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...other side of Auckland, Detective Sergeant James Watson has been won over by Key. In a year in which violent crime has risen by 12%, the would-be P.M. has played the tough guy to good effect, winning broad public approval for proposals including boot camp for young offenders and the scrapping of parole for hard-core criminals. "I'm not having, on my watch, people on the streets who've committed heinous crimes," Key told a national television audience. He's also made familiar right-of-center noises on education, foreshadowing national standards for literacy and numeracy, and plain...
...Americans are not interested in our bad guys.' SENIOR PAKISTANI OFFICIAL, saying U.S. operations are targeting only militants involved in strikes on American troops in Afghanistan rather than those causing violent unrest in Pakistan...
...territories brought about a tough lockdown on Palestinian mobility by Israeli forces and produced the right conditions for a home-grown, grass-roots activism - frustrated youth trapped inside all day with nothing but the TV and the internet to turn to. "It's a way to achieve effective non-violent resistance," says Abukeshek, 27, who is from the West Bank city of Nablus but now lives in Madrid where he helps run Pal-youth.org, an online internet portal connecting Palestinians around the world...
...stringent types of regulations to prevent abuse, protect minors and protect health. But it would be better from a public health perspective, and it would vastly improve the criminal justice system - among other things, by freeing up space and resources for others who are actually engaging in violent crime...
...needs "money for painkillers." A four-eyed Dookie, still in front of the computer, is watching his stock portfolio tank; Intercom Guy, who shows up at the end of the first commercial with a six-pack of Budweiser, is clinging to the doorway in the teeth of a violent hurricane...