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Russian official: Putin foe targeted for probe
The spokesman for Russia's chief investigative body says that a criminal probe of a Russian opposition leader was triggered by his fierce public ...
Bandits rob millions in Italian highway heist
Bandits armed with Kalashnikovs stole an estimated €2 million ($2.6 million) Monday by setting a big-rig truck on fire to block a highway in northern ...
German tourists robbed in Brazil
Brazilian police say gunmen have attacked a tourist van and robbed nine German tourists visiting Rio de Janeiro. Police say in a brief statement the ...
Police: Italian priest stole $5.1M from hospital
Italian police on Thursday arrested a priest accused of pocketing 4 million euros ($5.1 million) from a Catholic hospital he ran and helping run up ...
Lawmaker: German neo-Nazi trio likely had helpers
A neo-Nazi group suspected of committing a string of murders and bank robberies across Germany likely had more assistance than currently known, a ...
LA police ID suspect in girl's abduction case
A transient with a long criminal record is being sought for the kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl who was snatched from her San Fernando Valley home ...
Bosnia: Man sentenced to 45 years for war crimes
A court in Bosnia on Friday convicted a Montenegrin man of multiple counts of murder, torture, rape and looting during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, and ...
Russia's top cop sets sights on protest movement
Russia's top cop has a new star role at the heart of the Putin regime. His mission? Shut down the opposition. Alexander Bastrykin's Investigative ...
Trial opens into theft of German van with coffins
Three men have gone on trial in western Poland suspected of stealing a van in Germany that contained 12 sealed coffins. The men were arrested in ...
Mob kills alleged thief in Egypt vigilante attack
Villagers in Egypt's Nile Delta killed a man suspected of trying to steal a car Thursday in the country's latest incident of vigilante violence, ...
5 Pakistanis killed in robbery outside Cape Town
South African police say two robbers stealing a safe shot and killed five Pakistani men and wounded a sixth in a ghetto outside the tourist resort of ...
Egypt vigilantes hang 2 thieves by feet in public
Egyptian vigilantes beat two men accused of stealing a motorized rickshaw on Sunday and then hung them by their feet while some in a watching crowd ...
Saudi Arabia executes 7 men after appeals rejected
Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were executed on Wednesday, according to the country's official news agency, more than ...
'Fast Eddie' jailed for 5 years in UK
A British man nicknamed "Fast Eddie" after brazenly driving off with an armored van full of banknotes and coins was sentenced Tuesday in London to ...
7 Saudis appeal for help to stop executions
Speaking over a smuggled cellphone from his prison cell, one of seven Saudis set to be put to death Tuesday by crucifixion and firing squad for armed ...
'Batman' hands suspect over to UK police
A man dressed as Batman has brought a suspected burglar into a police station in northern England. West Yorkshire Police said Monday that they do not ...
Greek held for Athens racist attacks on Pakistanis
A 20-year-old Greek man has been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a racist gang that mounted a string of attacks on Pakistani immigrants in ...
UK 'Great Train Robber' Bruce Reynolds dies
Bruce Reynolds, the mastermind of the "Great Train Robbery" in Britain that brought its perpetrators cash, incarceration and pop-culture fame, died ...
UK 'Great Train Robber' Bruce Reynolds dies at 81
Bruce Reynolds, the mastermind of the "Great Train Robbery" in Britain that brought its perpetrators cash, incarceration and pop-culture fame, died ...
Correction: Stolen Dali story
In a story Feb. 26 about the theft of a Salvador Dali painting, The Associated Press erroneously reported the nature of Phivos ...