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...accusing Brown of proposing to slash funding for Oakland cops. Although Brown did propose cuts in 2003, the police budget has grown more than 50% since 1999. Brown has pushed the force to transfer officers from desk jobs to street patrols, and he backed a 10 p.m. curfew on some parolees and probationers. The city is trying to raise bails to keep suspects in jail, and cameras have been installed in high-crime areas. Recently the city tested "shot spotter" technology to isolate gunshots using acoustic technology...
Iraq's horrors have a way of sneaking past closed doors and the barriers of denial. When Nosh's uncle Kahtan suffered a heart attack one night, the family couldn't take him to a hospital. It was after curfew, and the police said it was too dangerous to provide an escort. Unable to get treatment, Kahtan died at home, another victim of the violence that lurks in Iraq's streets...
...city would consider mandatory evacuations for ?anything above a category 2? storm and ?definitely for a category 3.? Katrina was a category 3 hurricane when it made landfall. Nagin said the city would not forcibly remove residents from their homes, but that police would enforce a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the aftermath of a hurricane. To encourage more people to evacuate, the emergency plan makes provisions to help evacuate pets on the same buses used to evacuate residents, provided their owners have cages for them. Many people stayed behind during Katrina because they refused to abandon their pets...
...pickup truck, and shout: "Long live democracy!" In a little while, they will join the drive towards Kathmandu, like several thousands of people who are pouring into the capital to celebrate their victory over the King. The roads towards Kathmandu, just a day ago deserted due to the curfew, are now jammed with noisy pickup trucks, buses, and cars draped with red banners. Drums are beaten and horns are blown. Many of the trucks and cars are going towards the house of Girija Prasad Koirala, an 84-year old two-time prime minister of Nepal who has been picked...
...Honiara remains under lockdown, with a night curfew and a ban on the sale of alcohol. As well as rushing in 220 extra soldiers and 70 police, Australia has dispatched two Navy patrol boats, two Army Iroquois helicopters and a platoon of airfield-defense guards. Together with reinforcements from Fiji, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, they are being kept on alert in case further violence breaks out when Parliament meets this week...