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OPINION



 G Rating 
 Not Safe 
 for Kids 
 Anymore 

Realistic animations get away with violence

Jan 1, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - The G rating has devolved into ambiguity, providing parents little clue of what's in store for their kids, Emily Bazelon writes in Slate. Take The Tale of Despereaux about a bookish mouse's fairy tale rescue of a princess from rats. It was entertaining and age-appropriate as a kids' book, she... More »

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film • MPAA • children • animation • violence • movie ratings • G rated films

analysis

 Why Hamas 
 Courted Israeli Attacks 

Lack of results confirmed the case for violence

Dec 30, 08 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Hamas has long argued that negotiating with Israel won’t help Palestine—and that belief drove its decision to end a six-month ceasefire on December 19, writes Stephen Farrell in the New York Times. While it's possible Hamas leaders underestimated the scale of the Israeli response, which has cost more... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • violence • Palestinians • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict

 Blinded Woman 
 Wins Eye-for-Eye 
 Islamic Justice 

Iranian court orders acid be dropped in attacker's eyes

Dec 15, 08 3:36 AM CST
(Newser) - An Iranian judge is applying Islamic law to give a blinded woman the eye-for-an-eye justice she seeks. A jilted suitor who poured acid on the woman—blinding and disfiguring her—will have the chemical dropped into his eyes, the Washington Post reports. Some officials say it may deter similar crimes... More »

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Iran • women • violence • court • justice • corporal punishment • acid

 Public Transit 
 Returns to 
 Baghdad 

Commuter train has run for a month, mayor proposes subway system

Nov 18, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - After years of destabilizing violence, Baghdad has a commuter train again, the LA Times reports. For about a month, the “Baghdad Metro,” as employees call it, has made two complete trips around the city in the morning and afternoon for the benefit of working Iraqis who have to... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • traffic • violence • commute • train • public transit

 Mexico's Drug Violence 
 Seeps Into US 

Nearly 200 American cities affected by cartels

Nov 17, 08 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexico’s drug violence has been creeping northward into the US for the past several years, and officials now say that cartel-related crime has hit 195 American cities spanning every state except Vermont and West Virginia, the Los Angeles Times reports. Atlanta has emerged as a trafficking hub, but the... More »

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Atlanta • Mexico • violence • Mexican drug war • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • US cities • Sinaloa drug cartel

 Bullies May Enjoy Inflicting Pain 

Brain scans show agressors feel reward watching others suffer

Nov 7, 08 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Bullies appear to enjoy seeing other people in pain, Reuters reports. Researchers in Chicago took brain scans of two sample groups of teens while showing them videos of one person hurting another. When showed violence, one group of teens, who were diagnosed with aggressive-conduct disorder and had recently attacked schoolmates,... More »

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high school • violence • bullying • fMRI • scientific research • teenager • aggression

Taliban Gunmen Kill Christian
Aid Worker

Afghanistan militants say they were angered by teaching of religion

Oct 20, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(AP) - Taliban gunmen killed a Christian aid worker in Kabul today, and the militant group said it targeted the woman because she was spreading her religion. The dual South African-British national worked with handicapped Afghans and was shot by gunmen on a motorbike around 8 am, officials said.  "This... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • violence • religious conflict

OPINION

Out-of-Touch Dems Distort
Myth of Crazed Mobs


Oct 14, 08 10:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's been hard to miss the spate of reports about ugly anti-Obama incidents at McCain/Palin events—a crowd member calling him a “terrorist,” for instance. The media is now playing a game of "find a freak" at GOP rallies and grossly distorting the notion of genuine harm... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • GOP • violence • Republican candidate • Election 2008 • campaign rally • Sarah Palin • Bill Ayers

Fla. Protesters Attack Caylee Anthony's Grandparents

Demonstrators hold daughter Casey responsible for toddler's disappearance

Sep 18, 08 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Florida police are looking for the protesters who provoked a violent confrontation last night outside the house of George and Cindy Anthony, grandparents to missing 3-year-old Caylee Anthony, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Protesters who suspect the Anthonys' daughter Casey in Caylee’s disappearance threw pennies at the house’s door... More »

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Florida • battery • violence • missing person • protesters • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony

 Thousands Protest
 Mexico Violence

Tide of kidnappings and murders linked to drug gangs and corrupt cops

Aug 31, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of protesters marched in various Mexican cities yesterday, demanding the government crack down on the nation's mounting crime. Mexico has been rocked by kidnappings and murders connected to drug-trafficking gangs and corrupt police, with an estimated 12,000 drug-related deaths so far this year, reports the Los Angeles Times.... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • kidnapping • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • protests • violence • Mexican drug war

