Uzbek man admits plot to kill Obama
February 11th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) A 22-year-old Uzbek national has pleaded guilty in a federal court to plotting to kill US President Barack Obama.Ulugbek Kodirov has been held without ... Read more...
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Chinese held for poaching panda 17 years ago
February 10th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 10 (IANS) A villager in China has been charged with poaching and skinning a giant panda 17 years ago.Zhang Chengwa, from Yangxian county in northwestern Shaanxi province, ... Read more...
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Judge orders Amber Portwood to go to rehab in place of jail
February 9th, 2012 - 1:12 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 8 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A judge spared Amber Portwood when he sent her to a rehab facility instead of jail. The court sent Portwood to the rehab facility in exchange ... Read more...
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Man held for killing two while ’sleep-driving’
February 7th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 7 (IANS) A man in China's Shanghai city has been arrested for dozing off while driving and killing two people after ramming his trailor into two other vehicles, ... Read more...
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Official fired for not sending people to pro-Putin rally
February 7th, 2012 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The director of a training centre lost her job for refusing to ensure her employees' attendance at a rally in support of Russian Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Turks charged with causing alcohol deaths
February 7th, 2012 - 8:06 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eight Turkish nationals have been charged with causing the deaths of five Russian tourists, who died after drinking poisoned bootleg whiskey.The accused may be sentenced ... Read more...
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Rajat Gupta faces more insider-trading charges
February 1st, 2012 - 8:30 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 1 (IANS) US prosecutors have expanded their insider-trading case against Goldman Sachs Group's former Indian American director Rajat Gupta, charging him with passing tips to convicted hedge ... Read more...
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Moscow serial killer gets life for 16 murders
January 30th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Moscow City Court has handed down a life sentence to 32-year-old Vladimir Mirgorod for killing at least 16 people in Moscow between 2002 and ... Read more...
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Chinese trio jailed for selling expired drugs
January 26th, 2012 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 26 (IANS) Three people in Shanghai who repackaged and sold expired medicines worth over 186,000 yuan ($29,000) have been sentenced to jail.The three pleaded guilty Wednesday in the ... 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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Rating agency Fitch’s office searched in Italy
January 25th, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
Milan (Italy), Jan 25 (IANS) The police in Milan carried out checks at a local office of international rating agency Fitch, media reported Tuesday.According to the ANSA news agency, an ... Read more...
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Man jailed for killing mother for concert tickets
January 24th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 24 (IANS) A Chicago resident has been jailed for 40 years for brutally killing his elderly mother because she refused to buy him tickets for a concert.The body ... Read more...
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Three in jail for selling expired drugs
January 21st, 2012 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 21 (IANS) Three Chinese men who repackaged and sold expired medicines worth over $29,000 have been sent to jail.The Hongkou District People's Court Friday sentenced brothers Sun Gang ... Read more...
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Russian pilot dies of heart attack mid-flight
January 21st, 2012 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A pilot of a UTair Boeing 757 flying from Bangkok to Novosibirsk in Russia's Siberia region died as the plane was flying over China, officials ... Read more...
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Italian cruise ship captain detained
January 15th, 2012 - 7:47 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italian prosecutors have detained the captain of the luxury ship cruiser that ran aground near the coast of Tuscany early Saturday, Italian media reported.The 290-metre-long, ... Read more...
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Blackmail rapist jailed for 19 years
January 14th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 14 (IANS) A rapist who returned to his victim's home, forced her pose naked for photographs and then blackmailed her has been jailed for 19 years.Liu Daoshun, 43, ... Read more...
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Janet Knowles arrested for assaulting Judge Judy with a hammer
January 12th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Jupiter, Fla., Jan 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 62-year-old woman took her anger of Judge Judy on her friend when she struck his head with a hammer. Police say they arrested Janet Knowles ... Read more...
