Pregnant Pakistani woman killed by in-laws in Britain
April 25th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 25 (IANS) A 21-year-old Pakistani woman, who was pregnant, was allegedly smothered to death by her husband and his parents, who later claimed she may have been killed ... Read more...
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US judge busted after sexting picture to colleague
April 24th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 24 (IANS) A judge in the US has been busted for sending a nearly nude picture of himself to a married woman court official. He has also defiantly ... Read more...
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New insider trading probe may help Rajat Gupta
April 20th, 2012 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New York, April 20 (IANS) In a development that could bolster the defence of former Indian American Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta, US prosecutors have started a new insider trading ... Read more...
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Woman killed son, now hangs herself in Argentine jail
April 17th, 2012 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, April 17 (IANS/EFE) The Brazilian woman who confessed on television to killing her six-year-old son to take revenge on her ex-husband has died in a hospital on the ... Read more...
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Norway mass killer says acted in defence of nation
April 16th, 2012 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
Oslo, April 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Norwegian killer Anders Breivik, who went on trial Monday over a deadly massacre last year that claimed 77 lives, pleaded not guilty and instead said ... Read more...
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Russian found with radioactive car
April 10th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A man in Russia's eastern city of Vladivostok has been found with a radioactive car. A court Tuesday ordered him to remove it from the ... Read more...
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Police kept eyes closed during 1984 riots, CBI tells court
March 31st, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The CBI Saturday told a Delhi court hearing a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar that police kept their ... Read more...
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Gunman in Afghan killing acted alone: Pentagon
March 13th, 2012 - 4:17 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 13 (IANS) A lone American soldier was involved in the shooting deaths of 16 civilians in Afghanistan's Kandahar province over the weekend, the Pentagon said.The soldier, who left ... Read more...
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Norway killer officially charged with terrorism
March 8th, 2012 - 7:03 am ICT by IANS
Oslo, March 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik has been officially charged with acts of terror over the 77 people he killed in twin attacks in Oslo, a ... Read more...
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Cow farm poses threat to Russian airport
March 6th, 2012 - 8:35 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Transport authorities of Russia's Siberian Tomsk region have filed a lawsuit demanding closure of a cow farm, saying it poses a threat to a nearby ... Read more...
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11 Asian men face sexual abuse charges in Britain
February 22nd, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 21 (IANS) A group of 11 Asian men plied five girls, as young as 13, with drink and drugs and had sex with them several times a day, ... Read more...
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Strauss-Kahn now a suspect in prostitution ring
February 21st, 2012 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 21 (IANS) Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is being questioned by French police as a suspect in a prostitution ring inquiry, a prosecutor ... Read more...
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Italy impounds fake US bonds worth $6 tn
February 17th, 2012 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italian police have confiscated counterfeit US state bonds worth $6 trillion, media reports said Friday.The operation was sanctioned by the prosecutor's office of the southern ... Read more...
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Judge falls asleep during Swedish trial
February 8th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Gothenburg, Sweden, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Swedish court has ordered a retrial after an appeals court judge fell asleep during a trial. The unnamed judge insist that he did not fall ... Read more...
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Sutil gets 18-month suspended sentence for nightclub brawl
January 31st, 2012 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) A Munich court has handed a 18-month suspended sentence and a euro 200,000 fine to former Force India driver Adrian Sutil for injuring the chief executive ... Read more...
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Media cannot be a judge, say politicians
January 29th, 2012 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi feel the media should not play the role of a judge -- because it ... Read more...
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Decomposed body found in French bank’s a/c vent
January 26th, 2012 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 26 (IANS) A decomposed body, apparently that of a robber, has been found inside the air-conditioning vent of a French bank.Staff at the Credit Foncier bank in Lyon ... Read more...
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10 cops charged in gang rape of teenaged boy
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Jan 22 (IANS/EFE) Ten police officers were arrested Friday in the southern Argentine province of Chubut on charges of raping a 16-year-old boy, authorities said.The arrests of the ... Read more...
