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Paramilitary police charged with rape in Guinea
Guinea's leading human rights group confirmed that a member of the country's paramilitary police unit was found guilty of raping a female demonstrator ...
Help coming for Tomic after father's ban
Australian tennis authorities have rushed to ensure Bernard Tomic receives support ahead of the French Open after his father and coach was suspended ...
Dugard and Smart offer comments on Cleveland case
Kidnapping survivors Jaycee Dugard and Elizabeth Smart have words of wisdom for the three women found this week in Cleveland years after their ...
EU in Kosovo arrests suspected Balkan drug lord
EU authorities intervened late Tuesday to arrest an ethnic Albanian suspected of running a major cocaine and heroin smuggling network from Sarajevo, ...
Discovery of 3 women recalls past abduction cases
The discovery of three women in a Cleveland home who all had gone missing separately about a decade ago brings to mind cases of abductions elsewhere.
Jealous Zimbabwean husband poisons 6
Court officials in Zimbabwe say a man has been charged in the murder of six people who died from poisoned food meant only for a neighbor he accused ...
Libya's defense minister rescinds resignation
Libya's defense minister on Tuesday rescinded his decision to resign in protest over the continuous show of force by militias that stormed government ...
Senator says military plagued by sexual assaults
The sexual battery arrest of the Air Force officer who led the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response unit underscores how far the Defense ...
Man to serve 15 years in Russian colonel's death
A Chechen man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the killing of a disgraced Russian army colonel who kidnapped and strangled a teenage ...
Reports: UK comedian Jimmy Tarbuck arrested
British media say comedian Jimmy Tarbuck has been arrested and questioned about alleged child abuse — the latest in a long list of British ...
Ref's death a consequence of lack of sportsmanship
Pete McCabe was sickened, but not surprised, by Saturday's tragic death of Ricardo Portillo, a week after the youth football referee was punched in ...
Ally of slain politician suspects political motive
A close ally of a charismatic but divisive politician killed by two assailants in Curacao said Monday he believes the lawmaker was slain in some sort ...
Casey Anthony judge: There was enough to convict
The judge who presided over the trial of Casey Anthony said Monday he believed there was enough evidence to convict the Florida mother who was ...
Italy's ex-premier Giulio Andreotti dies at 94
Giulio Andreotti personified the nation he helped shape, the good and the bad. One of Italy's most important postwar figures, he helped draft the ...
Alleged Auschwitz death camp guard arrested
A 93-year-old man who was deported from the U.S. for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday on allegations he served as ...
Tomic's father charged with assault in Madrid
The father of Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has been charged with assaulting his son's hitting partner after allegedly headbutting Thomas ...
Kosovo police arrest suspected drugs kingpin
Kosovo police have arrested a suspected Balkan drug kingpin who is wanted on an international arrest warrant and blacklisted by U.S. authorities.
Trial of alleged neo-Nazi starts in Germany
An alleged German neo-Nazi accused of involvement in a 10-person killing spree appeared confident and calm Monday as her murder trial opened amid ...
Egyptian bystander killed in PM convoy shooting
Egyptian police officials say a bystander returning home after visiting his aunt was killed in a shootout involving the prime minister's convoy.
Motherwell striker arrested after winning award
Police say Motherwell striker Michael Higdon has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault at a Glasgow nightclub, just hours after ...
UK lawmaker denies sex assault, rape allegations
A senior British Conservative Party politician arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault said Sunday the allegations against him are ...