27/12/2012 | Argentina

'Lootings were a decadent reenactment of 2001,' CFK

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that the looting and ransacking of supermarkets that left four people dead last week were orchestrated in order to destabilize her Government.

30/07/2012 | Argentina

CFK: 'violence in football has been blown out of proportion with clear political intentions'

At a ceremony at the Government House, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner referred to the problem of violence in football and assured that the matter “has been blown out of proportion with clear political intentions.”

15/12/2012 | Argentina

'Gun row a warning for Brazil World Cup'

The abandonment of last Wednesday's Copa Sudamericana final following shocking accusations police had pulled guns on players should serve as a warning for Brazil's World Cup organizers, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said today.

21/12/2012 | Argentina

Supermarket looting spreads, 100 arrested in Campana

The looting and vandalizing of supermarkets in Bariloche impulsed a knock-on effect across different provinces, seeing similar incidents in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Chaco provinces. One hundred people were reportedly arrested in Campana.

14/04/2011 | Argentina

Tensions mounts during two squatter evacuations by police

The Federal Police and other officials were dispatched to the to the Villa 31 slum in Retiro, and to the abandoned ex-Bodegas Giol site in Palermo, to carry out the clearing of occupied streets and holdings, despite having experienced resistence.

29/07/2011 | Argentina

Jujuy's Governor sends bill to expropriate land where incidents occurred

After the incidents in the eviction in Libertador General San Martín, Jujuy’s Governor Walter Barrionuevo decided to send a bill to expropriate the lands where the police clashed with the CCC protesters to the local Legislature.

26/03/2012 | Argentina

Montenegro worried about 'increasing level of violence'

Buenos Aires City security Minister Guillermo Montenegro admitted today that the level of violence and insecurity cases within the country’s capital city as well the Greater Buenos Aires area have reached some warning levels lately.

11/12/2010 | Argentina

One more dead, nine injured after Villa Soldati residents collide with squatters in bloody confrontation

A 19-year old man was killed and at least nine people were seriously injured in a violent clash between residents in the Villa Soldati area and squatter families settling in the Indoamericano Park nearby, the head of the SAME emergency services confirmed.

29/12/2010 | Argentina

'An example has been set', Garré on peaceful Albariño evacuation

Following the peaceful evacuation of the Albariño club in Villa Lugano this week, newly appointed Security Minister, Nilda Garré expressed that the way the problem was handled, “sets an example” and that these kinds of solutions, “go right to the root of the problem”.

11/04/2011 | Argentina

60 bus line strike lifted

60 bus line drivers lifted the strike that was set to begin at midnight. The drivers accepted an offer of the Labour Ministry. Earlier, they blocked Callao avenue and struggled with police offers. They demand their salaries are paid in due form.

10/12/2010 | Argentina

Macri sends a letter to CFK, calls for an 'urgent' audience

Buenos Aires City Mayor, Mauricio Macri, sent a letter to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to request for an "urgent" audience to analyze the conflict in Villa Soldati neighbourhood.

10/12/2010 | Argentina

Villa Soldati conflict: Gov't, Macri meeting to be resumed at 10:30

The government summoned Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri and the leaders of the organizations who clashed at the Indoamericano Park to analyze the conflict and reach to an agreement. After a three-hour debate, spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced that authorities decided to go on a recess until 10:30pm. The SAME emergency medical assistance system confirmed the death of a 19-year-old man and announced that neighbours have shot the ambulances which tried to enter to the Indoamericano Park. There was no presence of the Federal or Metropolitan Police. Tension mounted after Villa Lugano and Soldati neighbours who were marching to protest against the occupation of the Indoamericano Park decided to evict the squatters by their own means.

11/12/2010 | Argentina

Local, national gov't officials continue negotiations, hope to stop violent clash between Villa Soldati residents, squatters settling nearby

Officials from both national and local governments met again this afternoon in order to continue negotiations and find a solution to the extremely violent confrontations between angry residents in the Villa Soldati area and the squatters living inside the Iberoamericano Park nearby, that have already left four people dead and many more injured. The first emergency meeting had ended last night in no agreement between the parts, which were represented by officials from both governments and the squatters.

