Word: violente
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...voters in Oregon debated Measure 9, which categorized homosexuality as “abnormal, wrong, unnatural, and perverse” and would have amended the state constitution to provide legal protection for homophobic actions. The measure was eventually defeated by a margin of 13 percent, and the debate prompted violent homophobic acts of violence and harassment against gay youth...
...protest, Kaiser says he joined the countrywide “queer nation”—a queer rights movement that grew in the early and mid 90s—to counter the violent acts, even taking it upon himself to surreptitiously spray paint “a queer was bashed here” wherever he heard of a homophobic act had taken place...
...into property markets, and prices climb as developers struggle to acquire new stock, some Chinese have grown desperate as they struggle for what they see as fair payment for their property - or simply want to hang on to their homes. The media often carries stories of the struggle getting violent. Late last month protesters shut down several major intersections in the southwestern city of Guiyang after a dozen residents were kidnapped so workers could demolish their homes. (See portraits of China's workers, from the 2009 Person of the Year special...
...government, which has been extremely wary of instability in society, has also come to realize the high political risks caused by the existing regulation." So far the government hasn't outlined the proposed changes, or when they might go into effect. That means that China's recent spate of violent standoffs over property demolitions is unlikely to end soon. With reporting by Jessie Jiang/Beijing
...Gonzalez's more immediate problems came from the trafficking networks to the south and the even richer and more violent mafias from the north. In his six years as director general of the National Office for Combating Drug Trafficking, he had seen the presence of Mexican cartels explode in his country. "Almost all of the big Mexican organizations are carving out territory here. And when they run into each other, they will fight over it," he said. Among the Mexican gangs warring in Honduras are the Sinaloa Cartel of billionaire fugitive Joaquín (Shorty) Guzmán, the bloodthirsty...