
created by Barry ORegan | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1231 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"The United States has joined several other countries and the United Nations in condemning the military coup in Fiji. The small U.S. military aid program to the Pacific island state has been suspended because of...
created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 407 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"SUVA (Reuters) - Heavily-armed soldiers remained on Fiji's streets on Tuesday and government cars were being seized, radio reports said, as the military increased pressure on the government amid fears of a fourth...
created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 841 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"August 10, 2006 -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Racing veterans Al Unser Sr. and Bobby Unser were arrested yesterday after sheriff's deputies said the brothers ignored orders to leave an area where authorities had...
created by ecj-MAXINE | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 387 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments