http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/1460-law-order.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/subjects/1460-law-order.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html 2013-05-17T18:31:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2092680-briton-sentenced-to-8-years-uk-soldiers-death.html LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus criminal court on Friday sentenced a British teenager to eight years in prison over the stabbing death of a British soldier during a nightclub brawl on the east Mediterranean island. The court said that Mohamed Abdulkadir Osman was provoked and "lost self-control" when he pulled out a switchblade and fatally stabbed in the ... Fri, 17 May 2013 10:22:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2092680-briton-sentenced-to-8-years-uk-soldiers-death.html 2013-05-17T10:22:44Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092648-russian-american-spies-square.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that, even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are engaged in an espionage battle with secret tactics, spying devices and training that sometimes isn't enough to avoid being caught. The most recent skirmish involves Russian security services ambushing... Fri, 17 May 2013 08:05:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092648-russian-american-spies-square.html 2013-05-17T08:05:07Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2092556-man-us-quiet-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Uzbekistan national pleaded not guilty and said little during his first court appearance Friday on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested Thursday. Prosecutors have said little about the d... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:07:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2092556-man-us-quiet-uzbekistan-terrorism-plot.html 2013-05-17T17:07:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089918-watchdog-israel-trying-to-legalize-settlements.html JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission. The government announced its move this week in a filing to the Supreme Court, threatening to cast a shadow over Se... Thu, 16 May 2013 19:27:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089918-watchdog-israel-trying-to-legalize-settlements.html 2013-05-16T19:27:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2090056-greek-police-arrest-2-accused-racist-abuse.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens neighborhood that has become a flashpoint for racist violence. The suspects, both 34, appeared before a prosecutor later in the day and were formally charged with deliberate arson, illegal ... Thu, 16 May 2013 17:01:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2090056-greek-police-arrest-2-accused-racist-abuse.html 2013-05-16T17:01:56Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2090622-uk-court-jails-4-lulzsec-hackers-cyberattacks.html LONDON (AP) — Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were sentenced to up to 32 months in prison on Thursday. The hackers, who were affiliated with the group Lulz Security, had all pleaded guilty to hacking charges. Prosecutors say they also targeted the we... Thu, 16 May 2013 16:34:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2090622-uk-court-jails-4-lulzsec-hackers-cyberattacks.html 2013-05-16T16:34:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2090312-thai-authorities-arrest-swiss-bank-robbery-suspect.html BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police have arrested a Swiss man charged with robbing a bank in his homeland before fleeing to live with his wife in Thailand. Department of Special Investigation Director-General Tharit Pengdit says police found 42-year-old Enzo Gerber on Thursday in the seaside resort town of Hua Hin, 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Bangkok. ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:21:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2090312-thai-authorities-arrest-swiss-bank-robbery-suspect.html 2013-05-16T14:21:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2089698-uk-campaign-group-loses-challenge-tax-deal.html LONDON (AP) — A U.K. pressure group Thursday lost its legal challenge to what it called a "sweetheart" tax deal between U.K. authorities and Goldman Sachs. UK Uncut Legal Action, which campaigns against tax avoidance, had sought a High Court declaration that it was unlawful for the U.S.-based investment bank to avoid a multimillion pound interest bill on ... Thu, 16 May 2013 09:58:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2089698-uk-campaign-group-loses-challenge-tax-deal.html 2013-05-16T09:58:03Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089430-gosnell-case-fuels-bitter-us-abortion-debate.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One of the last people seated in the witness box at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's murder trial was a character witness for a co-defendant, and had nothing to do with Gosnell's abortion clinic. But the woman happened to be six months pregnant, and nearly waddled to the stand. If the jury had any doubts about the second- or third-trimester aborti... Thu, 16 May 2013 06:32:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2089430-gosnell-case-fuels-bitter-us-abortion-debate.html 2013-05-16T06:32:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2086920-qprs-remy-reportedly-arrested-alleged-rape.html LONDON (AP) — Queens Park Rangers says it will not comment on the rape allegations against striker Loic Remy because it is a police investigation. The 26-year-old Remy was reportedly arrested Wednesday on suspicion of rape along with two other men. Responding to initial British media reports about the arrest, London police confirmed that three men, aged 2... Wed, 15 May 2013 12:26:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2086920-qprs-remy-reportedly-arrested-alleged-rape.html 2013-05-15T12:26:27Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086074-soldier-sexual-assault-office-accused-abuse.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. Just last week an Air Force officer who headed a sexual assault prevention office was himself arrested on charge... Wed, 15 May 2013 03:23:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2086074-soldier-sexual-assault-office-accused-abuse.html 2013-05-15T03:23:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2085106-holder-played-role-ap-phone-subpoena.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, saying it was justified as part of an investigation into a grave national security leak. The government's wide-ranging information gathering from the news cooperati... Tue, 14 May 2013 22:26:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2085106-holder-played-role-ap-phone-subpoena.html 2013-05-14T22:26:52Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2084718-uk-7-men-convicted-sex-crimes-girls.html LONDON (AP) — Seven men were convicted in London on Tuesday for sexually abusing underage girls, including one who was just 11, by plying them with alcohol and drugs before forcing them to commit sex acts. The guilty verdict followed five months of testimony indicating the pedophile sex ring exploited girls between 2004 and 2012 in the Oxford area, some 6... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:38:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2084718-uk-7-men-convicted-sex-crimes-girls.html 2013-05-14T18:38:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084784-kenyan-wants-to-skip-war-crimes-trial.