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Chinese jailed for selling 70,000 pirated maps
January 11th, 2012 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 11 (IANS) A man in Shanghai has been jailed for producing and selling more than 70,000 unauthorised maps of the city.A people's court in Shanghai sentenced 49-year-old Lu ... Read more...
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Former US soldier held for trying to join terror outfit
January 11th, 2012 - 3:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) A former US Army soldier has been arrested and charged with attempting to travel to Somalia to join terrorist group Al Shabaab.Craig Benedict Baxam, 24, was ... Read more...
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Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop arrested
January 10th, 2012 - 11:20 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Madison, Jan 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The police in Wisconsin have come face to face with another challenge in their profession. Prosecutors and officers will have to train their tongue to mention the ... Read more...
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Mickey Mouse tweet lands Egyptian billionaire in court
January 10th, 2012 - 10:02 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cairo, Jan 10 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An Egyptian billionaire is going on trial for “insulting” Islam on Twitter. Coptic Christian Naguib Sawiris, regarded as one of the wealthiest men in Egypt, tweeted the ... Read more...
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Egyptian prosecutors demand death for Mubarak
January 6th, 2012 - 4:08 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Jan 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Prosecutors General's Office in Egypt has demanded a death sentence for former president Hosni Mubarak, the former interior minister and six other defendants.The hearing ... Read more...
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Spanish royal son-in-law diverted $7.5 mn: Prosecutors
January 3rd, 2012 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, Jan 3 (IANS/EFE) Spanish King Juan Carlos's son-in-law and one of his associates pocketed 5.8 million euros (around $7.5 million) while running a non-profit foundation, the office of the ... Read more...
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Nurse misreads prescription, kills woman by insulin overdose
December 23rd, 2011 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 23 (IANS) A nurse in Britain has been dismissed from service for mistakenly giving an elderly woman an insulin overdose -- ten times the recommended quantity -- and ... Read more...
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‘Bribery most common corrupt practice in Russia’
December 23rd, 2011 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Bribery has been identified as Russia's most common corrupt practice, as it accounts for a third of all corruption offences uncovered in 2011, Prosecutor General ... Read more...
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Man kills one for ogling his car romp
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 23 (IANS) A driver in China has been arrested for killing a worker and wounding three others who watched him having sex with two prostitutes in a car.The ... Read more...
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43,000 Chinese officials probed for abuse of power
December 23rd, 2011 - 6:39 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 23 (IANS) Over 43,000 government officials in China have been investigated this year in cases related to abuse of official power, according to latest figures.Chinese prosecutors from January ... 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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US man convicted of supporting Al Qaeda
December 21st, 2011 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 20 (IANS) A federal jury Tuesday convicted a US man of conspiring to kill American soldiers in Iraq.Prosecutors alleged that Tarek Mehanna, who hails from the Boston suburb ... Read more...
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McDonald’s fined in Brazil for including toys in kids’ meals
December 7th, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Dec 7 (IANS/EFE) The Consumer Defense Foundation in Sao Paulo fined fast-food giant McDonald's 3.19 million reais ($1.77 million) for including toys in children's meals.The organization considered that ... Read more...
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US gang recruiting Russian women for strip clubs busted
December 1st, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least 20 members of a human trafficking ring were arrested Thursday by US federal agents for allegedly smuggling women from Russia to work in ... Read more...
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Belarus court gives death to Minsk metro bombers
November 30th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Minsk, Nov 30 (IANS) A court in Belarusian capital Minsk Wednesday sentenced two men to death for carrying out a bomb attack that killed 15 people and injured 200 in ... Read more...
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Women punished for stealing from weddings
November 29th, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Worcester, Mass., Nov 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Two women have been ordered to pay more than $4,100 for stealing gifts at weddings. The women have also been placed on a three-year probation and ... 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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26 bodies found inside three vehicles in Mexico
November 25th, 2011 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Nov 25 (IANS/EFE) The bodies of 26 men were found inside two SUVs and an automobile abandoned on a busy avenue in Guadalajara, one of Mexico's largest cities, ... Read more...
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