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Official: Man scaled White House fence, arrested Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 03:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a man has been arrested after he climbed over a fence at the White House. Full Story | Top |
Rio police storm vast crime-ridden favela near airport Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:42 PM PDT More than 1,000 Brazilian police backed by helicopters and naval armored vehicles took over a favela near Rio de Janeiro's international airport Sunday, less than three months before the World Cup. The swiftly conducted dawn operation was the latest attempt to drive drug gangs out of the notorious Mare shanty town, a haven for organized crime and one of the city's most dangerous places. The Mare complex, home to 130,000 people, is a potential through route for tens of thousands of football fans flying in and out of the metropolis, which will stage seven World Cup matches -- including the July 13 final. Members of the feared Special Police Operations Battalion swarmed through the favela in 15 minutes without facing resistance, while helicopters buzzed overhead. Full Story | Top |
'Naive' duo arrested at Vatican with 2.8 trillion euro in fake bonds Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:04 PM PDT Italian police earlier this month arrested two "naive" men who tried to enter the Vatican carrying fake bonds with an apparent value of some 2.8 trillion euros, Vatican officials said on Sunday. The American and Dutchman appeared on March 11 at St. Anne's Gate at the Vatican saying they wanted to go the to the Vatican bank, which is not open to the general public. The guards became suspicious and looked in their briefcase, where they found the bonds, some of which had a face value of 500 million euros. The Vatican police called Italian police, who searched the men's hotel and found rubber stamps, embossers and other instruments for making counterfeit bonds. Full Story | Top |
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