EXTRA: Interpol arrested 1,300 suspects in Asia during 2008
Lyon/Hamburg - In their fight against the Asian betting mafia the international police organization Interpol already arrested 1,300 suspects last year and confiscated 16 million dollars, an Interpol report showed. During the Operation SOGA II (Soccer...
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2009-11-22 ] Category : [
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Report: No living witnesses left for Demjanjuk trial
Berlin - The trial of alleged war-criminal John Demjanjuk, 89, will likely proceed without any eyewitnesses available to the prosecution, the news magazine Focus reported Sunday. Due to start on November 30, the trial of Demjanjuk, who was extradited...
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2009-11-22 ] Category : [
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International court appoints defence counsel for Karadzic
The Hague - British-born lawyer Richard Harvey was appointed defence counsel for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in Karadzic's war crimes trial, an international court in The Hague announced on Friday. In its decision to appoint Harvey, t...
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2009-11-20 ] Category : [
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Lula has final say in Battisti's extradition
Brasilia - It's up to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to decide whether leftist Cesare Battisti, a suspect in four murders in the 1970s, is to be extradited to Italy. The Supreme Court approved the extradition on Wednesday. It then rule...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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Dissident handed over to China by Hong Kong goes on trial
Hong Kong - A former Tiananmen Square dissident who was handed over to mainland Chinese police by Hong Kong a year ago, has gone on trial Sichuan province, Hong Kong radio news said Thursday. Zhou Yongjun, 42, a student leader in the 1989 pro-democra...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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Lao lawmakers debate tobacco law
Vientiane, Laos - Lao legislators are preparing to pass the country's first cigarette-control bill, in keeping with anti-smoking campaigns worldwide, media reports said Thursday. Minister of Public Health Ponmek Dalaloy presented a draft law at the N...
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2009-11-19 ] Category : [
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Dubai court receives first Facebook libel case
Dubai - A court of misdemeanours in Dubai is hearing a case involving the alleged abuse of the social networking site Facebook for unlawful acts, in what is believed to be the first such charge in the country, media reports said Wednesday. A Lebanese...
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2009-11-18 ] Category : [
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