<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - violent</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/violent</link><description>Newsvine - violent</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 14:06:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:44:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>UK jury acquits man who spoke of violent fantasies</title>
<description><![CDATA[A British man who confided to his psychiatrist that he had fantasies of carrying out a deadly chemical strike was cleared of criminal charges on Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569343-uk-jury-acquits-man-who-spoke-of-violent-fantasies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569343-uk-jury-acquits-man-who-spoke-of-violent-fantasies</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>fantasy</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 14:06:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>String of attacks in Somali capital slows progress</title>
<description><![CDATA[Isaq Ahmed lifted his head from his hands, his eyes clouded with tears, as he looked at the crowd gathered near the twisted wreckage from a car bomb blast that ripped open buildings and killed at least seven people in Somalia's capital this week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdi Guled]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdi Guled]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17386202-string-of-attacks-in-somali-capital-slows-progress</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17386202-string-of-attacks-in-somali-capital-slows-progress</guid><category>somalia</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>capital</category><category>af</category><category>isaq-ahmed</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:11:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=481d38a3-2854-4e0f-9c03-2a63d1059341.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=481d38a3-2854-4e0f-9c03-2a63d1059341.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Somali soldier stands guard near destroyed shops after a car bomb blast close to the Somali government's headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, March 18, 2013. An explosives-laden car that apparently was targeting a truck full of Somali government officials instead hit a civilian car and exploded, setting a nearby mini-bus on fire and killing at least seven people Monday, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4db184ba-e66b-4a50-9235-f2d1c5fce62e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4db184ba-e66b-4a50-9235-f2d1c5fce62e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Somali men carry a seriously wounded man after a car bomb blast close to the Somali government's, headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, March 18, 2013. An explosives-laden car that apparently was targeting a truck full of Somali government officials instead hit a civilian car and exploded, setting a nearby mini-bus on fire and killing at least seven people Monday, police and witnesses said.  (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d79003d1-f6cc-430e-a792-4427a583487d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d79003d1-f6cc-430e-a792-4427a583487d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Somali soldier stands guard near destroyed shops after a car bomb blast close to the Somali government's headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, March 18, 2013. An explosives-laden car that apparently was targeting a truck full of Somali government officials instead hit a civilian car and exploded, setting a nearby mini-bus on fire and killing at least seven people Monday, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f07bc1c6-f738-429e-a3b3-bd08d38f0b29.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f07bc1c6-f738-429e-a3b3-bd08d38f0b29.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Isaq Ahmed washes cars for a living next to a restaurant close to the scene of where a suicide car bomb on Monday killed at least seven people, in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia. Mogadishu has seen a relative period of peace the last 18 months, after African Union troops forced al-Shabab militants out of the city in August 2011, but a recent series of suicide blasts has residents worried that Mogadishu's version of peace will be upended by regular bombings. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e73861d-583f-45ab-854b-63ff9f015822.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2e73861d-583f-45ab-854b-63ff9f015822.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Tuesday, March 19, 2013, Isaq Ahmed, who washes cars for a living, sits where he works next to a restaurant close to the scene of where a suicide car bomb on Monday killed at least seven people, in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia. Mogadishu has seen a relative period of peace the last 18 months, after African Union troops forced al-Shabab militants out of the city in August 2011, but a recent series of suicide blasts has residents worried that Mogadishu's version of peace will be upended by regular bombings. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A disconnect between violence and television</title>
<description><![CDATA[If there's any soul-searching among top television executives about onscreen violence contributing to real-life tragedies like the Connecticut school shooting, it isn't readily apparent.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Bauder]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16492345-a-disconnect-between-violence-and-television</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/13/16492345-a-disconnect-between-violence-and-television</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>violent</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:06:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d745203-5318-4e58-a7ae-239fc2076a98.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d745203-5318-4e58-a7ae-239fc2076a98.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this file image released by FX, a scene is shown from the FX original series, &quot;Sons of Anarchy.&quot; Television executives who spoke to the media recently about the tragic shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., say the events bothered them, but none offered concrete examples of how it is changing what they put on the air, or if that is necessary. FX President John Landgraf said he was in favor of further study about any correlation between entertainment and real violence. Landgraf pointed out that the zombie series &quot;Walking Dead&quot; and brutally violent &quot;Sons of Anarchy&quot; are both very popular in England and that country has far fewer gun murders than the United States. (AP Photo/FX, Prashant Gupta, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Filipino child dies from New Year's Eve shooting</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 7-year-old girl died Wednesday after being hit in the head by a stray bullet during New Year's Eve revelry in the Philippines, heightening calls to halt one of Asia's most violent celebrations of the new year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16283731-filipino-child-dies-from-new-years-eve-shooting</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/01/16283731-filipino-child-dies-from-new-years-eve-shooting</guid><category>philippines</category><category>revelry</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>new-year</category><pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2013 15:57:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d0f990e-8e08-4fc2-a8ec-70923f01a53d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3d0f990e-8e08-4fc2-a8ec-70923f01a53d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Filipino is treated for firecracker injuries at the East Avenue Medical Center in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. Despite a ban by authorities on certain firecrackers due to injuries and death, many Filipinos still welcome the New Year with fireworks in the belief that it will drive away evil spirits and bring in good luck. