Mexico ships 273 inmates to island prison
October 24th, 2011 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 24 (IANS/EFE) A total of 273 inmates were transferred from different prisons in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas to the federal prison on the Islas Marias, ... Read more...
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IMF ex-head Strauss-Kahn pleads not guilty
June 6th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is facing charges of sexual assault, pleaded not guilty at pre-trial hearings in New York ... Read more...
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IMF ex-chief hired prostitutes, claims madame
May 19th, 2011 - 6:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 19 (IANS) A madame in the US has claimed that she supplied young women to embattled International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is now accused of trying ... Read more...
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Rhode Island Prison Guard Matthew Lacroix Arrested For Pretending To Be His Boss On Facebook
December 18th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Dec 18, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Law enforcement officials have announced that a prison guard at the Adult Correctional Institutions of Rhode Island has been arrested and charged with setting up a ... Read more...
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Lil Wayne Blogging From Prison For Friends and Fans
April 6th, 2010 - 2:40 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 05 (THAINDIAN NEWS) LiL Wayne, also known to his fans as "Weezy" is not letting the fact that he is going to spend the next eight months in Riker's Island Prison ... Read more...
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Mandela,ex-wife Winnie celebrate 20 years of his freedom from jail
February 6th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Johannesburg (S. Africa), Feb.6 (ANI): Former South African president Nelson Mandela celebrated the 20th anniversary of his release from prison, and invited his ex-wife Winnie and others to an intimate dinner here ... Read more...
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Ahead of Mandela Day, South African Indian veterans recall struggle
July 17th, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, July 17 (IANS) As people across the globe prepare to mark the inaugural Mandela Day Saturday with a variety of community service projects, four South African Indian veterans of ... Read more...
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Obama documentary by South African Indian to air in US
May 16th, 2009 - 9:26 am ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Johannesburg, May 16 (IANS) A documentary film by South African Indian producer Anant Singh on Barack Obama's road to becoming the first black person to occupy the White House ... Read more...
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Bali bombing victims families dissatisfied by execution
November 9th, 2008 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
!-- NO IMAGE --London, Nov.9 (ANI): The execution of three Indonesian militants for the serial bomb blasts in the tourist resort of Bali that claimed the lives of 202 people, including ... Read more...
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Defiant Bali bombers on death row say their executions will be avenged
October 1st, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney , Oct 1 (ANI): Three terrorists accused of 2002 Bali bombings and now facing execution orders, have said that if their executions were carried out, it would be avenged by ... Read more...
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Bali bombers must not feel torture or pain while being shot, says their lawyer
July 29th, 2008 - 7:33 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 29 (ANI): Lawyers representing the three Islamic militants who are on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings, have argued that they could suffer unnecessary pain if they do ... Read more...
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Indian-origin woman named UN rights commissioner
July 25th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 25 (IANS) Indian-origin South African judge Navanethem Pillay, born in Durban to a bus driver, has been appointed the new UN High Commissioner of Human Rights. Pillay, 67, is ... Read more...
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UN appoints South African judge as human rights chief
July 25th, 2008 - 7:03 am ICT by IANS
DPA
New York, July 25 (DPA) South African judge Navanethem Pillay was named High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN's top position that is tasked with promoting and protecting human rights worldwide. The ... Read more...
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