Extortion and threats

Extortion and threats

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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 ... 

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  SWAT standoff in Ga. uncovers dismembered body

  Police went to Chad Moretz's home to ask him about a friend who had gone missing and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff when a relative ... 

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  Witness cooperation urged in football rape case

  Students withholding information about an alleged rape in eastern Ohio last summer are thwarting investigators, school officials said Thursday, as the ... 

• 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 ... 

• Judge: La. woman can flip finger in holiday lights

  A Louisiana woman ran afoul of police when she gave her neighbors an unusual holiday greeting, hanging Christmas lights in the shape of a middle ... 

• Mixed verdicts in Arkansas drug-corruption case

  A federal jury convicted a former Arkansas police officer Friday on extortion and drug charges linked to a sweeping investigation into corruption and ... 

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  Extortion of American stings Bolivian officials

  It is an unlikely tale: Orthodox Jew from New York City comes to Bolivia to rescue a rice-growing venture, gets thrown in jail on suspicion of money ... 

• Sex tape used to bribe Chinese official goes viral

  A 5-year-old sex tape of an 18-year-old woman allegedly hired by developers to sleep with a city official is causing yet another scandal for China's ...