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India's top law official admits Mumbai 'lapses'

Dec. 5, 2008
India's top law enforcement official has admitted there were government "lapses" during last week's terror attack on Mumbai, amid outrage over security and intelligence failures.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- An anti-blasphemy law in the Netherlands should be replaced by an anti-discrimination law due to concerns of religious favoritism, officials say.

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LYON, France, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Interpol officials say the approaching October general assembly in Russia will focus on how to further develop national law enforcement capacities.

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Top security authorities were in Sweden Wednesday for the opening of a conference on combating transnational organized crime.

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Costa urges rule of law

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Laws combating terrorism discussed

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Top Lebanese terror investigator killed

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Top court rules on prison guard immunity

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Law enforcement deaths up by 28 percent

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Coast Guard school earns accreditation

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Law Enforcement Academy in South Carolina has received Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch