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Mexican troops, feds take over "lawless" townMSNBC"Mexican troops and federal police took over a lawless city on theU.S. border Monday to curb a drug war that has spiraled out ofcontrol, killing dozens and setting off an armed clash between police.Some 45 people have been killed this year in Nuevo Laredo, across theRio Grande from Laredo, Texas, in a fight between cartels for controlof drug routes." (06/13/05)http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8206233/comments: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/rationalreview/1118718386/-----

UK: Poll shows big drop in support for ID cardsIndependent [UK]"Plans to introduce identity cards have suffered a serious setbackwith the publication of a poll which discovered rising publichostility to the scheme. The number of voters backing the move hasslumped from more than 80 per cent to 55 per cent in six months,according to the survey of 1,010 voters by ICM Research releasedyesterday. The number of opponents has more than doubled to 43 percent. The rebuff came two weeks after the Government reintroduced theID Cards Bill, which it had to put aside as time ran out before thelast election." (06/14/05)
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=646775comments: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/rationalreview/1118714707/

South Africa: 17,000 appeal rejection of gun licencesNews 24"The police have received more than 17 000 appeals so far againsttheir rejection of applications for firearm licences. ... [Director ofthe communication division of the police, Phuti Setati] gave the lackof sufficient motivation and criminal offences as the main reasons forturning down applications for firearm licences. Applicants did notsubmit adequate motivation and supporting documentation to justifytheir need for a particular firearm, he said. But a frustrated memberof the police thinks the decision to turn down his application for ahunting gun is absurd. ... 'The licence for the gun I want to use forhunting was rejected because there was not sufficient motivation,'said the policeman.'I want to hunt. What kind of motivation do theystill want?' he asked." (06/13/05)http://tinyurl.com/akszocomments: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/rationalreview/1118707765/

Michigan: Carjacking sparks a gunfightDetroit Free Press"Police have a message for carjacking victims who spot their stolenvehicles on the road the next day: Don't pull out your shotgun andconfront the thieves yourself. That's what led to an exchange ofgunfire Sunday that landed one man in the hospital with gunshotwounds, Eastpointe police said. The bizarre chain of events beganSaturday, when two men allegedly carjacked a woman in Detroit. Thenext day, her husband happened to spot her white Ford SUV at a gasstation on Kelly Road north of 8 Mile in Eastpointe. Two men were inthe SUV. The husband, armed with a shotgun, reportedly watched as oneof the men walked into the station. The husband confronted the otherman, who pulled out a small-caliber revolver, said Eastpointe PoliceSgt. Richard Hardy. Both men began firing. The man from the SUV waswounded and hospitalized in serious condition with injuries to hishead, hand and leg, Hardy said Sunday night. The husband wasn'tinjured." [Editor's note: Sounds like a good outcome to me ... thiefends up in hospital, SUV recovered - MLS](06/13/05)http://www.freep.com/news/locmac/carjack13e_20050613.htmcomments: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/rationalreview/1118707563/

Spray on mud makes a splashWired News"It's sold as a must-have accessory to give urban SUVs a whiff of theoutback. But U.K. officials say drivers who use spray-on mud to avoididentification by police speed cams face hefty fines for obscuringtheir license plates. Targeting self-conscious 4x4 owners whose ruggedvehicles seldom see obstacles bigger than a speed bump, theenterprising British e-tailer behind Sprayonmud sells the scent of thecountryside in a squirt bottle. For 8 pounds (about $14.50), buyersget 0.75 liters (.85 quarts) of genuine filthy water, bottled fromhills near the company's premises on the rural England-Wales border.The aim, says the website, is 'to give your neighbors the impressionyou've just come back from a day's shooting or fishing -- anything butdriving around town all day or visiting the retail park.'" (06/10/05)http://tinyurl.com/bhd3ocomments: http://www.haloscan.com/comments/rationalreview/1118697857/

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