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Seattle's interim police chief sorry for video mocking homeless  Friday, Apr 26, 2013 07:32 PM PDT By Elaine Porterfield SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle's interim police chief has apologized for appearing in a 1986 video that showed him and other officers mocking the homeless in what the city's police department this week called an "ugly piece" of its history. Interim Chief Jim Pugel, who is implementing sweeping reforms in the wake of a 2012 U.S. Department of Justice report that found the city's police routinely used excessive force, appeared in the video when he was a 26-year-old officer. ... Full Story	Top
Return to sender? Maybe not as Somalia to restart mail 22 years on  Friday, Apr 26, 2013 09:52 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - Somalis may soon be receiving letters from abroad for the first time in more than 20 years after a deal was struck with the United Nations' postal agency, the latest step towards ending Somalia's isolation following two decades of civil conflict. But the challenges to bringing the Horn of Africa country back into the global postal community are manifold - there are no functioning post offices, only the main roads are named and most houses do not have a number. ... Full Story	Top

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