Violence

Domestic violence victims fear deportation

25 May 2012

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — An undocumented immigrant who was detained by immigration authorities after being arrested in a domestic violence incident — in which she was the victim — is speaking out because she doesn't want others to go through the same ordeal.

UN chief cites unacceptable violence in Syria

25 May 2012

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon blamed the Syrian government Friday for much of the "unacceptable levels of violence and abuses" occurring every day in violation of a U.N.-backed peace plan.

Violence Against Women Act becomes political battle

25 May 2012

The Violence Against Women Act, a piece of legislation authorized in the past with little or no problem, is now caught up in political wrangling in Washington.