4 officers died in traffic accidents, down from the 71 killed in
2010.Craig Floyd, the group's chairman, blamed the rise on budget cuts to
public safety departments. He cited surveys by police groups that showed many
cut back on training and delay upgrading equipment, and referenced a Department
of Justice report issued in October that said an estimated 10,000 police
officers and sheriff's deputies have been laid off within the past year."I'm
very troubled that these drastic budget cuts have put our officers at
a grave risks," he said. "Our officers are facing a more brazen
cold-blooded element and fighting a war on terror, and we're giving them
less training and less equipment they need to do their jobs safely."It's
the second year in a row the number of officers killed in
the line of duty has grown. In 2009, the death toll dipped
to 107 in a 50-year-low that encouraged police groups even though the
year seemed to be an aberration. Otherwise, the number of po
also criticized for threatening a filibuster and then ceding his opposition
after news of a deal to include in the bill a "cornhusker
kickback" -- 100 percent Medicaid funding for his state on an indefinite
basis.That portion of the legislation was tossed out in the final reconciliation
bill, which Nelson opposed.Nelson has vehemently denied horse-trading with Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid for the deal, but during the debate while home in
Nebraska, Nelson, a once very popular former governor, and his wife were
booed going into a restaurant.Without acknowledging the heated era, Nelson said whoever
takes his place should try to "follow in my footsteps to look
for common ground and to work together in bipartisan ways to do
what's best for the country, not just one political party."Public office is
a place for public service, not personal profit. Its about promoting the
common good, not the agenda of the radical right or the radical
left. Its about fairness f
s dragging women protesters by the hair, stomping on them and stripping
one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists."This is
a case for all the women of Egypt, not only mine," said
Samira Ibrahim, 25, who was arrested and then spoke out about her
treatment.Ibrahim filed two suits against the practice, one demanding it be banned
and another accusing an officer of sexual assault. She was the only
one to complain publicly about a practice that can bring shame upon
the victim in a conservative society.A small group of women gathered outside
the court building, holding banners. One said, "Women of Egypt are a
red line."The three-judge panel said in its ruling that the virginity tests
were "a violation of women's rights and an aggression against their dignity."The
ruling also said a member of the ruling military council admitted to
Amnesty International in June that the practice was carried out on female
detainees in March to protect the army
influence on the outcome."In other words, if the State Department leaves the
MEK and residents of Camp Ashraf on its terror list, even if
the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees wants to help them emigrate, no
Western countries or the United States will take them.Dec. 9, 2011: In
this photo provided by the People's Mujahedeen Organization of Iran, Iraqi police
stand guard outside the opposition group's camp northeast of Baghdad, Iraq.
ian civil aviation since the 1960s, with more than 800 planes built.
It also has remained in service with many post-Soviet carriers.In recent years,
Russia and other former Soviet nations have had some of the world's
worst air traffic safety records. Experts blame poor maintenance of the aging
aircraft, weak government controls, insufficient pilot training and a cost-cutting mentality.
o give his name for fear of reprisals.The resident and other eyewitnesses
said most of the tanks were gone but police and security agents
were spread out. "Snipers are all over Homs, this is something the
observers don't see," the resident said.Homs-based activist Majd Amer said members of
the Syrian opposition wished to reach the observers but didn't know how."They
are hostages in the hands of the regime," Amer said of the
monitors. "They are totally dependent on authorities to move around, make calls
and even to get their food and drink," he added in frustration.In
Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner demanded Syrian authorities allow the monitors
full access to the Syrian people."We expect that Arab League monitors will
be able to deploy and move freely within Homs and other Syrian
cities as protesters peacefully gather," Toner said Tuesday night. He suggested the
international community "will consider other means to protect Syrian civilians" if
