Extortion and threats

Extortion and threats

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  China investigates top planning official for graft

  Chinese authorities have launched an investigation into a powerful economic planning official accused by a prominent journalist of corruption, the ... 

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  Pakistan's lead prosecutor in Bhutto case killed

  Gunmen on Friday killed the lead Pakistani prosecutor in two high-profile cases — the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, and the ... 

• UK man pleads guilty over US school threat

  A British man has pleaded guilty for threatening to kill 200 people in a Facebook posting that caused thousands of Tennessee children to stay home ... 

• Suspected Red Bull blackmailer arrested in Austria

  Austrian police have arrested a man suspected of blackmailing Red Bull by threatening to place cans of its energy drink contaminated with feces on ... 

• Irish teen charged with threatening Guyana leader

  An Irish teenager has been charged with threatening to shoot and kill the president of Guyana during what his lawyer says was an alcohol-fueled ... 

• Police nab man who sent threat to ski star Maze

  German police say they have identified a man suspected of sending a death threat to World Cup skiing overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia. 

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  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 ... 

• Azerbaijani editor sentenced to 9 years in jail

  The editor of an independent Azerbaijani newspaper has been sentenced to nine years in prison for bribery in a trial dismissed by his supporters and ... 

• Algerian in Jihad Jane plot faces US extradition

  An Algerian man wanted by American authorities over the abortive "Jihad Jane" plot to assassinate a Swedish artist was arrested while leaving an Irish ... 

• Ex jailed for Tamara Ecclestone blackmail plot

  A former boyfriend of British socialite Tamara Ecclestone has been sentenced to four years in prison for plotting to blackmail her for 200,000 pounds ... 

• Alleged Kurdish extortion ring: France charges 11

  French authorities have filed preliminary charges against 11 people as part of a judicial probe into alleged extortion to raise funds for a banned ... 

• Spain, France hold 23 suspected Kurd rebel backers

  Spanish and French authorities on Tuesday arrested 23 alleged members of the Kurdistan Workers Party on suspicion they engaged in extortion to finance ... 

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  Fear of assassinations haunt Egypt opposition

  Watching the events in Tunisia, where a leading anti-Islamist politician was shot to death this past week, members of Egypt's liberal opposition are ... 

• UK authorities charge man in US school threat

  A British man was charged Saturday after he allegedly posted a threat on Facebook to kill 200 people in the U.S. state of Tennessee, causing many ... 

• 10 more China officials sacked in sex tape scandal

  A scandal involving Chinese city officials having sex with women hired by developers who secretly videotaped the trysts to extort construction deals ... 

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  Bulgarian defends decision to attack politician

  A Bulgarian who tried to shoot a gas pistol at the leader of his country's ethnic Turkish political party testified Tuesday that his only regret is ... 

• 2 Romanian journalists sentenced for blackmail

  A Romanian court has given two journalists suspended prison sentences after they were convicted of trying to blackmail politicians and businessmen ...