26/01/2013 | World

At least 30 killed in Egypt clashes over death sentences

At least 30 people were killed when Egyptians rampaged in protest at the sentencing of 21 people to death over a soccer stadium disaster, violence that compounds a political crisis facing Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

26/01/2013 | World

Thousands march against gun violence in Washington

Thousands of marchers rallied in Washington in favour of gun control today, including residents of Newtown, Connecticut, where a mass elementary school shooting reignited the US gun violence debate.

30/01/2013 | World

Merkel urges Egypt's Mursi to hold crisis dialogue

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Egypt's Islamist president today to open a dialogue with all political forces in the crisis-ridden Arab country after a week of violence that has killed more than 50 people.

28/11/2012 | World

Violent crime takes a holiday in New York City

New York City passed a day without a single report of a person being shot, stabbed or subject to other sorts of violent crime for the first time in recent memory, police said on Wednesday.

03/12/2012 | World

Syria denies plans to use chemical weapons

Syria would not use chemical weapons, if it had them, against its own people, the foreign ministry said in a statement on state television today.

01/01/2013 | World

India rape victim's ashes scattered, more attacks stoke debate

The ashes of an Indian student who died after being gang-raped were scattered in the Ganges river today as reports of more attacks stoked a growing national debate on violence against women.

20/11/2012 | World

Hamas says Gaza truce agreed; Israel, Egypt say no deal yet

21/11/2012 | World

Explosion on Tel Aviv bus leaves 10 wounded

A bomb exploded on a bus in central Tel Aviv today, wounding at least 10 people in what officials said was a terrorist attack that could complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

21/11/2012 | World

Hamas: 'You opened the gates of hell on yourselves'

19/11/2012 | World

International pressure mounts for Gaza truce

19/11/2012 | World

Ban Ki-moon to meet Netanyahu and Abbas after Egypt talks

20/11/2012 | World

Israel's military targets 100 sites in Gaza

16/11/2012 | World

Israel authorises more reservists after rockets target cities

16/11/2012 | World

Egypt: Attacks in Gaza, a 'blatant aggression against humanity'

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi denounced Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip as "a blatant aggression against humanity" and said Cairo "would not leave Gaza on its own", the state news agency MENA reported.

17/11/2012 | World

Obama discusses Israel, Palestine violence with Turkey's PM

07/11/2012 | World

Greek gov't defies protests to approve more austerity

Greece's government voted by a razor thin margin today to approve an austerity package needed to unlock vital aid and avert bankruptcy, despite an internal rift and violent protests at the gates of parliament.

10/11/2012 | World

Gaza flares as Israel hits back killing four

Israeli tank fire killed four Palestinians and wounded 25 in the Gaza Strip after an anti-tank missile hit an Israeli army jeep wounding four soldiers, and Palestinian fighters fired rockets into southern Israel in a new flare-up of fighting.

14/11/2012 | World

Top Hamas commander killed in Israeli airstrike, group calls for revenge

Israel killed the military commander of Hamas in an airstrike on the Gaza Strip today, bringing the two sides to the brink of a possible new war.

10/08/2012 | World

Syrians flee Aleppo, rebels plan new push

Rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Aleppo promised a counter-attack today after losing ground earlier and residents fled in cars crammed with belongings during a lull in fighting.

24/10/2012 | World

Violence surges on Israel-Gaza frontier

Palestinians fired dozens of rockets into Israel from Gaza and an Israeli air strike killed a militant in a surge of violence after the Emir of Qatar embraced the enclave's Hamas leadership with a visit.

05/11/2012 | World

Air strike kills 20 rebels in Syria

At least 20 Syrian rebel fighters were killed in an air strike in the northwest province of Idlib, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

23/07/2012 | World

More than 100 killed in attacks across Iraq

More than 100 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks in Iraq after 20 died in blasts the previous day in a coordinated surge of violence against mostly Shi'ite Muslim targets.

