Russia’s Pussy Riot go on hunger strike
July 5th, 2012 - 8:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 5 (IANS) Members of the all-female Russian punk group Pussy Riot - who face up to seven years behind bars over an anti-Putin protest - Wednesday went on ... Read more...
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Brazil court allows abortion in case of brain damage
April 14th, 2012 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, April 14 (IANS/EFE) Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal ruled that aborting a foetus suffering from anencephaly - the absence of a large part of the brain and the skull - ... Read more...
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Brazil seeking $10 bn from Chevron for oil spill
December 16th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Dec 16 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian federal prosecutors are seeking 20 billion reais (some $10 billion) in damages from US oil supermajor Chevron and Swiss-based Transocean for an oil ... Read more...
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Malaysia court debates on name after sex change operation
May 26th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Terengganu (Malaysia), May 26 (IANS) The high court here is in a dilemma over whether or not to allow a person to take a feminine name after a sex ... Read more...
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Headley identified Somnath temple, Bollywood as targets (Second Lead)
May 26th, 2011 - 2:14 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 26 (IANS) A self-confessed key plotter of the Mumbai terror attack, David Coleman Headley Wednesday testified that he identified ancient Somnath temple in India and Bollywood among several ... Read more...
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Billionaire hedge-fund head Rajaratnam faces 100 years in US prison
March 10th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 10(ANI): A Sri Lankan born-American, who founded the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund management, used "stolen business information to steal tens of millions of dollars", a federal ... Read more...
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Trial begins in biggest US insider trading case
March 9th, 2011 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 9 (IANS) The trial of former hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam in the biggest insider trading case in US history has got underway with the process ... Read more...
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US prosecutor says Rajat Gupta part of insider trading
March 5th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington/New York, March 5 (IANS) After the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a US federal prosecutor has alleged that Indian-American Rajat Gupta, a former Goldman Sachs director, was part of ... Read more...
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America Initiates Additional Charges Against Kwame Kilpatrick, The Former Mayor Of Detroit
December 16th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
December 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Incarcerated former Mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, was charged on Wednesday. Fresh charges of subornment were leveled against him and his Dad, Bernard Kilpatrick, was ... Read more...
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The Shoplifting Case Of Caroline Giuliani Expected To Be Dismissed
September 1st, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, September 1, 2010 (Just Flashed): 20-year-old Caroline Giuliani happens to be the daughter of the Republican, Rudy Giuliani. Rudy had occupied the Mayorship of New York City (NYC) from 1994 to ... Read more...
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US Federal Prosecutor Accuses Kansas Doctor Of Having Overlooked Deadly Practices That Led To 68 Deaths
June 16th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): On Tuesday, an American federal prosecutor lambasted the owners of a Kansas health center, associated with 68 demises, as ‘Burger King for pain pill ... Read more...
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At least 77 bodies found in abandoned Mexican silver mine, drug gangs suspected
June 7th, 2010 - 11:48 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- A total of 77 bodies have been found in an abandoned silver mine in southern Mexico, according to local media reports on Monday.
The bodies were removed by ... Read more...
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Indian-born Canadian Liberal MP says six months jail for LTTE fundraiser too lax
May 15th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Vancouver (Canada), May 15 (ANI): Indian-born Canadian Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh has criticized the country's judicial system for failing to send a strong message of deterrence to fundraisers for terrorist groups when ... Read more...
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Arrests Made In Swiss IBM Bomb Plot
April 27th, 2010 - 1:39 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Swedish police have arrested two men and a woman who are suspected of making plans to bomb a research facility which belongs to IBM. The facility, which ... Read more...
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Three detained in Switzerland for plotting blast
April 26th, 2010 - 6:55 am ICT by IANS
Geneva, April 26 (IANS) Three people have been detained in Switzerland on suspicion of plotting a bomb attack to target the Swiss unit of a major multinational firm, report said Monday.
Two Italians ... Read more...
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Federal prosecutor Hochul confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of NY
March 12th, 2010 - 2:16 am ICT by BNO News
BUFFALO, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – The United States Senate confirmed on Thursday the appointment of William J. Hochul Jr. as the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York, the ... Read more...