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb4bfcb0-deda-416e-b211-e68002bd6a35.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fb4bfcb0-deda-416e-b211-e68002bd6a35.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Thick smog covers a suburb of Manila, Philippines in the early morning of the New Year on Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. Fireworks during revelries contributed to the heavy smog as many Filipinos still welcome the New Year with fireworks despite a government drive to steer Filipinos away from this tradition which has caused yearly injuries and deaths. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25045151-c89e-4f8a-af16-66493cf178c1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="307" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25045151-c89e-4f8a-af16-66493cf178c1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A Filipino boy lifts his bandaged hand as he is treated for injuries from a firecracker explosion at the East Avenue Medical Center in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines on Tuesday Jan. 1, 2013. Despite a ban by authorities on certain firecrackers due to injuries and death, many Filipinos still welcome the New Year with fireworks in the belief that it will drive away evil spirits and bring in good luck. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=257db885-c055-4037-af28-33c3078096b3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=257db885-c055-4037-af28-33c3078096b3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 1, 2013 photo, a rescue worker carries 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella at the East Avenue Medical Center in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Ella died in a hospital Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 after being hit in the head by a stray bullet during New Year's Eve revelry in the Philippines, heightening calls to halt one of Asia's most violent celebrations of the new year. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d59e9b8e-ea0b-4b17-8e21-4f3995655981.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="314" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d59e9b8e-ea0b-4b17-8e21-4f3995655981.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="94" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Jan. 1, 2013 photo 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella lays in a bed as her parents aid in giving her life support while being treated at the East Avenue Medical Center  after she was hit in the head by a stray bullet while watching fireworks with her family during New Year's Eve revelry, in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines. Ella died in a hospital Wednesday heightening calls to halt one of Asia's most violent celebrations of the new year. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Islamist sect in Nigeria grows more deadly</title>
<description><![CDATA[The radical Islamist fighters gather around piles of weapons and ammunition they've stolen and shout praises to God as they shoot into the expanse of the African desert.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon Gambrell]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jon Gambrell]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15693126-islamist-sect-in-nigeria-grows-more-deadly</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15693126-islamist-sect-in-nigeria-grows-more-deadly</guid><category>nigeria</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>af</category><category>sect</category><category>boko-haram</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 09:34:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52b12152-2c6c-45e6-aac7-4a9d49a9dc80.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=52b12152-2c6c-45e6-aac7-4a9d49a9dc80.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE: This file image made available from Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2012,  taken from video posted by Boko Haram sympathizers shows the leader of the radical Islamist sect Imam Abubakar Shekau. The video of Imam Abubakar Shekau cements his leadership in the sect known as Boko Haram.  Now, Boko Haram seems to be growing ever-stronger, killing more people than ever before and slowly internationalizing their outlook, a possible danger for the rest of West Africa. More than 770 people have been killed in Boko Haram attacks so far this year, according to an Associated Press count, making 2012 the worst year of violence attributed to the group.(AP Photo, FIle ) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e4a0021c-865c-4e9e-b079-858bce73731d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e4a0021c-865c-4e9e-b079-858bce73731d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE: In this file photo taken Wednesday, March. 21, 2012. bodies of suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, are seen in the pick up van at the  Bukavu Barracks in, Nigeria, Suspected members of Boko Haram attacked a police headquarters, the home of a senior police officer and set fire to a nearby bank, in Tunun Wade, Nigeria, also stealing police uniforms, and weapons before clashing with the military during their escape, Brig. Gen. Iliyasu Abba told journalists during a briefing Wednesday. Now, Boko Haram seems to be growing ever-stronger, killing more people than ever before and slowly internationalizing their outlook, a possible danger for the rest of West Africa. More than 770 people have been killed in Boko Haram attacks so far this year, according to an Associated Press count, making 2012 the worst year of violence attributed to the group (AP Photos/Salisu Rabiu, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8661b490-7686-4ca9-b6da-eb2839355263.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8661b490-7686-4ca9-b6da-eb2839355263.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE:  In this Wednesday, March 21, 2012 file photo,  suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, are detained by the military, in Bukavu Barracks in Kano state, Nigeria after an attack on a police headquarters, the home of a senior police officer and setting fire to a nearby bank.  Now, Boko Haram seems to be growing ever-stronger, killing more people than ever before and slowly internationalizing their outlook, a possible danger for the rest of West Africa. More than 770 people have been killed in Boko Haram attacks so far this year, according to an Associated Press count, making 2012 the worst year of violence attributed to the group  (AP Photos/Salisu Rabiu-file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dallas police officer on leave after violent rap</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Dallas police lieutenant whose officer husband was killed while on duty three years ago has been put on administrative leave as officials investigate her side job as local rapper Lucille Baller, who in one song threatens to shoot anyone who messes with her.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15519551-dallas-police-officer-on-leave-after-violent-rap</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15519551-dallas-police-officer-on-leave-after-violent-rap</guid><category>us</category><category>dallas</category><category>rap</category><category>violent</category><category>us-news</category><category>officer</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:34:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sao Paulo could face gang war with truce collapse</title>
