Rajat Gupta wins a key ruling, loses on wiretaps
March 28th, 2012 - 10:52 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 28 (IANS) Goldman Sachs Group's indicted former director Rajat Gupta has won a court order requiring prosecutors to share information that might help his case, but lost ... Read more...
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Hacker leaks actress’s nude photos, faces 60-year jail
March 27th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 27 (IANS) A computer hacker faces up to 60 years in prison and a $2.2 million fine after admitting to have accessed American actress Scarlett Johansson's email ... Read more...
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Sex trafficking rampant in Mexico, says lawmaker
March 23rd, 2012 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 23 (IANS/EFE) At least 47 sex-trafficking rings are operating in Mexico and the number of victims is more than 800,000 a year, including 20,000 children, lawmaker Rosi ... Read more...
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Ex-NASA scientist jailed for 13 years
March 22nd, 2012 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 22 (IANS) A former NASA scientist has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after admitting that he tried to sell space and defence secrets to Israel.Appearing in ... Read more...
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French killings arrest denied (Second Lead)
March 22nd, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Paris, March 21 (IANS) French Interior Minister Claude Gueant Wednesday denied that a suspect involved in the shooting deaths of several people has been arrested, Xinhua reported.The attacker allegedly shot ... Read more...
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Pune rape, murder convicts get death sentence
March 20th, 2012 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, March 20 (IANS) A city court Tuesday awarded death sentences to two men convicted in the 2007 rape and murder of a BPO employee, prosecutors said.Investigating officer Rajendra Patil ... Read more...
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Dutch police arrest terrorism suspect in Amsterdam
March 17th, 2012 - 7:05 pm ICT by BNO News
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands (BNO NEWS) -- Police in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam have arrested a man on suspicion of being involved in terrorism, prosecutors said on Friday. The arrest was made ... Read more...
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Egypt to extradite Gaddafi supporters
March 16th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Egypt is planning to hand over to Libya loyalists of slain leader Muammar Gaddafi who fled to Egypt after rebels toppled his regime.Libya's National Transitional ... Read more...
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Six Chinese jailed for cheating American
March 12th, 2012 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 12 (IANS) Four Chinese men and two women have been jailed for luring an American into a karaoke house and forcing him to pay exorbitant bills.Prosecutors in Shanghai's ... Read more...
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167 human skeletons found in Mexican cave
March 11th, 2012 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Tuxtla Gutierrez (Mexico), March 11 (IANS/EFE) Mexican authorities have found 167 human skeletons from about 50 years ago in a cave in the southeastern state of Chiapas, near the border ... Read more...
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Monk jailed after medicinal liquor kills woman
March 9th, 2012 - 5:07 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 9 (IANS) The abbot of a Buddhist temple in China has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after a woman died from a homemade "medicinal liquor" given ... Read more...
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Dharun Ravi sent messages to roommate on night of suicide
March 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
New York, March 8 (IANS) Indian American student Dharun Ravi apparently tried to make amends with his estranged roommate after spying his sexual encounter with another man with a webcam, ... Read more...
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Mexican mobile operators can be ordered to track phones
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's lower house approved a measure requiring mobile telephone companies to help authorities with real-time tracking and blocking of cell phones used in criminal activities.Telecom ... Read more...
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Mueller charged for cocaine possession
February 26th, 2012 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 26 (IANS) Actor Charlie Sheen's ex-wife Brooke Mueller has reportedly been charged with cocaine possession with intent to distribute after her arrest in December last year.According to ... Read more...
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French police detain former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Paris, Feb 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was detained overnight by the French police in connection with investigation into alleged illegal sex ring. Strauss presented himself to investigators in ... Read more...
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Serbian folk singer set free
February 23rd, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Belgrade, Feb 23 (IANS/AKI) Serbian folk singing star Svetlana Raznatovic, known as Ceca, was set free Wednesday after spending 245 days in house arrest for embezzlement of millions of euros ... Read more...
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Egypt to announce Mubarak verdict June 2
February 23rd, 2012 - 7:41 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, Feb 23 (IANS) The verdict in the hearing for former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib Adly -- both accused of corruption and killing protesters -- ... Read more...
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Woman taken to court for stealing a pumpkin
February 20th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New Mexico, Feb 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A woman in New Mexico has been dragged to court for stealing a $2 pumpkin from a store. The woman’s sister maintains that she forgot and ... Read more...
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Fake US bonds seized
February 18th, 2012 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Feb 18 (IANS) Italian police announced Friday they had seized fake US Treasury bonds with a face value of $6 trillion in Switzerland, a media report said.
The bonds, ... Read more...
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Amanda Knox to sign 2.5 mn pounds book deal
February 18th, 2012 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 17 (IANS) American Amanda Knox who was cleared on appeal of the murder of a British student will tell her story after signing a book deal worth a ... Read more...
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Life in prison for underwear bomber
February 17th, 2012 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 17 (IANS/EFE) The 25-year-old Nigerian man convicted of trying to blow up a commercial jet with 300 people aboard on Christmas day in 2009 was sentenced Thursday to ... Read more...
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Top Chinese football referee Lu Jun jailed
February 16th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beijing, Feb 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A top Chinese referee has been jailed for more than five years to taking bribes. Lu Jun is seen as the face of Chinese refereeing after officiating ... Read more...
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Ban only Russian comment in Bhagvad Gita: Prosecutors
February 16th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Feb 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) After a Siberian district court in late 2011 rejected a petition seeking a ban on a Russian translation of the Hindu scripture the Bhagavad Gita, ... Read more...
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Chinese man jailed for selling his three children
February 16th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 16 (IANS) A man in China has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for selling his three children.Huang Liang was sentenced Wednesday in a court in Fujian ... Read more...
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Man fined £500 for mooning the Queen
February 14th, 2012 - 9:47 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sydney, Feb 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A court in Australia has fined a man £500 for “mooning” the Queen during a recent visit to the country. The Brisbane court found the 22-year-old man ... Read more...
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Getting back black money ‘difficult,’ says minister
February 13th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The government was finding it "difficult" to get black money stashed in overseas tax havens because the countries lacked the political will to curb the ... Read more...
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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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