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PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Crime scene investigation students at the FSU-PC campus wrapped up a full week of analyzing evidence and learning about the computer technology that crime investigators use everyday.

The students began the week by using computer software to identify test tubes filled with unknown substances.

Students also learned how to use the same facial recreation program that FSU police department uses to identify criminals.

Senior CSI Student, James Pollock, explained how the program works for law enforcement.

"If someone were to come to the police saying that they had been mugged but they didn't know the person but they got a good look at them, they can go to the police and say this is what the person looked like and describe to an officer who can then try different facial shapes and different eyes and try to get a likeness of the person based on the witnesses description," he said.

Students have to complete four labs to finish the program. CharlaSkinner Perdue, a CSI faculty member believes the labs are a very significant part of the curriculum.

"We also do forensic death investigation, impression evidence, and crime and accident scene imaging and reconstruction. So all of those are 40 hour labs so they'll have 160 hours hands-on work before they'll leave the program," she said.

The labs will continue July 10-14, when students will have to complete the impression evidence investigation.

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The Red River Valley Writers Guild Meeting has invited visitors to come by to the next meeting on Tuesday, June 13, and hear a special guest.

If you have ever wondered about how much is accurate on police television shows and movies then wonder no more.

As a writer, you want to be as accurate as possible with what you write, right? even in fiction. How do the police ACTUALLY DO IT?

This Tuesday at the Red River Valley Writers Guild meeting, Paris own Chief of Police, Bob Hundley, will be on hand to present a program on real police procedures/crime scene investigations. The program will be held on Tuesday, June 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the Paris Public Library.

The best part this presentation is absolutely free and you do not have to be a Red River Valley Writers Guild member to attend. Visitors are welcome.

All are invited, bring your friends!

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On Sunday, Ukrainians celebrated their first day of visa-free access to most of the EU's 28 nations following a measure adopted by the European Parliament in April and the European Council heads of government in May.

One of many elements of the EU-Ukraine association agreement signed in 2014, expanded access wasput on hold during themajor tensions that followed the overthrow of Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych that winter, and was further delayed after a 2016 referendum in the Netherlands initially rejected the pact.

Two weeks ago, the Dutch parliament backed a revised pact, which European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said could be finalized at a EU-Ukraine summit in July. If so, it is likely to come into force in September.

The new waiver allows one in 10 Ukrainians - those with biometric passports - to travel in the European Union without visas for up to 90 days in any 180-day periodfor tourism, business or family visits, but not to work.

Excluded from the setup are Britain and Ireland, but included are four non-EU Schengen zone members: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

In Kyiv late on Saturday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told a crowd that the new travel arrangement "symbolizes a final breakaway of our state from the Russian empire."

Poroshenkodescribed the moment as the onset of a "different historical era" and said Ukraine would now seek cheaper rail and aviation links withEU cities.

Ukrainians, some without visas, board a train from Kyiv to Poland

Ukraine's border authoritytold the news agency Interfax that 600 people with the new passports entered the European Union in the early hours of Sunday.

Contested borders

Ukraine's popular pro-EU uprising in 2014 was followed by Russia's annexation of Crimea and the imposition of Western sanctionson Moscow. Despite peace efforts involving German diplomats, since 2014fighting between pro-Russia separatists and government forcesin Ukraine's industrial east has claimed more than 10,000 lives and displaced many more people.

Since Saturday, four Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the most recent fighting, according to a report carried by the German news agency DPA.

Russian officials have often rejected claims that the Kremlin is arming the rebels.

In May, when the European Council finalized its visa waiver for Ukrainians, the EU announced thatthe measure contained a suspension mechanism "if there are serious migration or security issues with Ukraine."

Georgia, which fought a brief but bitter war with Russia in 2008, was granted a similar EU visa-free travel scheme that began in late March.

In February, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing passports issued by the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic and the Donetsk People's Republic in eastern Ukraine.

At the time, Poroshenko blasted the decree as a "violation by Russia of international law."

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Ukrainians can now enter the European Union visa-free - Deutsche Welle

The 12th EU-Thailand Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) took place at the European External Action Service in Brussels on 9 June 2017. The EU side was chaired by Mr Gunnar Wiegand, Managing Director, Asia and the Pacific, European External Action Service. The Thai side was chaired by Mr Songphol Sukchan, Director-General of the Department of European Affairs, Royal Thai Foreign Ministry.

It was the first SOM since 2012. The EU and Thai senior officials held an open and friendly exchange on a broad range of issues of mutual interest with regard to the development of their relations. Prior to the SOM, the EU-Thailand Working Group on Trade and Investment was also convened.

The discussions included political, security, economic, trade, development cooperation, environmental as well as human rights issues in Thailand and the EU, together with regional and international matters. ASEAN integration and Thailand's role as ASEAN coordinator for the EU figured prominently in the meeting. The EU and Thailand remain committed to the global efforts against climate change and the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss, in particular, the on-going substantial and intense dialogues concerning illegal fishing (IUU), labour issues and prevention of human trafficking, as well as air safety and to underline the need to complete the implementation of the ongoing reforms. Both sides welcomed that Thailand and the European Union will hold the first negotiation round for a Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) to strengthen cooperation on tackling illegal logging of timber and related trade later this month. Bilateral cooperation was also discussed on sustainable development, and science, technology and innovation.

Legislative preparations are being made for Thailand's general election which, with all the required processes being met in accordance with the timeline under the Constitution, could take place by the end of 2018. Against this background the two sides discussed not only the current cooperation, but also prospects for closer ties. The co-chairs concurred that the SOM was a significant step for facilitating future strengthened engagement and closer cooperation between the European Union and Thailand.

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