<description><![CDATA[A tenuous six-year truce between police and gang members is over in Sao Paulo &#8212; that much seems clear to shopkeeper Vanuza Alves da Silva, who has seen a surge in killings in her slum neighborhood.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bradley Brooks]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bradley Brooks]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15181779-sao-paulo-could-face-gang-war-with-truce-collapse</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/15/15181779-sao-paulo-could-face-gang-war-with-truce-collapse</guid><category>brazil</category><category>city</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><category>vanuza-alves</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:27:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c8ba293-4567-47af-8604-90e5aed5abd6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7c8ba293-4567-47af-8604-90e5aed5abd6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A torched commuter bus is surrounded by police tape in a suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Bus burnings were part of a wave of violence that left 31 dead over the weekend in Sao Paulo, according to police. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0e7d847-575a-43df-9648-d7174ee0ee4e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c0e7d847-575a-43df-9648-d7174ee0ee4e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Police stand guard near a torched commuter bus in a suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 12, 2012. Bus burnings were part of a wave of violence that left 31 dead over the weekend in Sao Paulo, according to police. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d0f85adf-a5bf-44dd-a2bb-be04ff2f97fc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d0f85adf-a5bf-44dd-a2bb-be04ff2f97fc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A police vehicle sits parked near the Brasilandia slum, behind, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The city has seen nearly 150 homicides in the past two weeks, including a 13-year-old boy and a female police officer in the violent Brasilandia slum. South Americas biggest city is living its most violent days in six years, as a powerful drug gang and police carry out what security experts call retribution killings against one another.  (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d42c964-9539-4059-ab13-99abc25a5c84.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5d42c964-9539-4059-ab13-99abc25a5c84.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Residents talk outside a home in the Brasilandia slum in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. The city has seen nearly 150 homicides in the past two weeks, including a 13-year-old boy and a female police officer in the violent Brasilandia slum.  South Americas biggest city is living its most violent days in six years, as a powerful drug gang and police carry out what security experts call retribution killings against one another. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7630eda0-4c03-467d-9018-45cadeee256f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7630eda0-4c03-467d-9018-45cadeee256f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mounted military police patrol in the Paraisopolis slum of Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. At least 140 people have been murdered in South America's biggest city over the past two weeks in a rising wave of violence, Sao Paulo's Public Safety Department said on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=53996051-68a5-499c-910b-149b1f23ec6f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=53996051-68a5-499c-910b-149b1f23ec6f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Military police frisk motorcyclists as they patrol in the Paraisopolis slum in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. At least 140 people have been murdered in South America's biggest city over the past two weeks in a rising wave of violence, Sao Paulo's Public Safety Department said Sunday. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Calif police shooting stirs protests for 2nd night</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Anaheim officer-involved shooting that left an unarmed man dead and led to a violent weekend clash between witnesses and police stirred anger for a second night.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/22/12891302-calif-police-shooting-stirs-protests-for-2nd-night</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/22/12891302-calif-police-shooting-stirs-protests-for-2nd-night</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>ca</category><category>orange-county</category><category>violent</category><category>us-news</category><category>clash</category><category>anaheim</category><category>anaheim-police</category><category>violent-clash</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:37:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96e171a7-78c1-4766-96eb-dbe7489405a8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96e171a7-78c1-4766-96eb-dbe7489405a8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lupe Diaz, right, sister of Manuel Diaz, gets a hug from Theresa Smith during a protest in front of the Anaheim Police Department, Sunday, July 22, 2012, in Anaheim, Calif. Manuel Diaz, an allegedly unarmed man, was shot by Anaheim Police on Saturday, The Orange County Register reports. Smith said her son was also killed by police two years ago. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mindy Schauer)  MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=217bb12f-d639-4790-8020-ec3d08e9ebfe.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=217bb12f-d639-4790-8020-ec3d08e9ebfe.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yesenia Rojas, 35, shows off a bruise, Sunday, July 22, 2012, in Anaheim, Calif., which she says was sustained by Anaheim Police after Manuel Diaz was allegedly shot by officers on Saturday. She said officers lost control of their dogs who attacked her son and one-year-old grandson. Diaz, an allegedly unarmed man, was shot by Anaheim Police on Saturday, The Orange County Register reports. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mindy Schauer)  MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca351f85-8939-423e-9a76-c2b7c00fc59a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca351f85-8939-423e-9a76-c2b7c00fc59a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Activist Marlena Carrillo shouts at police inside the Anaheim Police Department Sunday July 22, 2012 where a press conference took place in response to the officer involved killing of Manuel Diaz Saturday.  Demonstrators stormed a police department in Orange County, Calif., on Sunday to protest an officer-involved shooting that left an unarmed man dead.  (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Mindy Schauer)   MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT MANDATORY CREDIT, MINDY SCHAUER, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Guyana police official fired over fatal shootings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Guyana's national security minister has ordered the removal of a police superintendent accused of ordering officers to shoot at protesters during a confrontation in which three died and 20 were injured.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/20/12858002-guyana-police-official-fired-over-fatal-shootings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/20/12858002-guyana-police-official-fired-over-fatal-shootings</guid><category>protest</category><category>violent</category><category>guyana</category><category>world-news</category><category>cb</category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:07:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calif. bill would ban violent fans from pro sports</title>
