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Huvudstaden Caracas gripne borgmästare Antonio Ledezma kommer att överklaga anklagelserna om kuppförsök i Venezuela, säger hans advokater.

Athens claims success in comprise reached with creditors that would end austerity, but new reforms could be costly.

Bombhot, vapenbeslag, trakasserier, våld och avvisning av hotfulla personer. Hotbilden mot landets domstolar har ökat och nu pågår en satsning på krisövningar, ordningsvakter och fler säkerhetskontroller, skriver Svenska Dagbladet.

Att tillåta större plan att flyga till och från Bromma flygplats i Stockholm kommer försämra flygsäkerheten avsevärt. Det skriver bland andra ordföranden i pilot- och flygorganisationen Aopa, Lennart Persson, på Dagens Industris debattsida.

Samtidigt som Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset brottas med stora ekonomiska problem har flera tunga chefer fått sluta på sjukhuset. Nu senast är det ekonomidirektören som hastigt får lämna sitt jobb.

The same system of red-light cameras in Chicago that was shown last year to have been generating bogus tickets is still around -- but now, reports Reuters, it's a political punching bag for opponents of Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel in an upcoming election. "[Emanuel], who supports the nation's largest automated camera system, is polling slightly under the 50 percent plus one vote he needs to avoid a run-off against the second-highest vote-getter. Three of the four challengers seeking to topple Emanuel say the cameras should go. Emanuel's closest rival, Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, who is polling at about 20 percent, said he would only keep cameras that have been proven to reduce accidents. .... Chicago has red-light cameras at 174 intersections and 144 speed cameras near schools and parks around the city. They have brought in $500 million since 2003, according to media reports, a figure Chicago has neither confirmed nor disputed.

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The same system of red-light cameras in Chicago that was shown last year to have been generating bogus tickets is still around -- but now, reports Reuters, it's a political punching bag for opponents of Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel in an upcoming election. "[Emanuel], who supports the nation's largest automated camera system, is polling slightly under the 50 percent plus one vote he needs to avoid a run-off against the second-highest vote-getter. Three of the four challengers seeking to topple Emanuel say the cameras should go. Emanuel's closest rival, Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, who is polling at about 20 percent, said he would only keep cameras that have been proven to reduce accidents. .... Chicago has red-light cameras at 174 intersections and 144 speed cameras near schools and parks around the city. They have brought in $500 million since 2003, according to media reports, a figure Chicago has neither confirmed nor disputed.