Violence

Violence rages on as UN chief says Syria violations 'unacceptable'

26 May 2012

Violence continued in Syria on Friday with at least 88 people, including 13 children, killed after government loyalists tried to break into the town of Houla in Homs province, activists said.

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.