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Russia calls for restraint when sentencing Mubarak
January 8th, 2012 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian foreign ministry has said it was concerned about calls by the prosecutor at the trial of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak to sentence the former ... Read more...
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Musharraf to be arrested on return to Pakistan
January 7th, 2012 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 7 (IANS) Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf will be arrested on his return in connection with the 2007 assassination of two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto, said an ... Read more...
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Suspended Ajax-AZ match to be replayed without spectators
December 28th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
The Hague (Netherlands), Dec 28 (IANS) The suspended Dutch Cup match between Ajax and AZ Alkmaar will be played all over again Jan 19 but without spectators, the professional football ... Read more...
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Learner driver jailed for killing 9 year old
December 22nd, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Dec 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 34-year-old learner driver who killed a 9-year-old girl on her first driving lesson has been jailed two years. Beatrice Mawamba allegedly panicked while driving and lost ... Read more...
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Cristiano Doni arrested in connection with the match fixing probe
December 19th, 2011 - 11:50 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Rome, Dec 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Italian football star Cristiano Doni has been arrested by the police. The arrest is in connection with match fixing probe that is currently ongoing in the ... Read more...
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Moscow airports fined over facilities for disabled
December 17th, 2011 - 3:39 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Moscow's three airports have been fined a total of 190,000 rubles (about $6,000) for failing to provide facilities for the disabled, the General Prosecutor of ... Read more...
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French ex-president Chirac found guilty of corruption
December 15th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 15 (IANS) Former French president Jacques Chirac was Thursday found guilty of corruption in a trial over illegal financing of the political party he once led, a media ... Read more...
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50 indicted in Iran’s biggest ever banking scam
November 28th, 2011 - 5:52 pm ICT by BNO News
TEHRAN (BNO NEWS) -- Iranian prosecutors have indicted 50 people in connection with the largest bank fraud in the country's history, officials said on Monday. Dozens more are still being investigated and ... Read more...
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Three women, child killed in Argentine apartment
November 28th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Nov 28 (IANS/EFE) The bodies of three women and an 11-year-old girl were found in an apartment in the Argentine city of La Plata, police said Sunday.They had ... Read more...
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Foreigners involved in 20 percent of Moscow murders
November 23rd, 2011 - 9:15 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Foreign nationals are responsible for some 20 percent of the murders and half of the rapes registered in Moscow this year, the Russian capital's prosecutor ... Read more...
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Man creates 240-volt booby trap for tenant
November 12th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 12 (IANS) A landlord in Britain has been jailed for four years after he attempted to electrocute his lodger with an elaborate booby-trap following a row with him ... Read more...
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UK Indian laced wife’s food with steroids to make her fat
November 3rd, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 3 (IANS) An Indian-origin man in Britain laced his wife's food with steroids in a bid to transform her into a fat, stay-at-home mother, a court has heard.Dalwara ... Read more...
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ICC probes gender crimes in Libya, calls for efforts to prevent escape of Gaddafi’s son
November 3rd, 2011 - 5:22 pm ICT by BNO News
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has called on countries for maximum efforts in order to prevent Muammar Gaddafi's son from leaving Libya as reports indicate a ... Read more...
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India calls for national reconciliation in Libya
November 3rd, 2011 - 11:02 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Nov 3 (IANS) Noting that proliferation of weapons has emerged as a major threat to stability in Libya, India has asked the new authorities in Tripoli to undertake ... Read more...
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ICC in possible surrender talks with Gaddafi’s son
October 29th, 2011 - 10:19 pm ICT by BNO News
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (BNO NEWS) -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has said it is in indirect contact with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former Libyan leader, and is discussing ... Read more...
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Gaddafi was shot in the head: Autopsy
October 23rd, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Oct 23 (IANS) Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi died of a gunshot wound to the head, the chief pathologist said after doctors completed the autopsy Sunday.Othman el-Zentani did not ... Read more...
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‘Gaddafi should have been alive for being prosecuted
October 23rd, 2011 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 23 (IANS) Libya's acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril wishes Muammar Gaddafi were alive so that he could have prosecuted the dictator for his actions during his 42-year rule.
"To ... Read more...
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