06/08/2012 | World

Obama urges 'soul searching' on ways to reduce gun violence

US President Barack Obama said that mass killings like the weekend shooting rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin were happening with "too much regularity" and should prompt soul searching by all Americans on ways to reduce gun violence.

09/08/2012 | World

Syria's Assad replaces PM, Aleppo battles rage

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appointed Health Minister Wael al-Halki as prime minister today, after the defection earlier this week of Prime Minister Riyad Hijab. Meanwhile, Syrian forces continued to pound rebels today in a strategic district of Aleppo.

30/05/2012 | World

Syria rebels give Assad 48-hour deadline to end violence

Syrian rebels today gave President Bashar al-Assad a 48-hour deadline to abide by an international peace plan to end violence or face consequences, a rebel spokesman said.

16/06/2012 | World

UN suspends Syria monitoring due to rising violence

United Nations monitors in Syria have suspended operations because of the increasing violence over the last 10 days by President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels seeking his overthrow, the head of the observer mission said on Saturday.

18/06/2012 | World

Obama, Putin say Syria violence must end, no plan agreed

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that the violence in Syria has to end but they offered no new solutions and showed no signs of reaching a deal on tougher sanctions against Damascus.

21/05/2012 | World

Italy vote to tap austerity anger, gauge political shift

Italy is likely to register a strong protest vote against belt-tightening in local elections that will provide a fresh snapshot of Europe's changing political landscape a year ahead of a national ballot.

28/05/2012 | World

Annan condemns 'appalling crime' on visit to Syria

Peace envoy Kofi Annan condemned the killing of at least 108 people in the Syrian town of Houla as "an appalling crime" today and urged President Bashar al-Assad to prove he wants a peaceful resolution to the crisis racking his country.

29/05/2012 | World

Germany expels Syrian envoy, urges UN to reconsider situation

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle expelled the Syrian ambassador today, acting in concert with international partners, and urged the U.N. Security Council to consider again its stance on Syria.

01/05/2012 | World

Syria violence kills 23 despite UN-monitored truce

Violence erupted in two Syrian provinces today, with a rights group reporting 10 civilians dead in an army mortar attack and 12 soldiers killed in a fire-fight with rebel gunmen as UN monitors sought to shore up a shaky ceasefire.

11/05/2012 | World

Syria says thwarts attempted suicide car bombing

Syrian forces foiled an attempted suicide car bombing in the northern city of Aleppo today, state television said, a day after two bombs in the capital killed at least 55 people.

13/05/2012 | World

Italy mulls using army to stem political violence

Italy is considering using the army to protect the defence conglomerate Finmeccanica and the tax collection agency Equitalia, the targets of a series of attacks that are raising concerns about political violence, the interior minister said.

12/03/2012 | World

UN's Ban urges Syria to act 'within few days' on peace proposals

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to act within the "next few days" on UN-Arab League proposals to bring peace to the country where pro-democracy protests deteriorated into bloody turmoil.

19/04/2012 | World

Annan's team urges swift deployment of Syria observers

UN-Arab League mediator Kofi Annan's deputy told the Security Council that the swift deployment of more observers to Syria was needed despite continued risks and persistent violence, though some council members have expressed reluctance.

20/04/2012 | World

Roadside bomb kills 10 Syrian security personnel

Ten Syrian security personnel were killed today in a roadside bomb planted by "terrorists" in Sahm al Golan village in the southwest of the country, state television said.

24/11/2011 | World

Truce quiets Cairo streets, army apologizes

An overnight truce between Egyptian riot police and protesters succeeded on Thursday in calming violence that has killed 39 people in five days, but demonstrators occupying Cairo's Tahrir Square vowed to stay until the army gives up power.

06/02/2012 | World

US closes embassy in Damascus due to Syria violence

The United States announced it was closing its embassy in Syria due to the worsening security situation, further isolating Damascus over its bloody crackdown on anti-government protests.

