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violence

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Diplomats have discussed a process of “decommissioning” weapons, a term that echoes the agreement that ended the violence in Northern Ireland under Blair’s leadership.

After being sworn in, Jeri vowed to spend the remainder of the presidential term cracking down on spiralling violence linked to extortion rackets run by organized crime gangs.

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Pink-tinted cavities - capillaries of the tooth that send blood into the teeth - would confirm what officers had suspected, that Karen's death had been caused by violence.

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Senate committee hearing in 2007 on the impact of media violence on children.

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"We're receiving troubling reports of continued violence against protesters by the gendarmerie," the UN's human rights office said in a post on social media Friday.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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