Word: arresters
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...police may actually be overcompensating for their problems in keeping up with the city's problems. Several weeks ago, the city's independent Metropolitan Crime Commission released a report that chided the NOPD for its "high number of arrests for minor offenses to address New Orleans' crime problem." And, as MCC Senior Analyst John Humphries put it, "right now, we're on track to make one arrest for every four citizens in the city." One can interpret that number as one will, but it's one that will definitely have to drop if New Orleans, and its police force...
...pull out of the "unity" government with Hamas, saddling the Islamic militants with tighter international sanctions. It's a desperate tactic, but Hamas officials say they are in no mood to negotiate with Abbas. Gaza locals say Hamas has prepared a list of Fatah leaders to either arrest or execute, a move that would make a diplomatic compromise that much less likely...
...failure to arrest Mladic in particular has been laid at the door of Serb authorities, since he is believed to have found refuge in Serbia under the protection of that country's military intelligence service. Mladic is wanted for his role in the shelling of Sarajevo, and also faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity over the murder of some 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995. But for many Serbs, he is still considered a war hero. Initially, Mladic found protection under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic, but even after he was forced from office...
...acrimony of many of her previous visits to Belgrade, she said this one went better than any since she took the job in 1999. Cooperation by the Serbian authorities is considered the key to apprehending Mladic; he and former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic have eluded arrest in the Balkans since their initial indictment 12 years...
...Tolimir, a top intelligence aide to Mladic, also charged with genocide, and at least some of the remaining five senior figures are expected to be sent to The Hague this summer. "I'm much more optimistic we can achieve our goals," said Del Ponte, who told TIME that the arrest of Mladic and Karadzic is her most important priority before leaving office in September. E.U. authorities are equally optimistic. Last year the E.U. suspended talks on Serbia's possible membership over Belgrade's failure to cooperate with the court. Last weekend, E.U. Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said, "Serbia has demonstrated...