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Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run
Mon,3 Sep 2012 03:38 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-run, police said Monday.
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Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Cambodia
Mon,3 Sep 2012 01:45 PM PDT
BGR News -  This is probably not how Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm pictured his holiday in Cambodia ending. The Wall Street Journal reports that Cambodian police arrested Svartholm on Sunday for the alleged "illegal use of information technology" in a joint operation with Swedish law enforcement officials. The Journal says that Svartholm could now be sent back to his native Sweden, where he faces a one-year jail sentence for violating copyright law. While Svartholm would probably rather not go to jail, his one-year sentence still beats old-school pirate punishments such as keelhauling and walking the plank. Read
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Dutch boy sentenced in "Facebook murder"
Mon,3 Sep 2012 07:43 AM PDT
Reuters - ARNHEM, The Netherlands (Reuters) - A 15-year-old Dutch boy was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention on Monday for stabbing to death a girl whose Facebook posts reportedly led to a contract for her killing. The case, known in the Netherlands as the "Facebook murder", caused widespread debate about the role of social media in violent crime. The court said the boy did not know the victim and had murdered her "at the request or instructions of others". ... Full Story | Top |
Imam arrested in Pakistan Quran burning case
Sun,2 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A Muslim cleric is accused of stashing pages of a Quran in a Christian girl's bag to make it seem like she burned the Islamic holy book, a surprising twist in a case that caused an international outcry over the country's strict blasphemy laws.
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Fugitive U.S. businessman deported to UAE from Yemen
Sun,2 Sep 2012 09:13 AM PDT
Reuters - SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen has deported an American businessman back to the United Arab Emirates from where he fled last month after being freed on bail while facing embezzlement charges, his spokesman and a Yemeni security official said on Sunday. Zack Shahin, former chief executive of Deyaar one of Dubai's biggest property developers, was detained in 2008 over embezzlement charges which he denied. Shahin went on a hunger strike in jail in May this year and was then released on $1.4 million bail in July after Washington expressed concern about his health. ... Full Story | Top |
Imam arrested in Pakistan blasphemy case, stirring tensions
Sun,2 Sep 2012 06:06 AM PDT
Reuters - ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Christian girl who was arrested under Pakistan's controversial anti-blasphemy law may have moved a step closer to freedom on Sunday after police detained a Muslim cleric on suspicion of planting evidence to frame her. Still, Rimsha Masih, whose arrest last month angered religious and secular groups worldwide, may be in danger if she returns from jail to her village. Some Muslim neighbors insist she should still be punished, and said the detained imam was a victim. Under Muslim Pakistan's anti-blasphemy law, the mere allegation of causing offence to Islam can mean death. ... Full Story | Top |
Urban voters seek more campaign talk of gun crime
Sat,1 Sep 2012 04:41 PM PDT
Associated Press -  In a tough Philadelphia neighborhood where an off-duty police officer was shot to death last month, a mother is afraid to walk to the corner store with her two children. In a Chicago area where 23 people have been killed by gunfire so far this year, kids don't want to go outside. In Harlem, a 26-year-old man worries his family will get hit by crossfire.
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Egypt: Top militant arrested in Sinai
Sat,1 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT
Associated Press - Egypt said Saturday that it had arrested a high-level Islamist militant convicted of killing troops in the Sinai Peninsula, vowing to keep up military operations to "cleanse" the volatile desert region. Full Story | Top |
2 suspended after improper Mass. crime lab tests
Sat,1 Sep 2012 01:02 PM PDT
Associated Press - State officials have suspended two supervisors at a Massachusetts crime lab where a chemist is accused of mishandling drug evidence, which could expose thousands of drug convictions to legal challenges, and defense attorneys told a newspaper that she tried to alter an evidence log. Full Story | Top |
Fugitive US businessman returned to Dubai
Sat,1 Sep 2012 08:39 AM PDT
Associated Press - A fugitive American businessman fighting fiscal corruption charges in Dubai has been returned to the United Arab Emirates after fleeing to Yemen, a spokesman said Saturday. Full Story | Top |
Police: NH woman arrested 4 times in 26 hours
Sat,1 Sep 2012 06:23 AM PDT
Associated Press - Authorities say a New Hampshire woman has been arrested four times in 26 hours for blasting the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and other loud music from her home and for throwing a frying pan. Full Story | Top |
Tijuana drug gang leader extradited to US
Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:57 PM PDT
AFP - Mexico extradited the former deputy leader of a Tijuana drug cartel to the United States on Friday to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges, US officials said. Full Story | Top |
That Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Is a Serious Crime
Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:06 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  If you can get past the novelty of the fact that Canada has strategic maple syrup reserve, and the "sticky fingers" jokes leading every single news story about it, the heist in which $30 million of maple syrup was stolen from a warehouse is actually pretty serious.
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