<description><![CDATA[A bill has been proposed in the California state Assembly in an effort to prevent violence such as last year's near-fatal beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10672874-calif-bill-would-ban-violent-fans-from-pro-sports</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10672874-calif-bill-would-ban-violent-fans-from-pro-sports</guid><category>us</category><category>fans</category><category>dodger-stadium</category><category>san-francisco-giants</category><category>violent</category><category>us-news</category><category>banning</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:07:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Cops: Losing coach bites off winner's ear</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/12/10655765-cops-losing-coach-bites-off-winners-ear</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/12/10655765-cops-losing-coach-bites-off-winners-ear</guid><category>coach</category><category>rivalry</category><category>police</category><category>school</category><category>basketball</category><category>losing</category><category>violent</category><category>ear</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:23:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Homeless men spring into action to assist with difficult arrest</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10623416-homeless-men-spring-into-action-to-assist-with-difficult-arrest</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10623416-homeless-men-spring-into-action-to-assist-with-difficult-arrest</guid><category>arrest</category><category>aid</category><category>thursday</category><category>homeless</category><category>deputy</category><category>violent</category><category>men</category><category>authorities</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:54:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 Mexican cops charged in killing of 2 students</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors in southern Mexico say two state police officers have been charged in the killings of two student demonstrators during a protest last month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10245975-2-mexican-cops-charged-in-killing-of-2-students</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/26/10245975-2-mexican-cops-charged-in-killing-of-2-students</guid><category>mexico</category><category>protest</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:14:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Police chiefs meet at WH on homegrown terror fight</title>
<description><![CDATA[State and local law enforcement officials convened at the White House on Wednesday for a daylong discussion about how police can maintain the trust of their communities while identifying and preventing violent extremism and homegrown terrorism &#8212; an effort the administration considers critical to national security.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eileen Sullivan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eileen Sullivan]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/18/10179477-police-chiefs-meet-at-wh-on-homegrown-terror-fight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/18/10179477-police-chiefs-meet-at-wh-on-homegrown-terror-fight</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>violent</category><category>extremists</category><category>violent-extremists</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:36:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Man gets 100 years for home invasion crimes in Md.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a man awaiting trial in the deaths of a nurse and her 20-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for crimes committed during dozens of armed home invasions and burglaries in the Maryland suburbs of the nation's capital.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Eric Tucker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/10/10098733-man-gets-100-years-for-home-invasion-crimes-in-md</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/10/10098733-man-gets-100-years-for-home-invasion-crimes-in-md</guid><category>us</category><category>home</category><category>violent</category><category>us-news</category><category>invader</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:20:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>More police in Rome after grisly slaying</title>
<description><![CDATA[More police are being deployed in Rome after robbers shot and killed a man and his 8-month-old child outside their home.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9982047-more-police-in-rome-after-grisly-slaying</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/05/9982047-more-police-in-rome-after-grisly-slaying</guid><category>eu</category><category>italy</category><category>rome</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jan 2012 20:32:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/478d761f-0ab9-45b8-a5f6-a1c20c1398c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/478d761f-0ab9-45b8-a5f6-a1c20c1398c7.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chinese immigrants pray after placing candles and flowers where the night before a Chinese immigrant and his baby, shown in the pictures at right, were killed as he tried to resist during a robbery, in Rome Thursday night, Jan. 5, 2012. The slaying by robbers of a father and his baby as he held her in his arms in Rome outside their home has triggered more police for the Italian capital. Police say robbers demanded a Chinese immigrant give them the cash receipts of the family's business Wednesday night, knifed and wounded the baby's mother and fired shots when the father resisted. News reports say a bullet pierced the 8-month-old girl's skull, then struck the father's heart. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f4fe0c21-425d-4924-b92e-a2217892ade3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f4fe0c21-425d-4924-b92e-a2217892ade3.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The body of a Chinese immigrant is covered with a blanket after he was killed as he tried to resist during a robbery in Rome Wednesday night, Jan. 4, 2012. The slaying by robbers of a father and his baby as he held her in his arms in Rome outside their home has triggered more police for the Italian capital. Police say robbers demanded a Chinese immigrant give them the cash receipts of the family's business Wednesday night, knifed and wounded the baby's mother and fired shots when the father resisted. News reports say a bullet pierced the 8-month-old girl's skull, then struck the father's heart. (AP Photo/Angelo Carconi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>10 police questioned in Mexican students' deaths</title>
<description><![CDATA[The governor of a Mexican state where two protesting college students died during a clash with police said Wednesday that 10 officers are being investigated in the case.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/12/9398409-10-police-questioned-in-mexican-students-deaths</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/12/9398409-10-police-questioned-in-mexican-students-deaths</guid><category>mexico</category><category>protest</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><category>violent-protest</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:10:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/daa107e9-103d-4f61-9a86-a8d8348a8040.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="379" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/daa107e9-103d-4f61-9a86-a8d8348a8040.jpg" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A gas station is seen on fire after a student protest turned violent in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. According to the state prosecutors office, two students die on a highway leading to the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco during clashes with police after the protesting students allegedly hijacked buses and set fire to pumps at a gas station. Officials say one student died after being hit in the head with a rock and another died of a bullet wound but the case is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/04349d70-6a9a-48ed-aa0e-1d4ccaddaa30.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/04349d70-6a9a-48ed-aa0e-1d4ccaddaa30.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A protester lies dead as police secure the area after clashes broke out on a highway in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. According to the state prosecutors office, two students died on a highway leading to the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco during clashes with police after the protesting students allegedly hijacked buses and set fire to pumps at a gas station. Officials say one student died after being hit in the head with a rock and another died of a bullet wound but the case is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ce50c51e-4dd1-4cd6-a5d4-7eb510132e64.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ce50c51e-4dd1-4cd6-a5d4-7eb510132e64.