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Mon 07 Jul 2007Archbishop calls for action on crime as three dieOne of the country's leading churchmen has described the spate of violent crime as close to a national emergency and has called on the Government to devise a new strategy to deal with the problem.Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said yesterday that in the wake of the extraordinary levels of violence experienced over the weekend, there was an obligation on the Government to call a summit of community leaders to forge a new national consensus to address the roots of violence.