Mexican president says he received death threat
August 21st, 2012 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 21 (IANS/EFE) President Felipe Calderon said over the weekend that a threat was made against the presidential aircraft early in his term and he took it so ... Read more...
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Mexican prison’s security chief gunned down
July 30th, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Culiacan (Mexico), July 30 (IANS/EFE) The security chief of the prison in Culiacan, the capital of the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, has been gunned down, police said.Alejandro Osuna Rios ... Read more...
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Prison warden slain in Guatemala
July 20th, 2012 - 10:51 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, July 20 (IANS/EFE) The warden of a maximum-security prison that holds some of Guatemala's most dangerous criminals was gunned down on the streets of this capital, authorities said ... Read more...
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Trinidad’s Indian-origin ex-PM freed of corruption charges
June 28th, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, June 28 (IANS) Basdeo Panday, Trinidad and Tobago's first Indian-origin prime minister, has been acquitted of charges of failing to declare his assets in a London bank.Panday ... Read more...
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50-year hunt continue for Alcatraz inmates
June 10th, 2012 - 11:54 pm ICT by IANS
San Fransisco, June 10 (IANS) It's been 50 years since they escaped from US' most foreboding prison, Alcatraz. But a US marshal is still looking for the three bank robbers.On ... Read more...
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Man jailed for killing flasher in Russia
January 26th, 2012 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A man in Russian city of Voronezh has been jailed for beating to death an exhibitionist who was showing his genitals to a three-year-old boy.The ... Read more...
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Police detonate mail bomb outside Greece prison
April 1st, 2011 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Athens, March 31 (IANS) Greek police Thursday detonated a mail bomb at the entrance of a maximum security prison in this capital city, a media report said.Bomb experts conducted a ... Read more...
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Gunmen kill seven in Mexican town
March 24th, 2011 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 24 (IANS/EFE) A large group of heavily armed hit men have killed seven people in three consecutive attacks in a small town in northern Mexico, officials with ... Read more...
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5 Bodies found hanging from bridges in Mexican city
March 1st, 2011 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 1 (IANS/EFE) Five bodies were found hanging from bridges in the Pacific resort city of Mazatlan, authorities said. Officials have not released any information on the identity of the ... Read more...
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Fake bombs, celebrity drivers: the making of an Iraqi TV hit
September 6th, 2010 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
By Kadhem al-Attabi
Baghdad, Sep 6 (DPA) On top of the usual Iraqi worries about being blown up or kidnapped for ransom, local celebrities must now fear getting caught with a fake ... Read more...
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Russian man jailed for assaulting fortune teller who predicted he would go to jail
August 9th, 2010 - 10:59 pm ICT by BNO News
MOSCOW (BNO NEWS) -- A Russian court has sentenced a man to more than two dozen years in prison for assaulting a Gypsy fortune teller who predicted that he would be jailed, ... Read more...
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Prison warden shot dead in Guatemala
May 7th, 2010 - 6:27 am ICT by IANS
Guatemala City, May 7 (IANS/EFE) The warden of a maximum security prison in Guatemala's Santa Rosa province has been gunned down by unidentified assailants, authorities said.
Mario Rene Zuñiga, 29, who was appointed ... Read more...
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Mexican troops dismantle meth labs
April 22nd, 2010 - 7:43 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 22 (IANS/EFE) Troops found and dismantled two methamphetamine labs in the western state of Sinaloa, Mexico's defence department said Wednesday.
Soldiers discovered the labs while carrying out reconnaissance on the ... Read more...
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Two convicts dress up as sheep to evade capture
April 14th, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 14 (IANS) Two convicts who escaped from a high security prison in Argentina have managed to evade arrest by disguising themselves up as sheep by wearing full sheepskins including the ... Read more...
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Argentinean convicts dodge manhunt by dressing up as sheep!
April 13th, 2010 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 13 (ANI): It has emerged that two escaped convicts managed to dodge a huge manhunt after they disguised themselves as sheep.The pair dressed in full sheepskin fleeces, complete with heads, ... Read more...
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Thai Man In Prison For 3 Extra Years Due To Typo
April 10th, 2010 - 4:17 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Thai man who was serving time in an Indonesian prison was released after it was discovered that he had already spent three extra years in prison, all ... Read more...
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Serial Killer Timothy Krajcir gets life-term
April 10th, 2010 - 3:11 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Pontiac, Apr 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Serial killer who was responsible for murdering nine women in 4 different regions, has again pleaded guilty to another killing. He pleaded guilty to killing 29 years ... Read more...
