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2 Russians arrested for brutal homophobic killing
Investigators say a 23-year-old Russian man was brutally beaten and left to die by his companions after drunkenly telling them he was gay. A former ...
Egypt's Mubarak talks for 1st time since detention
In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt's ousted leader Hosni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the ...
British fugitive caught sunbathing in Spain
Spanish police snuck up on a British fugitive as he sunbathed, arresting him in a dramatic raid that even saw the suspect leap onto the roof of a ...
Sierra Leone: Opposition politician arrested
A Sierra Leonean police official says that a prominent opposition politician has been arrested for making statements to undermine state security.
State radio: Zimbabwe voter campaigners arrested
Zimbabwe's state radio says police arrested three polling campaigners for illegally promoting voter awareness ahead of crucial elections. The radio ...
Egypt arrests 3 suspected al-Qaida militants
Egypt's interior minister said Saturday that security authorities have arrested three suspected al-Qaida-linked militants who were planning to carry ...
Mubarak retrial in Egypt to include new evidence
The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumed Saturday, with prosecutors requesting to present new evidence from a fact-finding ...
Spanish, British police bust smugglers, arrest 9
Spanish police working with Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency have arrested nine suspects in an investigation targeting criminals who allegedly ...
Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala
Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and ...
Man sentenced in US plot against terror witness
A man was sentenced Friday to four life terms for plotting to behead federal witnesses whose testimony helped convict him for his role in an earlier ...
Rios Montt: From army to dictatorship to courtroom
Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the ...
Case of missing convicted US killer ends in Greece
An American man who fled a day before being convicted in 1991 of killing his 2-year-old stepson has been tried and convicted again in Greece, where ...
Israeli police guard women praying at Jewish site
Forming human chains and using metal barriers, Israeli police held back thousands of ultra-Orthodox protesters who tried to prevent a liberal Jewish ...
UK police capture fugitive who escaped prison van
British police say they have captured a fugitive who escaped from a prison van during an ambush as it was taking him to court. Police said officers ...
Iran recalls its ambassador in Cyprus
Iran has withdrawn its ambassador in Cyprus to protest the country's decision to extradite an Iranian to the United States for prosecution, officials ...
German court rejects bias claim in neo-Nazi trial
Lawyers for the main defendant in Germany's highest-profile neo-Nazi trial in decades have failed in a bid to replace the presiding judge. German news ...
Post-attack, top reporter worries his cover blown
His exclusives have triggered some of Colombia's biggest scandals, leading to the dismissals, arrests and prosecutions of dozens of crooked, sometimes ...
German banker pulls appeal in F1 bribe case
A German court says a banker has withdrawn his appeal against his conviction last year for taking an illegal payment worth $44 million in connection ...
Northern Ireland reserves jail space for G-8 riots
Northern Ireland security chiefs say arrested troublemakers at the G-8 summit next month may be housed in a prison wing and in an abandoned British ...
MotoGP's Barbera arrested for beating girlfriend
Spanish MotoGP rider Hector Barbera has been arrested after allegedly abusing his girlfriend, according to Spanish news reports. Europa Press news ...
Who's humiliating whom in Vijay Singh lawsuit?
Vijay Singh is suing the U.S. PGA Tour for exposing him to "public humiliation and ridicule" by investigating his use of deer-antler spray. Now that's ...
Serbia's wealthiest man, 10 others indicted
Prosecutors have charged Serbia's richest man with embezzlement and tax evasion, in what the government has described as an anti-corruption sweep as ...