09/02/2012 | World

Syria forces bombard Homs, UN condemns 'appalling brutality'

Syrian forces bombarded opposition-held neighborhoods of the city of Homs with rocket and mortar fire today, activists said, as divided world powers struggled to find a way to end the violence.

26/08/2011 | World

Attack in Mexico kills 53 in shocking violence rampage

Masked gunmen killed at least 53 people at a casino in northern Mexico yesterday, leaving it ablaze with patrons trapped inside in one of the worst attacks in a major Mexican city in years.

12/11/2011 | World

Arab League suspends Syria, demands end to killing

The Arab League called on Syria's army to stop the killing of civilians and said it was suspending Syria from the regional body in a surprise move that turns up the heat on President Bashar al-Assad.

23/11/2011 | World

Cairo clashes flare after dark

Rocks, teargas, firebombs and gunfire made darkened streets in central Cairo a battle zone as hard-core protesters demanding an immediate end to army rule fought riot police around government buildings close to Tahrir Square.

12/08/2011 | World

British gov't deems recovery of riot-affected businesses 'a top priority'

As the storm of rioting began to calm across the UK, the British government acted quickly to provide a solution for businesses that were affected during the course of violent attacks by rioters over the past week in different English cities.

20/08/2011 | World

Explosions, gunfire rock Tripoli as rebels advance

Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli overnight, after days of battlefield defeats left Muammar Gaddafi's government and troops penned ever more tightly in the besieged capital by a rebel advance.

20/08/2011 | World

Chicago youth center offers refuge from violence

On a sweltering summer day on the South Side of Chicago, a group of teenage boys hauled rocks and pulled weeds in a vacant lot. They were working for free -- and being hollered at by a woman they call "Ms. Diane."

15/05/2011 | World

Israel-Palestinian violence erupts on three borders

Israeli troops shot Palestinian protesters who surged toward its frontiers with Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, killing at least 13 people on the day Palestinians mourn the establishment of Israel in 1948.

27/06/2011 | World

Supreme Court strikes down California video game law

The government cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors as this would violate free-speech rights, the Supreme Court said in its first ruling in a video game case.

09/08/2011 | World

London burning: locals report on youth violence

By Melanie Henderson.- Mixed feelings of fear, anger, doubt and confusion cloud the air in London, as the escalated looting, pillaging and violence pursued on the streets for the third day. Five locals share their experiences.

22/04/2011 | World

Almost 90 dead in Syria's bloodiest day of unrest

Syrian security forces killed almost 90 protesters, rights activists said, the bloodiest day in a month of escalating pro-democracy demonstrations against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

24/04/2011 | World

Saleh defiant, day after agreeing to handover plan

Yemen's veteran president Ali Abdullah Saleh has struck a defiant tone in an interview, a day after his government said he had accepted a Gulf Arab plan to hand over power within weeks.

24/04/2011 | World

Tense standoff on Thai-Cambodia border

Guns were silent along the Thai-Cambodia border after three days of bloody jungle clashes between rival troops, as a top regional envoy prepared to hold talks to cool one of the deadliest border standoffs in two decade

21/03/2011 | World

Top Yemeni generals back democracy protesters

Top generals, ambassadors and some tribes threw their support behind Yemen's anti-government protesters in a major blow to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's efforts to ride out demands for his immediate exit.

03/04/2011 | World

Yemen protesters clash with police, 409 wounded: medics

Police using live rounds and teargas wounded around 409 protesters who tried to march to a presidential palace in Yemen's Red Sea city of Hudaida early on Monday, doctors said

12/04/2011 | World

Support may boost Ouattara chances in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara won the backing of his defeated rival's army chiefs while the EU and the World Bank pledged financial support to help end the country's prolonged divisions.

05/03/2011 | World

Libyan rebels win battle in west, push on from east

Libyan rebels said they had repelled a fierce attack by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the western town of Zawiyah and were pushing toward his home town Sirte from the east.

