Swiss to grill Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka
July 27th, 2012 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
Colombo, July 27 (IANS) Swiss officials are to visit Sri Lanka to talk to Tamil Tigers in custody over rebel activities in Switzerland and the funds they collected to support ... Read more...
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Russia’s Pussy Riot go on hunger strike
July 5th, 2012 - 8:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 5 (IANS) Members of the all-female Russian punk group Pussy Riot - who face up to seven years behind bars over an anti-Putin protest - Wednesday went on ... Read more...
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Russian Hare Krishna Movement to be Rathyatra theme
June 18th, 2012 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
K0olkata, June 18 (IANS) In a bid to spread awareness about the Hare Krishna Movement in Russia, the Kolkata chapter of ISKCON has decided to make it the theme of ... Read more...
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Russian court dismisses plea to ban Gita (Second Lead)
March 21st, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Hindus in Russia Wednesday won a major legal battle when a court in Siberia dismissed a state prosecutors' case seeking a ban a Russian translation ... Read more...
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Russian court dismisses case seeking Gita ban
March 21st, 2012 - 10:52 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A court in Russia has dismissed a case that sought a ban on the Bhagwad Gita.Hindus in Russia Wednesday won the case when Tomsk city ... Read more...
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German prosecutor shot dead by defendant
January 12th, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by BNO News
MUNICH (BNO NEWS) -- A state prosecutor was killed in southern Germany on Wednesday when the defendant opened fire in the courtroom, police said on Thursday.The shooting happened at a courtroom in ... Read more...
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Despite advance notice on ‘ban Gita’ move in Russia, not much done (Lead)
December 20th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Indian government had advance notice of a move in a Russian court to ban the Bhagvad Gita as an extremist text in the ... Read more...
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Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years for corruption
December 8th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by BNO News
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) -- Former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison on Wednesday after being convicted of numerous counts of corruption, prosecutors said.Blagojevich, who ... Read more...
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Gang cheats casino by using contact lenses
October 15th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 14 (IANS) A group of Italians has cheated a casino out of 55,000 pounds by wearing special contact lenses to see invisible ink on marked cards, a media ... Read more...
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Mexico arrests drug trafficker wanted for 1,500 murders
August 1st, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 1 (IANS/EFE) A high-level member of a drug cartel wanted for at least 1,500 murders in Mexico's Chihuahua state has been arrested, authorities said Sunday.Jose Antonio Acosta ... Read more...
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Judge rejects list of Musharraf’s properties
July 10th, 2011 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 10 (IANS) A Pakistani court hearing the Benazir Bhutto murder case has rejected the details of the properties and assets of former president Pervez Musharraf - declared ... Read more...
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Italy bars TV cameras from Berlusconi’s ‘Ruby’ trial
April 1st, 2011 - 2:13 am ICT by IANS
Milan, April 1 (IANS/AKI) Television crews will be barred from the courtroom where Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is due to be tried for paying for sex with an underage ... Read more...
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France opens investigation on ousted Tunisian President Ben Ali’s assets
January 25th, 2011 - 1:36 am ICT by BNO News
PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- France on Monday opened an investigation over assets of ousted Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Radio France Internationale reported.The investigation was launched by Paris’s state prosecutor office ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks banker Elmer arrested for breaching bank secrecy
January 20th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by BNO News
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (BNO NEWS) -- WikiLeaks banker Rudolf Elmer on Wednesday was arrested for breaching bank secrecy by giving data to the controversial website.According to Le Tribune de Geneve newspaper, the Zurich ... Read more...
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‘Man paid money to have his Indian-origin wife killed’
December 7th, 2010 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (IANS) A British businessman, whose Indian-origin wife was shot dead while the couple were on honeymoon in South Africa, paid to have her killed, a South African court has ... Read more...
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Honeymoon murder: Hubby offered 1,300 pounds to Brit-Indian bride’s killers
December 7th, 2010 - 8:06 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 7 (ANI): A British Indian businessman whose wife was shot dead in a carjacking while on honeymoon in South Africa has been publicly accused of plotting her murder. According to ... Read more...
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German hackers ‘gained access to computers of Timberlake, Gaga’
December 3rd, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 3 (ANI): In a bid to steal unreleased songs and issue blackmail threats over intimate photographs, two German hackers allegedly gained access to the computers of over 50 pop stars, ... Read more...
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Former minister confirms unholy France-Pak arms sale kickbacks deal
November 18th, 2010 - 1:27 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Nov 18 (ANI): Former French Defence Minister Charles Millon has confirmed the existence of kickbacks in arms deals with Pakistan, whose cancellation allegedly resulted in a deadly 2002 Karachi bombing.According ... Read more...
