Chinese woman kills mother-in-law, toddler
September 12th, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 12 (IANS) A Chinese woman has been charged with killing her mother-in-law and her three-year-old son after she was upset over her divorce, and then trying to commit ... Read more...
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Murderer Found on Cruise 13 Years after Escape
September 4th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Berlin, Sept 4 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A convict who had been charged of committing a murder was arrested on a cruise ship that was heading to northern Germany.
It is believed that he ... Read more...
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Green Mile actor Duncan dies at 54
September 4th, 2012 - 9:03 am ICT by IANS
London, Sep 4 (IANS) Actor Michael Clarke Duncan has died at a hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 54, BBC reported Tuesday.Duncan, who rose to prominence by playing ... Read more...
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In jail for 31 years, Lennon killer up for parole again
August 19th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 19 (IANS) Mark Chapman, who was jailed in 1981 for the murder of John Lennon, is up for parole for the seventh time and may be released, a ... Read more...
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Guard confesses to murdering Mumbai lawyer
August 10th, 2012 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) The watchman of an apartment block in central Mumbai has confessed to murdering 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha by slitting her throat because she had rebuked him, ... Read more...
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Woman lawyer found murdered in Mumbai home
August 9th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) A woman lawyer and daughter of a serving Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official was Thursday found murdered in her flat in Mumbai, police said here."Pallavi Atanu ... Read more...
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‘The Raven’- compelling film with inconsistent end (IANS Movie Review)
May 19th, 2012 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "The Raven"; Cast: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Luke Evans; Director: James McTeigue; Rating: ***1/2
Films about fiction becoming facts or writers playing detectives are many. But there are few, which ... Read more...
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Mob kills murder suspect in Brazil
May 16th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, May 16 (IANS/EFE) Nearly 300 people broke into a jail in the northeastern Brazilian town of Tapiramuta, dragged a suspected murderer out of his cell and burned ... Read more...
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Eight killed in Brazil chopper crash
May 9th, 2012 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS
Rio De Janeiro, May 9 (IANS) As many as eight people, including an alleged murderer, have been killed in Brazil after their military police helicopter crashed, Xinhua reported.According to the ... Read more...
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Fugitive Italian mafia leader arrested
May 4th, 2012 - 3:36 am ICT by IANS
Lisbon, May 4 (IANS/AKI) An Italian gangster and convicted murderer, who was on the run after evading a 30-year sentence, has been arrested in Portugal.Giovanni Capone Perna was on the ... Read more...
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Farmer’s suicides: BJP calls government a ‘murderer’
May 2nd, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party MP Wednesday accused the UPA government of being a "murderer" a day after five farmers committed suicide in Vidarbha in ... Read more...
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Delhi housewife found murdered, husband missing
April 23rd, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A woman was found dead at her home in west Delhi, police said Sunday, adding her husband was missing for the last three days.According to ... Read more...
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Russian prisoner flees on hijacked chopper
March 23rd, 2012 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a bizarre incident, a convicted murderer escaped from a prison in Russia on a helicopter hijacked by the criminal's accomplices, officials said.Police in Vologda ... Read more...
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Mamata vents ire on corporates, media
February 28th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) Lashing out at a section of media and corporate houses for trying to force her to take up anti-people policies, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ... Read more...
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Peru captures last of the fugitives from prison break
February 24th, 2012 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, Feb 24 (IANS/EFE) Police captured the last two prisoners still at large from a group of 17 who escaped last weekend from Challapalca prison in southern Peru, the Interior ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad police nab former MLA’s killer
January 13th, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 13 (IANS) The Ghaziabad police have arrested the alleged killer of former BJP MLA, Tripal Dhama, officials said.The police said they came upon the murderer accidentally while checking ... Read more...
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Boy, 10, confesses to strangling four-year-old with a skipping rope
December 15th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ljungby, Sweden, Dec 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Swedish criminal system has been put the test following the confession of a ten-year-old that he strangled a four-year-old boy with a skipping rope. The ... Read more...
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Man kills NRI wife, burns body
November 12th, 2011 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) In a fit of rage, a travel firm executive murdered his non-resident Indian wife in south Delhi and stuffed her body in a bag and ... Read more...