08/03/2011 | World

Yemeni police fire on protest, 65 hurt: hospital

Yemeni police opened fire on protesters in the capital Sanaa, wounding at least 65 people demonstrating for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 32-year-old rule, hospital sources said.

10/03/2011 | World

Pope's book on Jesus condemns religious violence

Pope Benedict has condemned violence committed in God's name and personally exonerated Jews of responsibility for Jesus' death in his latest book.

29/01/2011 | World

Mubarak names deputy as protesters defy curfew

Egypt's president gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president for the first time in 30 years after protests that have rocked the foundations of the state.

04/02/2011 | World

Mubarak hangs on after mass protests in Egypt

Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians marched peacefully in Cairo to demand an immediate end to Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule, but there was no sign of the army or the president's US allies forcing him out just yet.

21/02/2011 | World

Suicide bomber kills 30 in Afghanistan as US envoy visits the country

A suicide bomber killed at least 30 people in a government office in northern Afghanistan, officials said, with violence spiralling across the country even before an expected spring offensive.

15/01/2011 | World

Gunmen kill 17 in new Pakistan violence in Karachi

Unidentified gunmen have shot dead at least 17 people in a new wave of violence in Pakistan's commercial hub Karachi, police said.

21/01/2011 | World

Three shot dead at Albania anti-government protest

Three men were shot dead as protesters battled police at an anti-government rally in the Albanian capital, in what Prime Minister Sali Berisha called an opposition attempt to foment a Tunisia-style uprising.

29/01/2011 | World

Egypt's Mubarak can't just 'reshuffle the deck', says US

The United States told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak it was not enough to simply "reshuffle the deck" with a shake-up of his government and pressed him to make good on his promise of genuine reform.

23/03/2012 | Latin America

Pope arrives in Mexico talking tough on drug gangs

Pope Benedict landed in Mexico promising to send out a strong message against drug cartels in a country convulsed by a surge in gang violence over the past five years.

12/06/2012 | Latin America

Fourteen bodies dumped by highway in eastern Mexico

Fourteen bodies were found inside an abandoned truck along a highway in eastern Mexico, local police said, in what appeared to be the latest atrocity committed by rival drug cartels battling over smuggling routes to the United Stat

17/12/2012 | Latin America

Mexico's new president outlines nuanced fight against violence

Mexico's new president today unveiled his strategy to curb drug-related violence that blighted the rule of his predecessor, announcing special units to combat kidnapping and extortion and promising to focus more on crime prevention.

11/11/2011 | Latin America

Peru to crack down on anti-mining violence

Peru said on that it will crack down on violent anti-mining protesters after clashes with police injured 40 people, the first skirmishes since President Ollanta Humala took office vowing to defuse conflicts over natural resources.

07/01/2012 | Latin America

Five severed heads found in northern Mexican city

Mexican police in the northern city of Torreon found the severed heads of five people killed in a suspected outbreak of drug gang violence.

20/02/2012 | Latin America

Zetas plotted with Mexican prison guards in escape

Members of the Zetas drug cartel plotted with prison guards to orchestrate an elaborate escape and kill 44 of their rivals in one of the worst episodes of prison violence in Mexico, the local state governor said.

23/11/2012 | Sports

Italy soccer attack stokes fears of neo-fascist violence

A brutal attack on fans of English football club Tottenham Hotspur in Rome has stoked fears in Italy of rising right-wing and anti-Semitic violence.

13/12/2012 | Sports

Violence mars World Cup hosts Brazil's image

As soon as the referee blows the final whistle he is surrounded by riot police on the pitch who stop players, coaches and even reporters from getting close enough to question or criticise his performance.

24/03/2011 | Entertainment

Brown sorry for outburst, album heads to No.1

R&B singer Chris Brown apologized for throwing a tantrum over renewed questions about his assault on ex-girlfriend Rihanna, but said he felt exploited and "wanted to release the anger inside me."