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A protester lies dead on a highway after clashes with security in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Dec. 12, 2011.  A protest by students demanding a meeting with the governor of the state of Guerrero turned violent as students clashed with state and federal police, as well as soldiers. At least two protesters died during the clashes.  (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5bfb90f2-934f-4208-b031-a7aa2085b06c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5bfb90f2-934f-4208-b031-a7aa2085b06c.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A protester lies dead as police secure the area after clashes broke out on a highway in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. A protest by students demanding a meeting with the governor of the state of Guerrero turned violent as students clashed with state and federal police, as well as soldiers. At least two protesters died during the clashes. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3bec11c9-105a-4a67-be32-8a676a0718c9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="244" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3bec11c9-105a-4a67-be32-8a676a0718c9.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mexican Army soldiers and federal police officers run toward a scene where two students were killed during a protest that turned violent in Chilpancingo, Mexico, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. According to the state prosecutors office, the two students die on a highway leading to the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco during clashes with police after the students allegedly hijacked buses and set fire to pumps at a gas station. Officials say one student died after being hit in the head with a rock and another died of a bullet wound but the case is still under investigation. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lawyer: Client nearly blinded by police in beating</title>
<description><![CDATA[Police beat a man so violently in a Los Angeles suburb that he was left nearly blind while one officer briefly pointed a gun or Taser at his 3-year-old nephew, an attorney said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Watkins]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Thomas Watkins]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/25/7474780-lawyer-client-nearly-blinded-by-police-in-beating</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/25/7474780-lawyer-client-nearly-blinded-by-police-in-beating</guid><category>us</category><category>arrest</category><category>california</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>violent</category><category>us-news</category><category>el-monte</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:04:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Far-right anger, violence thrive on Europe's edges</title>
<description><![CDATA[They beat up black and Arab football fans, terrorize immigrant neighborhoods, smash Muslim and Jewish gravestones, preach hate and rally support online. Norway's attacks laid bare a fringe of flourishing racist anger around Europe &#8212; and exposed the risk that it could erupt into violence anywhere, anytime.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angela Charlton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Angela Charlton]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/05/7265660-far-right-anger-violence-thrive-on-europes-edges</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/05/7265660-far-right-anger-violence-thrive-on-europes-edges</guid><category>europe</category><category>right</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:27:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a396e0c9-d761-4c1b-a883-7a36bd13086f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a396e0c9-d761-4c1b-a883-7a36bd13086f.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 1, 2001 file photo, far-right militants, among them Maxime Brunerie, right with denim jacket, shout during the May Day march of the National Front party in Paris.  Brunerie tried to assassinate French President Jacques Chirac during the July 14, 2002 Bastille Day parade. They beat up black and Arab football fans, terrorize immigrant neighborhoods, smash Muslim and Jewish gravestones, preach hate and rally support online. Norway's attacks laid bare a fringe of flourishing racist anger around Europe &amp;#8212; and exposed the risk that it could erupt into violence anywhere, anytime. Europe's right-wing extremists are exceptional voices, numbering in the thousands. But their voices can take on disproportionate weight and skew perceptions of immigration.(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/03577a42-2bbe-42c3-9fce-9cf8ab11d95c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/03577a42-2bbe-42c3-9fce-9cf8ab11d95c.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE  - In this March 2, 2007 file photo, head of the Jewish community Gennady Klebanov, left, is about to enter the swastika-smeared door of the synagogue, as chief rabbi of Vladivostok and the Far Eastern Primorsky region, Isroel Silberstain, right, points in the Russian Far Eastern Port of Vladivostok, 9,300 kilometers (some 5,750 miles) east of Moscow. Swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans were painted on the Vladivostok synagogue.  They beat up black and Arab football fans, terrorize immigrant neighborhoods, smash Muslim and Jewish gravestones, preach hate and rally support online. Norway's attacks laid bare a fringe of flourishing racist anger around Europe &amp;#8212; and exposed the risk that it could erupt into violence anywhere, anytime. Europe's right-wing extremists are exceptional voices, numbering in the thousands. But their voices can take on disproportionate weight and skew perceptions of immigration. (AP Photo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3fcedca6-11e9-40c1-a2ff-03b3bd29d71f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="241" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3fcedca6-11e9-40c1-a2ff-03b3bd29d71f.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE  In this Friday May 6, 2011 file  photo, soccer club Legia Warszawa fans protest outside the closed stadium of their club prior to a Polish league match, in Warsaw, Poland. Fans are barred from two league matches in Poland as authorities try to end stadium rioting in the country that will co-host Euro 2012. The decision came two days after hooligans caused riots following a Polish Cup final match between Legia and Lech Poznan.  They beat up black and Arab football fans, terrorize immigrant neighborhoods, smash Muslim and Jewish gravestones, preach hate and rally support online. Norway's attacks laid bare a fringe of flourishing racist anger around Europe &amp;#8212; and exposed the risk that it could erupt into violence anywhere, anytime. Europe's right-wing extremists are exceptional voices, numbering in the thousands. But their voices can take on disproportionate weight and skew perceptions of immigration.(AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d7b3e3e7-c4d0-4696-9d46-7cbdf07047e3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="369" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d7b3e3e7-c4d0-4696-9d46-7cbdf07047e3.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE  In this July 14, 2002 file photo, French neo-Nazi Maxime Brunerie is held by a riot police officer after he fired a shot with a rifle while President Jacques Chirac was reviewing troops during the Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris.  They beat up black and Arab football fans, terrorize immigrant neighborhoods, smash Muslim and Jewish gravestones, preach hate and rally support online. Norway's attacks laid bare a fringe of flourishing racist anger around Europe &amp;#8212; and exposed the risk that it could erupt into violence anywhere, anytime. Europe's right-wing extremists are exceptional voices, numbering in the thousands. But their voices can take on disproportionate weight and skew perceptions of immigration.