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Death sentence for accused in Kerala rape, murder case
November 11th, 2011 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Thrissur (Kerala), Nov 11 (IANS) A fast track court here Friday pronounced death sentence on Govind Chamiya, convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman after throwing her out of ... Read more...
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Argentine gets life for torture, deaths of 11,000 people
November 6th, 2011 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 6 (IANS) A former officer in the Argentine Navy's intelligence unit who was responsible for the torture and murder of 11,000 innocent people during military rule 1976 to ... Read more...
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Sobhraj’s wife to show world who’s the Bigg Boss
September 29th, 2011 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Sep 29 (IANS) She might have been vilified by outraged members of the public for falling in love with and marrying an alleged murderer but come October and ... Read more...
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Thomas McCulloch gets a new job to axe down trees
September 23rd, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Sept 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Thomas McCulloch, convicted of triple murders has been handed the axe again outside his prison walls. This time though, the 63-year-old is not going to chop people ... Read more...
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Iran hangs murderer in public
September 21st, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 21 (IANS) Iran hanged a murderer in public Wednesday in the northern city of Karaj, a media report said.The convicted 18-year-old Ali-Reza Soltani stabbed Rouhollah Dadashi, an Iranian ... Read more...
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Thousands of jail inmates to be called ‘Mister’
September 14th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Sept 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Prison guards in Britain have been told that they will have to address thousands of inmates with the title “mister.” The directive was given despite the objection ... Read more...
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Zoe Saldana stars in action film
August 24th, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Miami, Aug 24 (IANS/EFE) Actress Zoe Saldana in her latest film "Colombiana" plays a young woman out to revenge the murder of her parents that she watched in horror as ... Read more...
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Woman detained for threatening Marion Cotillard
August 8th, 2011 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 8 (IANS) A woman was detained by police for stalking and threatening to kill French actress Marion Cotillard.Teresa Yuan, from New York, has posted a video on ... Read more...
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Old woman robbed, murdered
July 30th, 2011 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) A 64-year-old woman was robbed and then murdered at her residence in west Delhi, said senior police official Friday.The police officials investigating the case claimed ... Read more...
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Norway killer was interested in hunting, bodybuilding
July 23rd, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Although Anders Behring Breivik's own Facebook account seemed to have curiously disappeared hours after he was accused of massacring 91 people in Norway, the ... Read more...
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Widow, teenaged sons found murdered in Haryana
July 11th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhiwani, July 11 (IANS) A 38-year-old widow and her two teenaged sons were found mysteriously murdered at their village home in Bhiwani district of Haryana, police said Monday.According to police, ... Read more...
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Panel probing journalist’s killing unhappy
July 10th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) A judicial commission in Pakistan probing the abduction and murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad has said that people are not coming forward to help it expose ... Read more...
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Winslet, Brolin to star in ‘Labor Day’
June 18th, 2011 - 4:46 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 18 (IANS) Hollywood star Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin will be seen in "Labor Day", a big screen adaptation of Joyce Maynard's 2009 novel of the same ... Read more...
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Indian among three jailed for stealing ex-president’s corpse
May 17th, 2011 - 3:51 am ICT by IANS
Nicosia, May 17 IANS) Three people, including an Indian, have been jailed for stealing the corpse of a former Cyprus president from his grave two-and-a-half years ago, a media report said.A ... Read more...
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Oz ex-jihad trainer fears further attacks if bin-Laden gets ‘martyr’ status
May 2nd, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Canberra, May 2 (ANI): Jack Thomas, an Australian man who had met Osama bin Laden at an al-Qaeda training camp before the 9/11 terror attacks, has welcomed his death, but expressed ... Read more...
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Osama’s end great news for the free world: Israel
May 2nd, 2011 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 2 (IANS) Israel has welcomed the latest development in the war against terror - the death of Osama bin Laden - and said it was great news for ... Read more...
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Oz teen pleads guilty to Indian student Nitin Garg’s murder
April 20th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Apr 20(ANI): A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to the murder of Indian accountancy graduate Nitin Garg in Melbourne last year.Twenty-one-year-old Garg was stabbed to death in Cruikshank Park, Yarraville, in ... Read more...
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