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Serial Killer Gets Another Life Term For KY Case
April 10th, 2010 - 2:08 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 09 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A man who has admitted to committing the murders of nine women in four different states was sent back to prison on Illinois, after being given another life ... Read more...
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US court upholds conviction of 9/11 conspirator Moussaoui
January 5th, 2010 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 5 (DPA) A federal appeals court has upheld the sentence of life in prison without parole against Zacarias Moussaoui, a conspirator in the Sep 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New ... Read more...
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US plane attack comes 8 years after foiled ’shoe bomber’ hit
December 26th, 2009 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS) The attempted attack on a Northwest Airlines flight fell almost to the day eight years after another failed solo attack on an international flight just two ... Read more...
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Incredulity over Kasab’s claim that Headley interrogated him (Superseding earlier story deleting words from para 10)
December 19th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayank Chhaya
Chicago, Dec 19 (IANS) Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab's claim that he was interrogated by accused Mumbai terror plot planner David Coleman Headley has been dismissed with mild incredulity here.While there ... Read more...
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Incredulity over Kasab’s claim that Headley interrogated him
December 19th, 2009 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Mayank Chhaya
Chicago, Dec 19 (IANS) Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab's claim that he was interrogated by accused Mumbai terror plot planner David Coleman Headley has been dismissed with mild incredulity here.While there ... Read more...
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Guantanamo Inmates Likely To Be Transferred To Thomson Correctional Center
November 15th, 2009 - 7:34 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Nov.15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The United States government has expressed that it has plans of shifting inmates from the Guantanamo Bay to Thomson Correctional Center which is located in the small ... Read more...
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MI5 ropes in teenage hackers to combat cyber terrorism
September 20th, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 20 (ANI): British intelligence agency MI5 has hired many teenage hackers for its new secret operation to combat cyber terrorism.At least 50 new computer-savvy hackers, including many teenagers, have ... Read more...
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The travails of Zimbabwe’s child `terrorist’
July 13th, 2009 - 1:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Columbus Mavhunga
Harare, July 13 (DPA) A three-year-old Zimbabwean, nicknamed the "world's youngest terrorist" after his abduction last year by state security agents and imprisonment for three months, is struggling to adjust ... Read more...
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DNA test confirms ‘Argentine Fritzl’ fathered seven kids with daughter
May 28th, 2009 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 28 (ANI): Armando Lucero, the 67-year-old Argentine man accused of raping his three daughters over two decades, has fathered seven children with one of them, DNA tests have confirmed.Lucero was ... Read more...
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France to offer residency to ex-Guantanamo prisoner
May 6th, 2009 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, May 6 (DPA) France has agreed to offer residency to a former prisoner in the controversial US maximum-security prison in Guantanamo, French media reported Wednesday.
The website of the weekly Le ... Read more...
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Hook Ya Crook a copy of Adam Sandlers comedy The Longest Yard?
March 28th, 2009 - 6:02 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
David Dhawan after facing the wrath of Hollywood studios for ripping of Will Smith's Hitch as Partner doesn't seem to have learnt his lesson. He is at it again Thats copying ... Read more...
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Another cricket show with John Abraham
March 24th, 2009 - 10:08 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
Hook Yaa Crook is yet another cricket film being made in Bollywood. After Harman Baweja's Victory, now its time for John Abraham and Shreyas Talpade to say Hook Ya Crook. It ... Read more...
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Law unto themselves Islamic gangs create no-go areas for British jail officers
November 6th, 2008 - 3:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 6 (ANI): Muslim gangs inside Whitemoor Jail have created no-go areas for British jail officers and are policing the areas themselves.The Daily Star quoted guards as claiming that the ... Read more...
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Wife of jailed Cuban in US seeks Indian diaspora’s help for release
September 26th, 2008 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 26 (IANS) The wife of a Cuban jailed in the US on espionage charges for the last 10 years is here to mobilise the vast Indian diaspora in America ... Read more...
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US warrant surrendering Dr. Death to Oz Police imminent
July 18th, 2008 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, July 18 (ANI): Ending a three-year quest to bring controversial Indian-born surgeon Dr. Jayant Patel to justice over the deaths of former patients in Bundaberg, a US warrant surrendering the ... Read more...
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Seven killed in attacks in Mexico
July 2nd, 2008 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 2 (IANS) At least seven people have been killed by unidentified gunmen in three separate attacks in northern Mexico, EFE news agency reported Wednesday quoting officials. Three men were ... Read more...
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Muslim gangs taking control of UK maximum security prison
May 26th, 2008 - 11:01 pm ICT by admin
London , May 26 (ANI): Muslims at one of Britain s top-security jails have been able to form gangs inside, and staff are ill-equipped and frightened to deal with them, according ... Read more...
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