Dogs bust inmates using cell phones to carry out crimes

"HAGERSTOWN, Maryland (CNN) -- Chante Wright was set to testify against a career criminal when she was gunned down on the streets of Philadelphia in January. Investigators believe it was a hit ordered from prison, by an inmate using a cell phone. ...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Mexico slams US border plans

Mexico's President Felip Calderon has urged the US Government not to try to solve illegal immigration to the US from Mexico by erecting more walls."Mexico criticises US border plansMexican President Felipe Calderon has told governors from US border states that illegal...

I'll deport 4,000 foreign prisoners, vows Brown

"Gordon Brown has promised to deport 4,000 foreign prisoners this year. The Prime Minister vowed to make a vast increase on the 2,700 sent home last year. There are currently more than 12,000 foreign convicts in Britain's overcrowded prison system - 15 per cent of the...

Brown Pledge to Tackle Bullies

36% of young people in the UK say they’ve been bullied in the last two months. Almost 44% have been in a fight in the last year. People bullying takes place in our schools and businesses every day. Should schools employ security guards or are teaches able or trained...