Word: policeman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Vietnam's most powerful and vicious gangster, is in the dock on seven charges, including murder, along with at least 154 co-accused. He will probably face a firing squad. Suddenly, police throw seven women into a jeep and drive them away. "A threat to the peace," one policeman explains. The women's crime: they were trying to sell fans and cold drinks to the spectators...
...should kill you," the high-ranking Dhaka policeman said. He drew his pistol from his holster, shoved me to the floor and pressed the muzzle to my temple. "You are a traitor. You have betrayed your country. How dare you describe the nation as a haven for al-Qaeda and the Taliban...
...Kuwaiti forensic police found tire tracks and boot prints in muddy open ground 300 yards south of the shooting that they believe may be connected to the attack. A team of white-coated women took plaster castes of the tracks for further investigation. A policeman said tests would soon determine how many weapons had been used in the attack. The field running alongside the highway is crisscrossed with dirt roads making escape on foot or by car easy...
...week before. Seven arrests of North Africans, mostly Algerians, had followed from that discovery, and police believed there could be others involved. But the Manchester raid was to have far graver consequences. It ended not just in four arrrests - one the following day - but in the murder of a policeman. The killing happened after the police had been in the apartment for more than an hour. In a violent struggle, five of the officers were injured, four with knife wounds and a fifth with a broken ankle. Detective Constable Stephen Oake, father of three and son of a retired police...
...faced a united opposition and an electorate set on punishing anyone associated with him. Kibaki won 62% of the votes. He hopes to woo back disgruntled donors, who have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for Kenya, by rooting out corruption - within 12 hours of the inauguration a policeman was arrested for taking a $1.20 bribe from a bus driver. That's a symbolic move; it will be much harder for Kibaki to go after the powerful, moneyed and corrupt. If he does, donor money will help pay for free primary school education and better access to health care...