1. Chertoff\'s \'Progress\' Against Immigrants, & Fil
(Newsletter)

..., like other changes imposed by President Bush, of course violates the Posse Comitatus Act. CONTINUE... LA Police Fail to Use Funds to Test Rape Kits Investigating Reports By MWC NEWS  &nb...

2. I Fought the Law...
(Opinions/op-ed)

... aspects of this otherwise overrated 2005 Oscar winning movie, Crash, was the interaction between the racist LA police officer played by Mat Dillon and the black couple played by Terrence Howard and T...

3. LA Police Fail to Use Funds to Test Rape Kits
(Opinions/Daily)

Audit Shows LAPD Rape-Kit Backlog Grows Despite $4 Million in Funding The Los Angeles Police Department should make it a priority to reduce its huge backlog in testing evidence in rape cases, Human Ri

4. Many dead in Philippine shootout
(Archived/News/Global)

Police say at least 17 people have been killed in a fierce clash between officers and a group of suspected robbers in a Manila suburb.

5. Car bombing targets Iraq pilgrims
(Archived/News/Arab)

At least six people have been killed in a car bombing seemingly targeting pilgrims preparing to travel to a Shia Muslim festival in the city of Karbala.

6. Guatemala police hostages 'freed'
(Archived/News/Global)

Guatemalan villagers holding a group of 29 police officers hostage have freed the men after government officials agreed to talks on legalising their disputed land, officials say.

7. Manila blast death toll rises
(Archived/News/Global)

The death toll from a powerful blast that ripped through shopping centre in the Philippines capital has risen to 10, with more than 120 wounded.

8. Explosives caused Manila mall blast
(Archived/News/Global)

Philippine police have confirmed that military-grade explosives caused a powerful blast in a Manila shopping centre that killed nine people and wounded 113 others.

9. More ministers walk out on Iraq PM
(Archived/News/Arab)

The unity government of Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, has been plunged deeper into crisis after five ministers withdrew from cabinet meetings, less than a week after the main Sunni Arab bloc

10. Gunmen seize Manila school bus
(Archived/News/Global)

Armed men have taken hostage a bus carrying schoolchildren and teachers in the centre of the Philippine capital, Manila.