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Dozens arrested at Montreal meeting
Sat,21 Apr 2012 03:56 PM PDT
AFP -  Police arrested dozens of protesters in Montreal Saturday, a day after violent clashes between officers and demonstrators denouncing a plan to develop northern Quebec.
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Daughter of Bahrain hunger striker arrested over protest
Sat,21 Apr 2012 10:34 AM PDT
Reuters - MANAMA (Reuters) - The daughter of a prominent Bahraini opposition activist who has been on hunger strike for over two months was arrested on Saturday evening for trying to stage a protest in the capital Manama, activists said. Sayed Yousif al-Muhafda said Zainab al-Khawaja, who has been arrested before only to be released several hours later, was taken by police after she tried to protest near the Financial Harbor in the capital. She was among protesters who riot police tried to prevent marching inside the city's market area, a Reuters witness said. ... Full Story | Top |
Mali's military frees arrested officials
Sat,21 Apr 2012 07:34 AM PDT
Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's military has released all the senior political and army officials it arrested earlier this week, the army leaders behind last month's coup said on Thursday. Separately, neighbouring Senegal said Mali's ousted former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, was on a plane heading for the capital Dakar. Senegal revealed this week that Toure been sheltering in its embassy in the Malian capital, Bamako. Toure fled his palace on March 22. ... Full Story | Top |
Eight Turkish officers arrested in 1997 coup probe
Sat,21 Apr 2012 04:13 AM PDT
Reuters - ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Eight active and former Turkish army officers were jailed pending trial in connection with the forced resignation of an Islamist-led government in 1997, in the latest inquiry into army interference in politics, news channels reported on Saturday. Retired major-general Erol Ozkasnak, four active officers and three retired officers were formally arrested overnight pending trial for allegedly "obstructing a government from carrying out its duties," NTV said on its website. Four ex-generals and dozens of officers were arrested in the probe last weekend. ... Full Story | Top |
Experts say Zimmerman attorney made smart move
Sat,21 Apr 2012 02:22 AM PDT
Associated Press -  By questioning a state investigator on the witness stand during a routine bail hearing, George Zimmerman's defense attorney showed some of the weaknesses in prosecutors' claims that the neighborhood watch volunteer committed second-degree murder, legal experts say.
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Last sentence handed down in Abramoff probe
Sat,21 Apr 2012 12:23 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Tony Rudy was among the first people to plead guilty in the long-running probe of influence peddling tied to Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. On Friday, the former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay was the last person sentenced in an investigation that focused on Congress, racked up 21 convictions, yet netted only one lawmaker.
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Three arrested after fatal shooting at Texas cockfighting ring
Fri,20 Apr 2012 07:47 PM PDT
Reuters - EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Three people in Texas were arrested and charged with operating a cockfighting ring, a local sheriff said on Friday, a day after masked gunmen shot three people during a match. Investigators have not identified the gunmen who shot the spectators Thursday morning in a remote area about 20 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said. Police arrested a man and woman who owned the land where an elaborate cockfighting ring operated for years, and the proprietor who rented the location, Trevino said. ... Full Story | Top |
US judge commutes death penalty in racial killing
Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:42 PM PDT
AFP - A North Carolina judge Friday commuted the death penalty of a black man accused of murdering a white man, saying race played a role in the severity of the sentence, in the first case reviewed under a new state law. Full Story | Top |
3 arrested as Colo school cracks down on pot rally
Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:52 PM PDT
Associated Press - Three protesters have been arrested for trespassing on a grassy quadrangle at the University of Colorado where officials are trying to stamp out one of the nation's largest annual campus celebrations of marijuana. Full Story | Top |
Judge: Race played role in NC death penalty case
Fri,20 Apr 2012 09:05 AM PDT
Associated Press - A condemned killer's trial was so tainted by the racially influenced decisions of prosecutors that he should be removed from death row and serve a life sentence, a judge ruled Friday in a precedent-setting North Carolina decision. Full Story | Top |
China's top court spares woman death penalty in fraud case
Fri,20 Apr 2012 04:39 AM PDT
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top court on Friday overturned a death sentence for a self-made Chinese businesswoman convicted in a multi-million dollar scheme to bilk investors, in a contentious fraud case that sparked sympathy for the self-made daughter of a peasant. Wu Ying, 31, was convicted by a lower court in 2009 for cheating investors out of 380 million yuan ($60.3 million) by offering annualized returns as high as 180 percent, having spent the money on clothing and lavish dinners as well as buying four BMW cars and a Ferrari with a price tag of 3.75 million yuan. ... Full Story | Top |
Mali's military frees arrested officials
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:21 PM PDT
Reuters -  BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's military has released all the senior political and army officials it arrested earlier this week, the army leaders behind last month's coup said on Thursday. Separately, neighbouring Senegal said Mali's ousted former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, was on a plane heading for the capital Dakar. Senegal revealed this week that Toure been sheltering in its embassy in the Malian capital, Bamako. Toure fled his palace on March 22. ...
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