‘Venezuela poor host for Olympic basketball qualifying’
July 3rd, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Caracas, July 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia point guard Alexey Shved Tuesday slammed the choice of Venezuela as the venue for the Olympic basketball qualification tournament, saying the players are cooped ... Read more...
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Military to guard NBA stars at Olympic qualifiers
June 9th, 2012 - 4:25 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Venezuelan military will be called in to protect basketball stars at the Olympic qualification tournament in Caracas next month, a spokesman for the FIBA ... Read more...
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Murder rate drops in South Africa
September 10th, 2011 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Cape Town, Sep 10 (IANS) The number of murders committed every year in South Africa has progressively dropped from 26,000 in 1994 to 16,500 in 2010, state-run news agency BuaNews ... Read more...
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Metaphors can sway thinking on crime fighting
February 24th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Imagine robberies are on the rise, homes are being broken into, and murder rates have nearly doubled. What should city officials do - hire more cops and lock ... Read more...
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South African police probing World Cup terror plot
May 17th, 2010 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Johannesburg, May 17 (DPA) South African police said Monday they were investigating report of an alleged Al Qaeda plot targeting the soccer World Cup, after a Saudi army officer was arrested in ... Read more...
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Gunmen in police uniform kill eight in Honduras
March 3rd, 2008 - 2:41 pm ICT by admin
Tegucigalpa (Honduras), March 3 (IANS) At least eight people have been killed when a group of attackers dressed in police uniform opened fire on them at a billiard parlour in northern Honduras, ... Read more...
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