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Afghan transition tempered by continuing violence</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shortly after the call to prayer resounded over the harvested poppy fields near Salaam Bazaar, two Taliban commanders were heard on their radios asking how their forces are doing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Solomon Moore]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Solomon Moore]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/24/7153533-afghan-transition-tempered-by-continuing-violence</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/24/7153533-afghan-transition-tempered-by-continuing-violence</guid><category>afghan</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>transition</category><category>as-afghan</category><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:14:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/15343a86-bd92-42be-bd15-75becc61c673.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/15343a86-bd92-42be-bd15-75becc61c673.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 20, 2011 file photo, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Brewer, 26, of Southaven, Miss., with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., fires at insurgents during a fire fight in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/60f91f02-ea5f-432c-82ac-8f9a23e8bce9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/60f91f02-ea5f-432c-82ac-8f9a23e8bce9.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 21, 2011 photo, Shahazada, right, a local man who like most Afghans goes by one name, pleads with U.S. Marine Capt. Mark Paige, 26, of Port Jefferson Station, N.Y., with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., to have his snipers come off the roof of his home for fear of being shot at by the Taliban, during a mission to look for insurgents in the village of Siraqula in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c0e413c7-9ea6-4fa0-b2bf-61bb96c38b40.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c0e413c7-9ea6-4fa0-b2bf-61bb96c38b40.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 21, 2011 photo, Shahazada, a local man who like most Afghans goes by one name, is awakened by U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., and soldiers of the Afghan National Army as they request to use his roof to look for insurgents in the village of Siraqula in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a0e2a507-710e-4963-b8ba-1013ce7316d0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a0e2a507-710e-4963-b8ba-1013ce7316d0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 21, 2011 photo, the hands of a local Afghan woman are seen through the door of her home as she pleads with U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C.,  and soldiers of the Afghan National Army, to leave for fear of being shot at from the Taliban during a mission to look for insurgents in the village of Siraqula in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8255f84c-4865-4fae-9c47-5a86b5fa5476.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8255f84c-4865-4fae-9c47-5a86b5fa5476.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 21, 2011 photo, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Charles Frangis, 41, of Great Falls, Va., with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., stands on a pile of dried up poppy heads while looking for insurgents in the village of Siraqula in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/341f370e-7a36-444d-b78b-b534b22cbb39.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="252" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/341f370e-7a36-444d-b78b-b534b22cbb39.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 21, 2011 photo, U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., return to their base after a mission to look for insurgents in the village of Siraqula in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/91a745e7-5859-46f0-bc03-6aefddfe52e6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/91a745e7-5859-46f0-bc03-6aefddfe52e6.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 20, 2011 file photo, an Afghan National Army Soldier who goes by the name of Mohammad, right, takes a firing position next to U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Brewer, 26, of Southaven, Miss., left, with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., before engaging insurgents in a fire fight in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c0f37144-2283-4a82-a833-4a9d7895ac5f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c0f37144-2283-4a82-a833-4a9d7895ac5f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 20, 2011 photo, U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., take cover during a fire fight with insurgents in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6e21bdce-7872-4fe9-b119-0e06fff0c418.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6e21bdce-7872-4fe9-b119-0e06fff0c418.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 21, 2011 photo, U.S. Marine Capt. Mark Paige, 26, of Port Jefferson Station, N.Y., right, with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., has his picture taken for evidence with passing motorcyclist, Ubidullah, 20, a  suspected spotter for the Taliban during a mission looking for insurgents through the village of Siraqula in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bfe60e8b-6da6-4a97-a266-b781b7ed2583.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bfe60e8b-6da6-4a97-a266-b781b7ed2583.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 20, 2011 file photo, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Jon Joyce, 39, Swansboro, N.C., with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., calls for more ammo during a fire fight with insurgents in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2fde67b9-e54a-424f-a172-ce50e32c738c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2fde67b9-e54a-424f-a172-ce50e32c738c.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 21, 2011 photo, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Jon Joyce, 39, Swansboro N.C., with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., points to the direction of shooting by the Taliban as an Afghan National Army soldier at left takes cover during a fire fight with insurgents in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5a438922-2468-41ce-b57f-177c37cfef09.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5a438922-2468-41ce-b57f-177c37cfef09.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 21, 2011 photo, an Afghan National Army soldier at left takes cover as shots come in from a second direction during a fire fight with insurgents in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0d64ddc1-f5a5-4111-870b-17b6da709a22.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0d64ddc1-f5a5-4111-870b-17b6da709a22.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 20, 2011 file photo, the wife, who would not give name, of Aqatar Mahammad, at right, comes out from her home following a fire fight between U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., and insurgents in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4c812c8c-9cff-4047-96e3-4c3229e446c3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4c812c8c-9cff-4047-96e3-4c3229e446c3.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 20, 2011 photo, an Afghan National Army soldier holds a bag of radios he is looking to give away to locals who provide information about the Taliban during a joint mission with U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/95f5d590-c827-4083-aff0-dc34c7d0689c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/95f5d590-c827-4083-aff0-dc34c7d0689c.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this July 20, 2011 photo, Afghan National Army soldiers, at left and right, linger back behind a compound as U.S. Marines in front of them with the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines based in Camp Lejeune, N.C., shoot at insurgents during a firefight with insurgents in the village of Salaam Bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Solomon Moore)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Guatemalan villagers kill 6 suspected thieves</title>
