”Barbed wire” News

Critics say Newark barbed wire ban helps criminals

NEWARK, N.J. – Some business owners in this crime-plagued city say recent enforcement of a decades-old ordinance prohibiting some types of barbed wire and razor wire is making Newark more attractive — to thieves. Burglaries
01 5 2009 9:08AM (...more)

Canadian man mauled by tiger

TORONTO – A man who broke into the Calgary Zoo overnight and scaled a fence around a tiger exhibit is hospitalized with serious injuries to his arms after he was attacked by a tiger. Zoo spokesman Grahame Newton says two
10 6 2009 6:52PM (...more)

NM ranchers worry that sick cows could cross to US

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Longtime New Mexico cattle rancher Judy Keeler is keenly aware of how tough it is to raise livestock in the dusty desert near the U.S.-Mexico border. Drought, intense heat, security and illegal
06 23 2009 2:59AM (...more)

Eight demonstrators wounded in West Bank protest: medics

NILIN, West Bank (AFP) - Eight people were slightly wounded when Israeli security forces fired rubber-coated bullets and teargas at demonstrators protesting the West Bank separation barrier on Friday, medics and witnesses said.
10 11 2008 4:41AM (...more)

Bangladesh opposes Indian plan to fence border

DHAKA (AFP) - An Indian plan to build more fencing on the border with Bangladesh will not stop illegal cattle trading, which leads to regular deaths in the area, a Bangladeshi official said Monday.
08 26 2008 9:55AM (...more)

Thousands at funeral of boy shot in West Bank protest

NILIN, West Bank (AFP) - Thousands marched through the occupied West Bank in a funeral Wednesday for a Palestinian boy who was shot dead by Israeli forces during a protest against Israel's separation barrier.
07 31 2008 3:58AM (...more)

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Sky Online announces new online tattoo shop.Get Inked. Whether you're looking to get started, to expand your toolset, or upgrade, 06 6 2008 11:57PM (...more)

WITNESS: Death in the streets of Yangon

Adrees Latif, a Reuters photographer who has won thebreaking news photography Pulitzer Prize for his coverage ofanti-government protests in Myanmar last year, worked forReuters in Houston and Los Angeles before taking up his post in Bangkok in 2003. In the following story he tells the storybehind the picture that won him the prize.
04 9 2008 2:57AM (...more)

Prison inmate escapes during Bible study

SPOKANE, Wash. - An inmate facing assault, gun and drug charges escaped from Geiger Corrections Center after being let out of a small building to get some fresh air during his Bible study, officials said.
09 29 2007 2:14AM (...more)

U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for November 30

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Rick Reed of the U.S. Census Bureau , +1-301-763-2812 WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S.
12 1 2007 1:00AM (...more)