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya asked international war crimes judges Tuesday if he can skip most of his trial and attend only its opening and closing sessions, and any other sessions judges deem particularly necessary. At a hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Ruto said he is seeking to balance hi... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:17:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084784-kenyan-wants-to-skip-war-crimes-trial.html 2013-05-14T18:17:45Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2084522-plea-bargain-captain-italian-shipwreck.html GROSSETO, Italy (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Tuesday rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, killing 32 people, defense lawyers said. Capt. Francesco Schettino is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship before all 4,200 passengers and crew were evacuated.... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:48:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2084522-plea-bargain-captain-italian-shipwreck.html 2013-05-14T16:48:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084294-egypt-detained-christian-teacher-released-bail.html LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian Christian teacher detained over charges of insulting Islam has been released on bail on Tuesday, her lawyer said. A history and geography teacher in the southern city of Luxor, 24-year-old Dimiana Abdul-Nour paid L.E. 20,000 (almost $3,000 dollars) to be freed pending further investigation, the lawyer, Badawi Abu-Shanab sai... Tue, 14 May 2013 15:14:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084294-egypt-detained-christian-teacher-released-bail.html 2013-05-14T15:14:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084488-ethiopian-govt-minister-businessmen-arrested.html ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian court ruled Tuesday that prosecutors have two weeks to finalize corruption charges against two dozen people who have been arrested, including a senior Cabinet minister. The 24 people charged include the head of Ethiopia's revenue and customs authority, Melaku Fenta. They are accused of illegal trading and tax evas... Tue, 14 May 2013 14:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084488-ethiopian-govt-minister-businessmen-arrested.html 2013-05-14T14:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083946-10-year-sentence-sought-canadian-mauritania.html NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Prosecutors in Mauritania are seeking to lengthen to 10 years the sentence of a Canadian man already imprisoned on alleged links to terror groups, a judicial official said Tuesday. Aaron Yoon, 24, was convicted last July on charges of having ties to a terrorist group and of posing a danger to national security and sentenced t... Tue, 14 May 2013 11:37:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083946-10-year-sentence-sought-canadian-mauritania.html 2013-05-14T11:37:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2083898-boogaard-sad-example-ice-hockey-goons.html The lawsuit doesn't read nearly as well as the story, which laid bare the life of an NHL enforcer for all to see. The way John Branch wrote about Derek Boogaard in the New York Times should have been enough to cause even the most hardcore ice hockey fan to reconsider the peculiar role that goons, or fighters, play in the sport. It was a sad and troubling ... Tue, 14 May 2013 11:32:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2083898-boogaard-sad-example-ice-hockey-goons.html 2013-05-14T11:32:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083328-hrw-sex-workers-china-subject-to-police-abuse.html BEIJING (AP) — Police in China frequently beat, torture and arbitrarily detain suspected sex workers, often with little or no evidence that they engaged in prostitution, a rights group said Tuesday in a report that called on the government to discipline abusive officers. Officers sometimes detain women only on the basis of their carrying condoms, thus det... Tue, 14 May 2013 06:48:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083328-hrw-sex-workers-china-subject-to-police-abuse.html 2013-05-14T06:48:50Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2082222-drug-manufacturer-agrees-to-500-penalty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A subsidiary of India's largest pharmaceutical company has agreed to pay a record $500 million in fines and penalties for selling adulterated drugs and lying to federal regulators in a case that is part of an ongoing crackdown on the quality of generic drugs flowing into the U.S. Federal prosecutors say the guilty plea by Ranbaxy USA Inc... Tue, 14 May 2013 03:33:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/asia/2082222-drug-manufacturer-agrees-to-500-penalty.html 2013-05-14T03:33:52Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082656-govt-obtains-wide-ap-phone-records-probe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the wo... Tue, 14 May 2013 02:55:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082656-govt-obtains-wide-ap-phone-records-probe.html 2013-05-14T02:55:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082480-correction-honduras-death-squads-story.html TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield as suggesting that the Honduran armed forces have engaged in vigilantism. In fact, Brownfield was speaking of the danger of communities carrying out ... Fri, 17 May 2013 19:03:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082480-correction-honduras-death-squads-story.html 2013-05-17T19:03:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/hockey/2082062-boogaard-family-sues-nhl-sons-death.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joanne Boogaard watched her son Derek duke it out on the ice with other NHL tough guys for six seasons as one of the most feared enforcers in the game, a 6-foot-7 brawler who was not there to skate or score, but to defend his teammates when it was called for. "He was there protecting his teammates at all costs," she said in a statement ... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:09:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/hockey/2082062-boogaard-family-sues-nhl-sons-death.html 2013-05-13T22:09:20Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082592-marine-faces-trial-urination-corpses.html CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — A Marine officer in charge of snipers shown in a 2011 video urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters Afghanistan will be court-martialed. The U.S. Marine Corps announced Monday that Capt. James V. Clement will be tried for dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer and failure to stop misconduct by those under his com... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:24:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082592-marine-faces-trial-urination-corpses.html 2013-05-13T21:24:33Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082134-verdict-trial-egypt-activist-june-3.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian activist charged with insulting the president will remain in detention until June 3, when a verdict is expected, his lawyer said Monday. Ahmed Douma is the first prominent critic of President Mohammed Morsi to be tried on this charge, though many others have been detained. He is also accused of disturbing the peace. His lawyers sa... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:15:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2082134-verdict-trial-egypt-activist-june-3.html 2013-05-13T20:15:11Z