Brazil bans popular video games seen to incite violence
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Brazil this week imposed a ban on popular role-playing computer games "Counter-Strike" and "EverQuest," claiming they incited violence and were "harmful to consumers' health."
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A violent video game blamed for the death of a teenager is banned by British censors.
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In a landmark decision representing the U.K.'s first video game ban since 1997, the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has rejected Manhunt 2 for both PS2 and Wii, which now makes it illegal to sell the game within the borders of the country.
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CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich yesterday proposed the state ban the sale and rental of violent and sexually explicit video games for children under 18, a restriction that has failed so far elsewhere in the country.
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Six days a week, teens crowd the Blue Screen Gaming cybercafe to hunt each other down with assault rifles inside virtual computer worlds. In these video game halls, nobody gets hurt. But real-life violence has flared around some of these businesses, prompting municipal crackdowns.
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China shut 1,600 Internet cafes between February and August and imposed $12.1 million worth of fines for allowing children to play violent or adult-only games and other violations, state media said.
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A video game that prompts players to kill characters that look like President Bush has been posted on a number of Islamist Web sites.
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Few video games have outraged anti-violence advocates like &quot;Mortal Kombat,&quot; which debuted in the arcades more than a decade ago.
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Gov. Matt Blunt banned video games from the state's prisons Monday, a month after a newspaper reported some of Missouri's most violent inmates were allowed to play games simulating murders, carjackings and the killings of police officers.
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A state law that would ban sales of violent video games to minors violates free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a judge ruled.
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A violent video game with 'an unrelenting focus on brutal slaying' has become the first to be banned in Britain for a decade.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Brazilian authorities  sought ways to make Rio de Janiero tourist spots safer on  Tuesday amid sharp criticism of police after 24 muggings over a  holiday weekend.
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A school bans physical games in the playground because pupils are copying violent computer games.
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Governor Rod Blagojevich is taking a stand on violent and sexually explicit video games. He wants to keep them out of children&#39;s reach.
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BEIJING: China shut 1600 internet cafes between February and August and imposed 100 million yuan ($NZ18 million) worth of fines for allowing children to play violent or adult-only games and other violations, state media say.
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A study released Tuesday indicates that violent video games cause noticeably different effects on the brains of teenagers then non-violent ones. The findings are sure to renew the debate over the safety of such games.
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Bodies blown apart too much it seems Australian gamers looking forward to a fix of blood, guts and gore in Soldier Of Fortune: Payback will be disappointed - the countryâs Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) has banned the game.â¦