Mistrusted by all sides, holy city&#39;s police caught in middle
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With the fighting here moving into the 12th day, Iraqi police in Najaf find themselves caught in the cross hairs of a deadly insurgency.
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The tables have been turned on a  group of photographers whose clash with actor Leonardo  DiCaprio&#39;s security team in Jerusalem resulted in the arrest of  two of his bodyguards by Israeli police.
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The relations of French officialdom have been uneasy of late. First there was the matter of the headscarf, which has been followed by a row over whether or not to ban broadcasts by the Al-Manar (The Beacon
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Fighting was still raging near a holy shrine in the city of Najaf shortly after the government announced Iraqi police had entered the site peacefully Friday, witnesses said.
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Violence left nearly 50 people dead in two major southern cities Friday when members of a shadowy, messianic cult attacked police and fellow Shiite worshippers Â a year after a similar plot was foiled during Shiite Islam's most important holiday.
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January's severe police crackdown on suspected militants may rekindle sectarian tensions.
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BELFAST -- The family of a Catholic man slain by IRA members demanded an end yesterday to the intimidation that dissuades Catholics from cooperating with police, a crucial but often overlooked problem in the Northern Ireland peace process.
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Police kept the heart of the city Â and the country's busiest railway station Â under tight guard for the convention opening.
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ISTANBUL The police on Sunday clashed with hundreds of rock-throwing nationalists who staged a protest outside the seat of the spiritual leader of the world&#39;s Orthodox Christians.
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Intelligence-gathering by the front-line forces that need to know the most is proving difficult in a region increasingly gripped by fear.
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Ghaith Abdul-Ahad feels the tension at a road checkpoint in the Iraqi capital
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Police killed three people in clashes with pilgrims in Iraq's city of Kerbala, where tens of thousands of Shi'ites have gathered for one of the holiest days on the Shi'ite calendar.
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As targets of resistors in Iraq, Iraqi security forces are preempting possible attacks by shooting at civilian cars. Yesterday, in Havsa, a town 40 km away from Baghdad, Iraqi policemen arrived at the scene
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building in central Harare under the watchful eyes of dozens of riot police toting batons or rifles. More riot police set up roadblocks on some of Harare&#39;s main roads, searching vehicles heading towards the city centre.
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A spokeswoman for Mustafa Barghouti said police detained him in the Old City of Jerusalem. She said police told Barghouti he was in the area illegally.
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Palestinian police thwarted an attack Sunday on a security commander &amp;#151; the second ally of President Mahmoud Abbas targeted in two days &amp;#151; as the rivalry between his moderate Fatah Party and the Hamas militant group threatened to explode.
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HUNDREDS of angry worshippers attacked police with stones today over contentious Israeli renovation work at a disputed holy site in Jerusalem's Old City.