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Roma Riot For Rights To protest the halving of their social benefits, thousands of unemployed Roma in eastern Slovakia went on a spree of looting and rioting. Police and military units struggled to restore order, with the worst clashes coming in Trebisov, where groups of Roma threw rocks and bottles. Roma leaders called off protests to prevent further violence and the government agreed to pay the reduced benefits weekly instead of monthly. Prime Minister Mikulás Dzurinda defended the cuts: "For 30 years, there was not enough courage to consider whether it was normal and sustainable for those...
...This year, with the spree of assaults upon women, the campus needed a place to gather and reclaim what should rightfully be ours, the freedom to walk through the streets without fear,” she says...
...secure in the peace"--seem insensitive in the extreme. David Kay, the President's hand-picked weapons inspector, said there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The economy remains iffy. The budget deficit is exploding. Even Rush Limbaugh had unkind words last week about the Bush spending spree...
...long embrace. For two years after Sept. 11, the world became used to the stubborn, arrogant, go-it-alone, kill-the-bastards approach of the United States with regard to its terrorist enemies. Now, however, America has become a paranoid victim again after its lengthy, and ultimately dissatisfying, spree of righteous vengeance...
Ohio authorities are clearly hoping to avoid the leaks and red herrings that marred the investigation of last year's deadly shooting spree in the Washington area. The Franklin County sheriff's office has released no details about the weapon, suspect profiles or even the reasons for believing all the incidents are connected, fearing that doing so would hinder the search. No note has been found near the shootings--at least nothing has been announced--leaving people in the area struggling to figure out motives and methods. Helena Young, 26, has to drive along 270 several times...