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Ex-Intel executive sentenced in NY for fraud
Mon,24 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT
Associated Press - A former Intel Corp. executive who fed confidential information to a billionaire hedge fund founder accused in a massive insider trading case earned leniency on Monday at his own sentencing. Full Story | Top |
Ex-Intel executive sentenced in NYC for fraud
Mon,24 Sep 2012 02:25 PM PDT
Associated Press - A former Intel executive was credited for his extensive cooperation as he was sentenced in New York to probation for feeding confidential information about the computer-chip maker to a billionaire hedge fund manager. Full Story | Top |
Dozens arrested after Saudi prison protest
Mon,24 Sep 2012 07:35 AM PDT
Reuters - JEDDAH (Reuters) - Security forces on Monday detained dozens of men who had staged a protest near a prison in central Saudi Arabia to press for the release of relatives, demonstrators and a rights activist said. The arrests were made after police had confined the protesters, who included women and small children, to a desert area outside the prison where they were kept without food or water for nearly a day, protesters and activists said. It was a rare demonstration in the world's biggest oil exporter, where protests are banned. ... Full Story | Top |
Dozens injured, 20 arrested when massive riot erupts at Foxconn plant [video]
Mon,24 Sep 2012 05:00 AM PDT
BGR News - ![Dozens injured, 20 arrested when massive riot erupts at Foxconn plant [video]](http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/nB4Qr1iiEyuyJM0klj.gsw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/foxconn-working.jpeg "Dozens injured, 20 arrested when massive riot erupts at Foxconn plant [video]") Approximately 40 people were injured and 20 were arrested when a massive riot broke out Sunday at Foxconn's (2038) Taiyuan plant in Northern China. Details are still conflicting, however early reports from Engadget suggest the incident began after a security guard struck a worker during anti-Japan protests at around 10:00 p.m. local time on Sunday. The plant, which manufactures magnesium alloy components and LED lighting products, has been closed following the incident. Reports suggest as many as 2,000 workers were involved. Foxconn issued a preliminary statement suggesting the incident was triggered by "a fight among workers from different production lines," but the company noted it is "still investigating the cause of the fight and the number of people involved." A video of the
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Iraq shrugs off calls to reconsider death penalty
Sun,23 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT
Associated Press - Iraq has executed nearly 100 people so far this year, a big increase over previous years that has intensified concern about whether defendants are receiving fair trials in a country where the United States has spent billions of dollars trying to reform the judicial system after decades of dictatorship. Full Story | Top |
Four arrested over wave of kidnappings in Mozambique
Sat,22 Sep 2012 08:27 AM PDT
Reuters - MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambique police have arrested four men accused of running a kidnapping ring behind more than 20 abductions in the capital Maputo in the past year. The alleged ring-leader, Bakhir Ayoob, is the son-in-law of Mohamed Bachir Suleman, a wealthy businessman in the city. Washington has branded Suleman a drug kingpin and in 2010 banned U.S. companies from having any financial dealings with him. Wealthy Muslims have been the main targets of the kidnappings, which began in November. All those abducted were released after ransoms were paid. ... Full Story | Top |
Army Deserter Arrested at Border; Opposed Iraq War
Sat,22 Sep 2012 03:01 AM PDT
ABC OTUS News - A female U.S. Army deserter who in 2007 moved to Canada to avoid being sent back to Iraq was arrested Thursday. Authorities took her into custody at a border crossing in New York after the Canadian government ordered her deported. Thirty-year-old Kimberly Rivera, an Army... Full Story | Top |
Bahrain says it arrested 29 during protest on Friday
Sat,22 Sep 2012 02:38 AM PDT
Reuters -  DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain arrested 29 people in the commercial district of the capital Manama on Friday as anti-government protesters marched in the city centre in defiance of a government ban, state media said late on Friday. Bahrain, where the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based, has been in political turmoil since a protest movement dominated by majority Shi'ite Muslims erupted in February 2011 demanding the Sunni-led monarchy enact democratic reforms. The demonstration was organized by an opposition group called February 14, said Jasim Husain, one of the leaders of the main opposition group, Wefaq. ...
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Suspect in Guatemala killings extradited to US
Sat,22 Sep 2012 01:37 AM PDT
Associated Press - A former Guatemalan soldier accused of taking part in a massacre during that country's civil war more than a quarter century ago has been extradited to California where he faces immigration fraud charges. Full Story | Top |
Guatemalan massacre suspect extradited to US
Fri,21 Sep 2012 10:01 PM PDT
Associated Press - A former Guatemalan soldier accused of being involved in a 1982 massacre during that country's civil war was extradited Friday to California where he faces immigration fraud charges. Full Story | Top |
Bond at risk for Ohio Amish hate-crime defendants
Fri,21 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Nine of 16 Amish convicted in beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio have remained free, but the government asked Friday to have them locked up, which could leave up to 50 children with one or both parents behind bars.
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Another sentenced in sexual assault of Texas girl
Fri,21 Sep 2012 10:30 AM PDT
Associated Press - One of six men who have pleaded guilty in the repeated sexual assault of a young southeast Texas girl over a three-month period in late 2010 was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, the term he agreed to in his deal with prosecutors. Full Story | Top |
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