<description><![CDATA[Guatemalan police say a mob beat, shot and stabbed to death five men and a woman they suspected of robbery in a remote mountain village.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sonia Perez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sonia Perez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/02/7001251-guatemalan-villagers-kill-6-suspected-thieves</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/02/7001251-guatemalan-villagers-kill-6-suspected-thieves</guid><category>guatemala</category><category>mob</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Jul 2011 00:24:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Can't ban violent video sales to kids, court says</title>
<description><![CDATA[States cannot ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting such limits as a violation of young people's First Amendment rights and leaving it up to parents and the multibillion-dollar gaming industry to decide what kids can buy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesse J. Holland]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jesse J. Holland]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/27/6954153-cant-ban-violent-video-sales-to-kids-court-says</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/27/6954153-cant-ban-violent-video-sales-to-kids-court-says</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>technology</category><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>games</category><category>court</category><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>violent</category><category>video-games</category><category>first-amendment</category><category>violent-video-games</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:25:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/7a7d0fd6-82a9-4eba-a2d7-5bb743f6c753.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="331" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/7a7d0fd6-82a9-4eba-a2d7-5bb743f6c753.jpg" width="120" height="186" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 24, 2011 photo, Grand Theft Auto video game on PlayStation 3 is displayed at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. The Supreme Court says California cannot ban the rental or sale of violent video games to children. The high court agreed Monday with a federal court's decision to throw out California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors.  (AP Photo/Pakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f3c4b3da-0098-42d7-b09a-18d1829d671f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f3c4b3da-0098-42d7-b09a-18d1829d671f.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;JT Taga-Anderson, 9, left, and Mika Taga-Anderson, 13, play Grand Theft Auto IV in Los Altos, Calif., Sunday, June 26, 2011. The Supreme Court saMonday, June 27, California cannot ban the rental or sale of violent video games to children. The high court agreed Monday with a federal court's decision to throw out California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6d2019e3-8e67-47e3-9624-77810464fc70.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6d2019e3-8e67-47e3-9624-77810464fc70.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 24, 2011 photo, Bulletstorm video game on Microsoft XBox 360 is displayed at GameStop in Palo Alto, Calif. The Supreme Court says California cannot ban the rental or sale of violent video games to children. The high court agreed Monday with a federal court's decision to throw out California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. (AP Photo/Pakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/55c9e56b-1795-4dd9-ab9b-b17219d9c276.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/55c9e56b-1795-4dd9-ab9b-b17219d9c276.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Calif. State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, holds up three video games after a news conference in San Francisco, Monday, June 27, 2011. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional to bar children from buying or renting violent video games, saying government doesn't have the authority to &quot;restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed&quot; despite complaints that the popular and fast-changing technology allows the young to simulate acts of brutality. Yee, who wrote the video game ban, told The Associated Press Monday that he was reading the dissents in hope of finding a way to reintroduce the law in a way it would be constitutional. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3ab25a95-8089-4cfb-9e41-57248c5a18d6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3ab25a95-8089-4cfb-9e41-57248c5a18d6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jack Schooner, 16, looks at Grand Theft Auto video game at GameStop in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, June 27, 2011. The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional to bar children from buying or renting violent video games, saying government doesn't have the authority to &quot;restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed&quot; despite complaints that the popular and fast-changing technology allows the young to simulate acts of brutality.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Police, protesters clash in northeast India, 2 die</title>
<description><![CDATA[A protest against squatter evictions turned deadly in a northeastern Indian city on Wednesday as riot police fired tear gas and live rounds into the air to disperse thousands of stone-throwing protesters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wasbir Hussain]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Wasbir Hussain]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/22/6916477-police-protesters-clash-in-northeast-india-2-die</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/22/6916477-police-protesters-clash-in-northeast-india-2-die</guid><category>india</category><category>protest</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:41:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/36d984fd-631d-4610-8736-b8615081874e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/36d984fd-631d-4610-8736-b8615081874e.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A protestor runs away after setting fire to a government bus in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A protest march held against the eviction of people settled around the hills near Gauhati turned violent Wednesday after police resorted to baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells according to local news reports. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b10ea46f-c7c9-442e-8335-019919ec51cf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b10ea46f-c7c9-442e-8335-019919ec51cf.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Firefighters try to douse fire after protestors set fire to a government bus in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A protest march held against the eviction of people settled around the hills near Gauhati turned violent Wednesday after police resorted to baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells according to local news reports. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0218f506-3b72-41f9-846e-160457b690d6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0218f506-3b72-41f9-846e-160457b690d6.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A protestor walks past after other protestors set fire to a government bus in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A protest march held against the eviction of people settled around the hills near Gauhati turned violent Wednesday after police resorted to baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells according to local news reports. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e700afac-1770-49d4-9bbf-db707f1d123c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e700afac-1770-49d4-9bbf-db707f1d123c.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man breaks the windshield after protestors set fire to a government bus in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A protest march held against the eviction of people settled around the hills near Gauhati turned violent Wednesday after police resorted to baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells according to local news reports. