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| Korean court overturns Hanwha chairman's three-year prison term Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 09:14 PM PDT  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's supreme court has overturned a three-year prison sentence against Hanwha Group Chairman Kim Seung-youn for breach of trust and other charges, sending the case back to a lower court. Shares in Hanwha Corp rose 1.5 percent after the decision on Thursday to a 19-month high, versus a flat benchmark index . The business tycoon had been convicted of using Hanwha affiliates to "unfairly support" ailing companies he owned under assumed names, causing losses to South Korea's 10th largest conglomerate. ... Full Story | Top |
| Batman's crime-ridden Gotham metropolis comes to Fox TV Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 06:22 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Batman's crime-ridden gritty fictional metropolis of Gotham City will be the focus of a new Fox drama, the latest comic book-inspired series to tap superheroes' ability to draw audiences to both film and TV. Fox described its new show "Gotham" as "the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains that made Gotham famous," the network said on Wednesday. Gordon is the police commissioner of Gotham City, and often supports Batman to defeat the city's villains. ... Full Story | Top |
| Teen arrested in Las Vegas in killing of mom and little brother Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 03:53 PM PDT By Alexia Shurmur HENDERSON, Nevada (Reuters) - The 16-year-old suspect in the stabbing deaths of his mother and younger brother was arrested on Wednesday in an open-air food court on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities said. Adrian Navarro-Canales is accused of killing Elvira Canales-Gomez, 40, and Cesar Navarro, 9, last week, a day after they celebrated the teen's birthday at the family's suburban Las Vegas apartment, according to an affidavit for an arrest warrant issued for the teenager. ... Full Story | Top |
| Anti-war drama troupe arrested for Belfast bullets Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 01:06 PM PDT BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — An anti-war theater troupe traveling from Northern Ireland to Bosnia says four of its members were arrested at a Belfast airport after security officials found bullets inside a costume. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio executes murderer with last dose of death penalty drug Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 12:50 PM PDT  Washington (AFP) - The US state of Ohio used the last dose of its execution drug on Wednesday to put to death a man who killed his neighbor's boyfriend and a police officer in a 1994 rampage. Full Story | Top |
| Suspect arrested for threatening Dutch stores Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 07:51 AM PDT  The mayor of the Dutch city of Haarlem says a suspect has been arrested in connection with a threat issued from a Twitter account that led to the closure of several stores and a school in the city center. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arrested Briton 'not of significant interest' to Nairobi probe Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 07:28 AM PDT  London (AFP) - A Briton arrested in Nairobi following the bloody attack on a shopping mall by armed Islamists is "not of significant interest" to the investigation, the British High Commissioner said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Arrested Briton "not significant" to Kenya attack probe Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 05:17 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - A British national arrested in Nairobi is "not of significant interest" to the investigation into the mall siege that killed at least 72 people, Britain's top diplomat in Kenya said on Wednesday. The Foreign Office in London confirmed the comment by British High Commissioner Christian Turner, which had appeared on media websites, but provided no further details. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, a 35-year-old Briton of Somali origin was arrested at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta airport as he attempted to leave Kenya on a Turkish Airlines flight. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arrested Moroccan editor to face terrorism investigation Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 04:28 AM PDT By Aziz el Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) - A Moroccan editor is being investigated on suspicion of helping militants after posting an al Qaeda video on his website, prosecutors said, in a case that rights groups say erodes press freedom. Ali Anouzla, editor of Lakome.com and known for his investigative journalism and columns criticising the kingdom's rulers, was arrested this month after writing about and posting a link to a video from al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the North African affiliate of the group. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chinese man sentenced to death for killing toddler Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 03:58 AM PDT  BEIJING (AP) — A Beijing court on Wednesday convicted a man of murder and sentenced him to death for hurling a toddler to the ground in a case that horrified the Chinese public. Full Story | Top |
| British man arrested in Kenya after mall siege Wednesday, Sep 25, 2013 03:17 AM PDT LONDON (AP) — The Foreign Office has confirmed that a British man has been arrested in Kenya following the siege at an upscale mall that has left dozens dead. Full Story | Top |
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