Forensics

Forensics

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  Knox must wait 1 more day for Italy court decision

  U.S. student Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend have to wait another day to learn if they must stand trial yet again in Italy for the 2007 ... 

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  Bodies exhumed in killings tied to Mandela ex-wife

  Forensic scientists on Tuesday exhumed two bodies believed to belong to young activists last seen 24 years ago at the home of Winnie ... 

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  Court appears conflicted over DNA sampling issue

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let ... 

• Court takes up question of arrestee DNA sampling

  The Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let ... 

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  Egyptian officials accused of covering up torture

  An Egyptian opposition group accused the government on Wednesday of covering up torture at the hands of security forces. The charge came after a ... 

• Ireland: Test shows Polish 'beef' 75 pct horsemeat

  Ireland's government announced Monday that DNA testing has confirmed that Polish meat offcuts imported into Ireland and labeled as beef actually ... 

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  FBI investigating NYC woman's death in Istanbul

  The FBI is playing a significant role in the investigation into the death of a New York City woman in Istanbul while on a solo vacation, a U.S. 

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  Turkish police seek clues in NYC woman's death

  Turkish authorities finished an autopsy Monday on a New York City woman found dead in Istanbul and submitted DNA samples from it to a crime lab for ... 

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  Suppliers, grocers turning to DNA testing on meat

  Ireland's surprise discovery this month of horsemeat traces in factory-produced burgers is boosting business for one trade: Forensics labs that use ... 

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  UK police accused of wrongly taking DNA of gay men

  In 1983, Stephen Close was arrested, jailed and expelled from the British army for having sex with a male squad mate. Three decades later, police ... 

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  Man convicted of murdering UK troops wins appeal

  Northern Ireland's senior appellate court overturned the murder convictions Tuesday of the only man to be convicted of the 2009 killing of two British ... 

• Spain: DNA tests for illegal immigrant children

  Spain plans to take DNA samples from illegal immigrant children arriving in the country's North African enclave of Melilla to make sure the adults ... 

• Autopsy on former Turkish leader inconclusive

  Authorities investigating former President Turgut Ozal's death in office in April 1993 found traces of toxic material in samples from his exhumed body ... 

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  2 more Polish plane victims buried in wrong graves

  Forensic testing has proven that two more victims of the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were ...