(Newser) - As drug violence soars in Mexico, casualties are spreading to the Yucatan peninsula, a major tourist destination and spring break hot spot. Twelve decapitated bodies were found near the popular ruins of Chichen Itza this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. That's because a government crackdown has heightened “a... More »

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military • Mexico • police • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • violence • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Yucatan Peninsula • Bill Maher Grid

ANALYSIS

 In Defense of
 American Blood Lust

'Inheritance' of nation 'born in blood'

Aug 7, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Cormac McCarthy's ascension "from cult writer to Great American Novelist" and the "primordial joy" of Grand Theft Auto IV as backdrop, Stephen Marche reflects on the central role violence plays in the American mythos in Esquire. "Purification through violence has been created and nurtured by figures... More »

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violence • Cormac McCarthy • Grand Theft Auto IV • Esquire

Distributor Pulls Grand Theft After Murder

Thai teen admits slaying cabbie while re-enacting video game

Aug 4, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A video-game distributor is pulling Grand Theft Auto IV from shelves in Thailand after a teenager robbed and murdered a cab driver while attempting to re-create his experiences in the game, Reuters reports. The 18-year-old, currently in custody, has shown no signs of mental illness. He faces death by lethal... More »

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Thailand • violence • Grand Theft Auto

Facebook Pulls Stabbing App Amid UK Knife Deaths

Britain concerned about spate of knife violence

Jul 30, 08 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A surge in knife crime has shaken Britain, ABC News reports. Twelve people—six of them teenagers—were stabbed to death in a single week this month. Public concern has caused Facebook to yank a third-party application where users could send each other "virtual stabs," and Nike has... More »

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crime • Facebook • violence • stabbing • Britain • knife

 Aid Worker Murders
 Cripple Somali Relief 

As crisis reaches flashpoint, 'organized terror campaign' drives out help

Jul 20, 08 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aid workers are fleeing Somalia, even as global food prices soar and a full-blown famine is feared, in response to what officials say is an organized campaign of violence. Messages posted in the capital and sent to aid organizations threaten: “We know all the so-called aid workers. We promise... More »

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Somalia • murder • civil war • violence • aid programs • aid workers • malnutrition • United Nations Relief and Works Agency

 Mugabe's Bloody Path to Victory in Zimbabwe

The Washington Post probes a campaign of intimidation

Jul 5, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, first learned he’d lost his March bid for re-election, he told supporters he’d concede–but they wouldn’t listen. Instead, Mugabe agreed to let the army swing the vote in his favor. Thus began a campaign of violent intimidation that ultimately forced... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • violence • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF • intimidation

analysis

China's One-Child Policy Leads to Nation of Angry Men

Huge gender imbalance spurs skyrocketing crime rate

Jun 28, 08 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - China’s got a big problem, one of its own making. The nation's one-child policy, now 30 years old, has resulted in a land of angry, testosterone-filled young men unable to find wives, writes Mara Hvistendahl in the New Republic. Finally worried about the world's biggest gender imbalance and its... More »

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China • Beijing • infant mortality • violence • Communism • young men • one-child policy

My Veterans Are Anxious
to Fight, Mugabe Says

Zimbabwe was won by force, shouldn't be surrendered by vote, they say

Jun 13, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Veterans of Zimbabwe’s war of independence are eager to fight in support of the ruling party, says President Robert Mugabe. “They came to my office after the election and asked me, ‘Can we take up arms?’” Mugabe told the state-run newspaper. “They said this country... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • war • violence • Zimbabwe elections

Mugabe's Militia Burns Enemies' Wives Alive

One woman had hand, feet chopped off; another was pregnant

Jun 12, 08 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Patson Chipiro came home Friday to a burning house. “I was trying to put the fire out,” he says. “I thought my wife was hiding in the bushes.” But Mrs. Chipiro was in the blazing house, where militia men loyal to Robert Mugabe... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • murder • violence • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF • MDC

Analysis

 Five Endgames for
 Zimbabwe 

Odds look bad for smooth Mugabe exit

Jun 9, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Robert Mugabe’s war against his political opponents—and anyone who supports them—intensifies in the run-up to the run-off, Royal African Society Director Richard Dowden breaks down the possible endgames for the London Times.
  • Morgan Tsvangirai takes power, after winning a majority. Odds: zero. Even if
... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • violence • Zimbabwe elections

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