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Sessions: Help on the way to fight violent crime

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced the deployment of 40 additional prosecutors around the U.S. to help combat the recent rise in violent crime. Two new violent crime task forces are also being set up. (Dec. 15)

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Iceland struggles with violence against women

Iceland has a female prime minister and some of the world’s strongest laws on workplace equality and equal pay. It also has one of Europe’s highest per-capita levels of reported rapes, according to statistics agency Eurostat. (Dec. 12)