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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 |
Singer Fiona Apple arrested on drug charge in Texas
Thu,20 Sep 2012 06:08 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Grammy-winning singer Fiona Apple spent the night in a Texas jail after being arrested late Wednesday on a felony drug possession charge at a border patrol checkpoint where her tour bus was searched, local officials said. Apple, 35, was taken into custody in Sierra Blanca, the same small west Texas town where authorities previously nabbed singer Willie Nelson, rapper Snoop Dogg and "The Social Network" actor Armie Hammer on drug charges. ...
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Farmer acquitted in Minn. raw milk trial
Thu,20 Sep 2012 04:12 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A Minnesota man charged with violating the state's restrictions on raw milk sales was acquitted Thursday in what he and his supporters called a victory for consumer freedom.
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Female U.S. military deserter to Canada arrested at U.S. border
Thu,20 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The first female U.S. soldier to seek refuge in Canada rather than return to duty in Iraq was arrested at the U.S. border in northern New York State on Thursday after losing her bid to remain in Canada, according to an advocacy group that had campaigned on her behalf. Kimberly Rivera, a 30-year-old private who served three months in Iraq and came to Canada while on leave in 2007, was taken into custody at the Thousand Islands Bridge border station about 30 miles north of Watertown, N.Y., said Michelle Robidoux, spokeswoman with the War Resisters Support Campaign. ... Full Story | Top |
Serb acquitted of setting fire to US Embassy
Thu,20 Sep 2012 11:13 AM PDT
Associated Press -  A Serbian court on Thursday acquitted the prime suspect charged with setting fire to the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade in 2008, but convicted him of the lesser offense of stealing property from the building and sentenced him to a year in prison.
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Leading Financial Crime Detection & Prevention Association Signs Major Clients to its Newest Offering
Thu,20 Sep 2012 11:08 AM PDT
PR Newswire - ACAMS Enterprise Provides Comprehensive Information, Training and Membership Institution-WideMIAMI, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) announced today that it enrolled its first few clients (including two of the largest banks in the U.S. as well as a top money transmitter) in its groundbreaking program – ACAMS Enterprise – and is in discussions with dozens of other institutions from the private and public sectors about the new program. ... Full Story | Top |
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