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...Gang members will have to get their tattoos removed if they want to remain in Wanganui, if Laws has his way: "You get a laser treatment or go somewhere else." Chester Burrows, the National Party's law and order spokesman and member for Wanganui, has indicated that he'll try to introduce a bill to Parliament that will give local councils the right to ban gangs and gang regalia in cities. King thinks it unlikely the bill will succeed. She favors U.K.-style anti-social behavior orders to curb gang activity...
...Edgware road the cafes remain full long into the night as customers savour their final few days of freedom to puff. Tobias, a bingo-hall worker in his twenties, has come all the way from the suburbs with his girlfriend for dinner - and some shisha...
...President announced his decision just hours after the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington turned down Libby's request to remain free on bail while he appealed his March conviction. Libby will now go free, but the court will still play a role in the case, since Libby is expected to pursue his appeal. If he loses, Bush could pardon him, though that possibility has not been mentioned publicly by anyone at the White House or in Libby's camp...
...march's organizers had sought to prove that Hong Kong's denizens remain hungry for universal suffrage: currently, the Chief Executive and much of the legislature are chosen by small groups of business leaders friendly to Beijing. (Tsang has said the issue of direct elections "will be resolved" during his current term in office, which expires in 2012.) But with the economy booming, it has become harder to make a case against the status quo. Police and organizers quibbled over the number of attendees at the demonstration, placing it somewhere between 20,000 and 70,000, but either...
...university campuses are now policed by fanatical Shi'ite student groups associated with the hard-line cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. They impose strict segregation of the sexes and beat up those who dare to fraternize. Parents concerned about the violence in the streets force their children, especially daughters, to remain indoors. Only the bravest go out for dinner, since restaurants are popular targets for suicide bombers. The lovers' lane near the Jadhariya bridge is marked by the burned and twisted remains of two car bombs; a police checkpoint ensures there is no loitering. Like Ubaid and Ali, many young couples...