Written by Mong Palatino Police in the Central Sulawesi capital of Palu, Indonesia beat a 15 year-old boy named A.A.L and threatened him with a five-year jail sentence after the boy was accused of stealing [1] a pair of $1-flip-flops owned by a policeman. The incident has angered many citizens who launched a ‘sandal protest’ [2] by depositing sandals in front […]
Head of Rome Police in Amanda Knox Case: “I knew she was guilty because she ate pizza”
Bad police techniques and incompetent witnesses were the topic of discussion Monday night as Seattle University hosted a panel on making the case for the innocence of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito. One of the guest speakers, Paul Ciolinio, is a well-known private investigator, based in Chicago, who works frequently with CBS’s well known show […]
Polls end peacefully in Maoists infested areas in Bengal
The sixth phase polls covered 14 seats in the Maoist-infested Jangalmahal area spread over West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts end peacefully in Bengal on Tuesday (May10). According to Election Commission, besides the 41 para-military companies permanently stationed in the three districts to avoid any untoward incidents, 614 additional companies had been deployed for the […]
46 died as Maoists blew railway track in Bengal
At least 46 passengers were killed and 150 injured when suspected Maoists blasted railway tracks in West Midnapore district of West Bengal on Friday (May 28) derailing 13 coaches of a Bombay (Mumbai) bound express train five of which were hit by a goods train.On April 27, radical left Maoists blew up a railway track […]
Operation Lalgarh
The operation by security forces to flush out Maoists and activists of the Maoist-backed Police Santrash Birodhi Janasadharaner Committee (PSBJC) from Lalgarh and its adjoining areas in West Bengal’s West Medinipur district entered the 20th day on Tuesday(July 7). Lalgarh,a tiny hamlet about 200 km away from Calcutta. Trouble started when the houses and offices of Marxist leaders […]
Witnessing the Greek Riots Through Foreign Eyes
Athens: Last night I saw a nine-year-old boy wearing a black hood, with his mouth covered by a bandana, hurl glass bottles at the riot police in the heart of the anarchist stronghold, Exarchia. It was 2am, and no one seemed to wonder where the hell this little boy had come from. Watching his single […]