The Washington Post's Michael Lewis interviewed a sect follower who, despite being a policeman in northeastern China, had come to the capital to break the law.

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Nor can he pursue being a pilot or a policeman.

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The owner of an aquatics shop who is being sued by a policeman has said he "thought it was a joke" when he received the compensation claim letter.

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Unfortunately, at about the same time that this statement was being made, a video was being put up on YouTube in which, seven seconds in, a policeman steps daintily over a circle of protestors, who do nothing to impede him, before dousing them with aerosol condiment.

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He shot himself in the head after being shot in the leg by a policeman, officials said.

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The married soldier, from 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment, and his colleagues had entered a compound where a kidnapped Afghan policeman was being held by insurgents.

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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) South Africa's top detective was appointed lead investigator in the Oscar Pistorius case Thursday, replacing a veteran policeman who was charged with attempted murder in the latest shock development to hit a case being watched closely by the nation.

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And maybe there is only one thing as difficult as being an Egyptian censor before the revolution, or a secret policeman in any one of a dozen countries in the region now, and that is sitting in a foreign ministry in London or Washington or Paris and being asked to write a paper for tomorrow morning, with the title What Happens Next?

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Along with a number of national and local channels, India Today aired footage showing a policeman repeatedly slapping the young woman who was accused of being drunk.

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In Canada we saw that one foolish remark could spark a movement: after a Toronto policeman declared that women should stop dressing as sluts to avoid being assaulted there were large rallies (first in Canada and then in other countries) in which women purposely dressed provocatively as part of a movement.

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Next came a policeman who recorded a videoblog saying he was sick and tired of fabricating crimes and not being paid properly.

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