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4,000 women forced to work as prostitutes in Argentine city
January 26th, 2010 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Jan 26 (IANS/EFE) Some 4,000 women, majority of them undocumented, are sexually exploited in some 400 brothels in the Argentine coastal resort of Mar del Plata, members of a non-governmental ... Read more...
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Stanley Alpert Appears On “Live To Tell: The Birthday Party”, Recounts Abduction Details
December 20th, 2009 - 9:01 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dec.20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The latest offering by CBS network, "Live to Tell: The Birthday Party" showcased the story of American attorney Stanley Alpert, who was abducted in 1998 and the ... Read more...
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Headley denies role in Mumbai terrorist attack (Second Lead)
December 10th, 2009 - 2:21 am ICT by IANS
Chicagoo, Dec 10 (IANS) Shackled and surrounded by federal marshals, Pakistani-American terror suspect David Coleman Headley, pleaded not guilty to charges that he planned the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed 166 ... Read more...
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Bernard Madoff’s computer programmers arrested
November 17th, 2009 - 12:31 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Nov 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Two computer programmers Jerome O'Hara and George Perez have been arrested by the FBI for allegedly suspicious dealings for Wall Street conman Bernard Madoff.They worked ... Read more...
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ESPN sportscaster’s ’stalker made naked videos of other women’
October 6th, 2009 - 2:11 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Oct 6 (ANI): The man accused of stalking the ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews and posting her nude videos on the Internet also spied on other women, according to prosecutors.Federal prosecutor ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda suspect planned to bomb New York trains on 9/11 anniversary
September 26th, 2009 - 3:44 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sep. 26 (ANI): A Colorado man had allegedly planned to bomb New York's commuter trains on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it has emerged.Prosecutors told a judge in ... Read more...
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Seven ex-CIA chiefs urge Obama not to reopen torture cases against CIA employees
September 19th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 19 (ANI): Seven former CIA directors have urged President Barack Obama not to let the US Justice Department reopen judicial probes against CIA employees who may have tortured detainees ... Read more...
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Germany arrests Islamist bound for Pakistan
August 28th, 2009 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Karlsruhe (Germany), Aug 28 (DPA) German authorities said Friday they had arrested a man suspected of aiding a terrorist bomb plot, and a newspaper said he was picked up as he was ... Read more...
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Bomb suspects disappointed that World Trade Center not around to attack
May 22nd, 2009 - 1:35 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May22 (ANI): The four men arrested for planting what they thought were explosives near two New York City synagogues have revealed that they were disappointed that the World Trade Center ... Read more...
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Madoff Guilty of Fraud
March 11th, 2009 - 11:55 pm ICT by GD
Bernard L. Madoff, the financier accused of causing the biggest Ponzi fraud of all times is to plead guilty to charges that could land him in prison for life. During the ... Read more...
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Germany says LeT staged Mumbai mayhem
January 22nd, 2009 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Stating that its investigations had confirmed that Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had staged the Mumbai mayhem, the head of Germany's Federal Police Office Thursday said his ... Read more...
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Germany frees former Red Army Faction leader
December 20th, 2008 - 7:58 am ICT by IANS
Stuttgart, Dec 20 (DPA) Christian Klar, 56, a leader of the Red Army Faction (RAF) urban terrorist movement three decades ago in Germany, was released from jail Friday, four weeks after judges ... Read more...
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Brussels cops foil bomb plot against UK PM Brown
December 12th, 2008 - 11:00 am ICT by ANI
Brussels, Dec.12 (ANI): Police in Brussels have reportedly foiled a suicide bomb attack on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown by arresting fourteen suspected al-Qaeda terrorists here on Thursday.
According to The Sun, ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Belgium ahead of EU summit
December 11th, 2008 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Dec 11 (DPA) Fourteen suspected members of Al Qaeda were arrested in Brussels Thursday, just hours before European Union (EU)heads of state and government were due to meet in the Belgian ... Read more...
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Germany arrests man for trying to smuggle nuke material to Iran
January 18th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by admin
London, Jan.18 (ANI): Authorities in Germany have arrested a man of Iranian descent on suspicion that he attempted to export materials "relevant to nuclear technology" to Iran, the federal prosecutor's office said ... Read more...
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