U.S. violent crime rose in 2005, may keep going up
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The number of violent crimes in the   United States jumped 2.3 percent in 2005 and a senior Justice   Department official said on Monday it may keep rising this   year.
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Violent crime rose by double-digit percentages over the last two years, reversing the declines of the 1990s.
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Violent crime dropped 3 percent last year even as the number of murders rose, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday in a report that had immediate reverberations in the presidential campaign.
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Violence in Iraq, as measured by casualties among troops and civilians, has edged higher despite the U.S.-led security push in Baghdad, the Pentagon told Congress on Wednesday
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Suicides among children and young  adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, the largest rise  in 15 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and  Prevention reported on Thursday.
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More murders and robberies in 2006 sent U.S. violent crimes higher for the second straight year, the FBI said on Monday, with the increase blamed on gangs, youth violence, gun crimes and fewer police on beats.
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As violent crime rates continue to drop, experts look for explanations  -  and signs of whether the decline is permanent
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WASHINGTON -- Violence in Iraq, as measured by casualties among troops and civilians, has edged higher despite the US-led security push in Baghdad, the Pentagon told Congress yesterday .
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U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday.
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Suicides among children and young adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, the largest rise in 15 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday.
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Crime dipped slightly for the first half of 2007, the FBI reported Monday, signaling a stop to a 2-year increase in violence nationwide.
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In the past decade, a youth gang  with its origins in El Salvador has established a major  criminal presence in the United States, bringing a new level of  violence and brutality to towns and cities across the nation.
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The number of violent crimes reported nationwide dipped slightly in the first half of 2007, signaling the first notable decline in violence in two years, the FBI said today.
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The number of firearms offences in England and Wales has risen in the last year, according to Home Office figures released on Thursday.
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Gun violence rose sharply in the District in 2007, with the number of homicides jumping 7 percent after several years of decline.
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Violent and property crime rates in the United States remained at their lowest levels in 30 years during 2003, the US Department of Justice said on Sunday.
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Over the last decade gangs have spread across Central America, Mexico and the U.S., setting off a catastrophic crime wave.