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French naturists protest open-air sex by tourists
November 7th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) Over-enthusiastic visitors are turning the naturists beach in a southern French town into the "capital of debauchery" by performing sex acts in the open, local residents have complained.The ... Read more...
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‘Kickbacks and killings’ arms deal scandal back to haunt Sarkozy, Zardari?
October 8th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Paris, Oct 8 (ANI): France is all set to launch an investigation into the alleged embezzlement by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, from arms deals ... Read more...
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Judge Refuses To Give Probation To Rip Torn In Connecticut Break-in
August 12th, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
August 12, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): 79-year-old Rip Torn happens to be a competent American actor, who is extensively recognized especially on account of his enactment of a character in ... Read more...
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German who killed two over World Cup surrenders
July 8th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Madrid, July 8 (IANS/AKI) A German man accused of killing two Italians after an alleged row over the World Cup in a bar in Germany has surrendered to Spanish authorities, police said. ... Read more...
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German Catholic priest to be probed over sex abuse
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, June 2 (DPA) The head of the German Catholic church, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, is to be investigated over claims that he aided and abetted the sexual abuse of children, prosecutors said ... Read more...
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Court asks Goa if drug probe being given to CBI
May 26th, 2010 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 26 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Wednesday asked the state government to spell out whether it was handing over the police-drug mafia nexus probe over to the Central Bureau of ... Read more...
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No evidence German bishop sexually abused children
May 14th, 2010 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
Augsburg (Germany), May 14 (DPA) There is no proof that embattled German Bishop Walter Mixa sexually abused children, a prosecutor said Friday.
However, new evidence has emerged relating to allegations that he physically ... Read more...
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US Court of Appeals affirms the sentence of former prosecutor
April 16th, 2010 - 3:34 am ICT by BNO News
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (BNO NEWS) – The United States Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction and prison sentence of a former Massachusetts state prosecutor involved in a stolen art case, prosecutors said on ... Read more...
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Monica Beresford-Redman: “Survivor” TV series producer’s wife found dead in Cancun, Mexico
April 8th, 2010 - 11:52 pm ICT by BNO News
CANCUN, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) – Monica Beresford-Redman, wife of “Survivor” TV series producer, was found deceased Thursday morning, local authorities said.
Beresford-Redman, 42, originally from Brazil, was reported missing on Monday at around ... Read more...
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Russia bans Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’
March 26th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 26 (DPA) Russia has joined the list of countries banning Adolf Hitler's autobiographical work "Mein Kampf", 65 years after the Nazi dictator's suicide.
The state prosecutor justified the decision in Moscow ... Read more...
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Latest Accusation Against Tiger Woods: Drinking Before The Crash?
December 8th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Dec. 08, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Tiger Woods has been suspected of drinking and driving on the day he crashed his SUV Cadillac Escalade against a tree and a fire hydrant, the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh PM absolved of 2006 murder charge
August 17th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, Aug.17 (ANI): A government prosecutor revealed on Monday that murder charges filed against Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by the previous government when she was out of power, have been ... Read more...
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Russian human rights activist killed in Chechnya (Lead)
July 16th, 2009 - 12:29 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 15 (DPA) The head of a prominent Russian human rights organisation was kidnapped and killed in Russia's troubled Caucasus region Wednesday, the Moscow state prosecutor's office confirmed.
The body of Natalya ... Read more...
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Russian human rights activist killed in Chechnya
July 15th, 2009 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 15 (DPA) The head of a prominent Russian human rights organisation was kidnapped and killed in Chechnya Wednesday, the Moscow state prosecutor's office confirmed.
Natalya Estemirova, head of the group Memorial, ... Read more...
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Al Franken Wins After 8 Months Battle
July 1st, 2009 - 7:37 pm ICT by GD
Al Franken took a step forward to his pride as he was declared as the US Senate, side tracking Republican Norm Coleman in an eight month long hard fought battle and courtroom ... Read more...
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US court allows alleged Nazi guard’s deportation
May 2nd, 2009 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 1 (DPA) A US federal appeals court Friday gave the green light for the extradition of alleged war criminal John Demjanjuk to Germany.
The court in Cincinnati, Ohio, rejected his lawyer's ... Read more...
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AIG bonuses higher than previously reported: Official
March 22nd, 2009 - 3:44 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 22 (DPA) Bonuses paid to top officials at ailing insurer American International Group Inc (AIG) were higher than previously reported, a Connecticut state prosecutor told CNN Saturday.
AIG employees received $218 ... Read more...
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