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/669ad3c8-7c4b-4069-9932-aebfec1151cc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/669ad3c8-7c4b-4069-9932-aebfec1151cc.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A firefighter tries to douse fire after protestors set fire to a government bus in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A protest march held against the eviction of people settled around the hills near Gauhati turned violent Wednesday after police resorted to baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells according to local news reports. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/14473ff4-cadf-4eaf-b4a4-e550c3b63de9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/14473ff4-cadf-4eaf-b4a4-e550c3b63de9.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A photographer takes pictures of a police jeep set afire by protestors in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, June 22, 2011. A protest march held against the eviction of people settled around the hills near Gauhati turned violent Wednesday after police resorted to baton charge and lobbed tear gas shells according to local news reports. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Neighbor arrested over murder of Pa. girl, 9</title>
<description><![CDATA[A 40-year-old man has been arrested over the "terribly violent" murder of a nine-year-old neighbor in a small town in Pennsylvania, police told a TV station early Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/10/6617253-neighbor-arrested-over-murder-of-pa-girl-9</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/10/6617253-neighbor-arrested-over-murder-of-pa-girl-9</guid><category>blood</category><category>trail</category><category>news</category><category>violent</category><category>dumpster</category><category>leary</category><category>skylar</category><category>crime--courts</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>skylar-kauffman</category><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 10:34:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110510-skylar-9-hsmall-3a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110510-skylar-9-hsmall-3a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Skylar Kauffman.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Marines await Taliban move in deadly Afghan valley</title>
<description><![CDATA[The cacophony of gunfire and bombing that dominated this southern river valley in the fall has dropped to a whisper, but U.S. Marines who have paid a heavy price battling the Taliban in Afghanistan's deadliest spot expect the insurgents to hit back hard.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sebastian Abbot ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sebastian Abbot ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/04/6186401-marines-await-taliban-move-in-deadly-afghan-valley</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/04/6186401-marines-await-taliban-move-in-deadly-afghan-valley</guid><category>afghanistan</category><category>violent</category><category>world-news</category><category>as</category><category>valley</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 Mar 2011 10:30:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1d1cc195-9b1d-45a7-afb5-42d75a699190.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1d1cc195-9b1d-45a7-afb5-42d75a699190.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image made on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan Salpas, 20, from Grand Island, NE, catches a loose goat in the courtyard of a mud compound during a patrol with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Sangin district southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. U.S. Marines battling the Taliban in this key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan are increasingly dubious about the prospects for a high-profile peace deal struck two months ago between the government and the area's largest tribe.(AP Photo/ Sebastian Abbot )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a5ff7ad9-783c-4358-9321-0785a772a880.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="507" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a5ff7ad9-783c-4358-9321-0785a772a880.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image made on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nathan Salpas, 20, from Grand Island, NE, leans against a wall during a patrol with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Sangin district southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. U.S. Marines battling the Taliban in this key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan are increasingly dubious about the prospects for a high-profile peace deal struck two months ago between the government and the area's largest tribe.(AP Photo/ Sebastian Abbot )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5797302a-bcaf-4af1-8844-fe81f4a29ed3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5797302a-bcaf-4af1-8844-fe81f4a29ed3.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image made on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Kriz Jalandoni, 24, from Fall Brook, CA, stands in the main bazaar during a patrol with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Sangin district southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. U.S. Marines battling the Taliban in this key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan are increasingly dubious about the prospects for a high-profile peace deal struck two months ago between the government and the area's largest tribe.(AP Photo/ Sebastian Abbot )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8756806d-b3f5-4e77-a099-5d7d6288ccd6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8756806d-b3f5-4e77-a099-5d7d6288ccd6.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image made on Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Greer Saunders, 45, from Richmond, VA, hands candy to children in the main bazaar during a patrol with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Sangin district southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. U.S. Marines battling the Taliban in this key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan are increasingly dubious about the prospects for a high-profile peace deal struck two months ago between the government and the area's largest tribe.(AP Photo/ Sebastian Abbot )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/98b4504d-1ddb-493c-a7ba-74c7eb7a2901.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/98b4504d-1ddb-493c-a7ba-74c7eb7a2901.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image made on Monday,  Feb. 21, 2011, Sangin District Governor Mohammad Sharif signs a document outside his office in Sangin district in southern Helmand province, Afghanistan. U.S. Marines battling the Taliban in this key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan are increasingly dubious about the prospects for a high-profile peace deal struck two months ago between the government and the area's largest tribe.(AP Photo/ Sebastian Abbot )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/eaff71ce-e005-4b0a-96b9-e47d0adf5c5c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eaff71ce-e005-4b0a-96b9-e47d0adf5c5c.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this image made on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, U.S. Marine Cpl. Justin Pollard, 22, from Santa Clarida, CA, sits in the courtyard of a mud compound during a patrol with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment in Sangin district southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. U.S. Marines battling the Taliban in this key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan are increasingly dubious about the prospects for a high-profile peace deal struck two months ago between the government and the area's largest tribe.(AP Photo/ Sebastian Abbot )&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>