Dunno Tracy, but I do not think the homicide rate is higher over here compared to the us
See second page for a chart
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/publications/2004/muder.pdf________
>Don't they have to print a retraction when their errors are pointed out to them? Perhaps we will see one tomorrow...
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>>Well, the source for the wikipedia is the wikipedia of course !
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>>Kidding - but Belgium's cannot be higher that the US
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>>>How do we know that the BBC is wrong and wikipedia is correct? The source for the BBC article is Royal Armouries, what is the source for the wikipedia numbers?
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>>>>>Ok, I know why the U.S. is high, but Belgium? What's up with that? (The chart is at the very end of the article)
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6937537.stm>>>>
>>>>Someone must have sent a
false letter
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_homicide_rate#2000s>>>>
>>>>year 2002
>>>>- USA : 5.6 (about same as your link)
>>>>- Belgium : 1.5 (your link : 7.06)
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>>>>And more interesting: since 2002, there haven't been any ! (according to the chart this is)
Gregory