Will peacekeeper plan help end Burundi violence?

Political violence has made finding dead bodies around Bujumbura an increasingly common occurrence. ©désiré nimubona/IRIN
  
KAMPALA (IRIN) December 19, 2015- Plans for the African Union to deploy 5,000 peacekeepers to protect civilians in Burundi have been broadly welcomed, but will they help end months of deadly political unrest ignited by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s quest for a third term?

Virginia Police Investigator Melvin Grover honored for role in identifying violent perpetrator

Detective Melvin Grover accepted the Federal Bureau of Investigations 2015 Biometric Identifications award from the Federal Bureau of Investigations Services section chief William McKinsey. Left to right, Deputy Commonwealth Attorney, Phil Evans, Commonwealth Attorney, Greg Underwood, Police Chief, Michael Goldsmith, Virginia State Police Captain, Thomas Turner, William McKinsey. photo: abhi ahmadadeen/BMLTV©

 (FBI) December 3, 2015 - The 2015 recipient of the FBI’s Biometric Identification Award (formerly known as the Latent Hit of the Year Award) is a member of Virginia’s Norfolk Police Department (NPD) who played a key role in the identification of a dangerous serial offender. Congratulations to Melvin Grover III, an investigator with the forensic section of the NPD’s detective division.

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