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Mubarak retrial in Egypt to include new evidence

| May 21, 2013 | 0 Comments

The Associated Press Saturday, May 18, 2013 | 3:43 a.m. Egyptian prosecutors say they are presenting new evidence in the retrial of former President Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak, all in white and wearing sunglasses, attended the hearing in the courtroom defendants’ cage alongside his two sons and former interior minister, who was in charge of police [...]

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‘Three dead’ in Swiss shooting

‘Three dead’ in Swiss shooting

| February 27, 2013 | 0 Comments

27 February 2013 Last updated at 12:31 Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Footage from the scene shows the area sealed off by emergency services, as Imogen Foulkes reports Three people have been killed and seven injured during a shooting at a factory near the Swiss city of Lucerne, local media quote [...]

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Polish police break up plot to bomb Parliament, prosecutors say

Polish police break up plot to bomb Parliament, prosecutors say

| November 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

(CNN) — Polish authorities said Tuesday they’ve broken up a plot to bomb Parliament, arresting two people and recovering enough materials to make a 4-ton bomb. The investigation began with an analysis of the Internet shopping list of convicted Norwegian extremist Anders Breivik. The primary suspect is a university lecturer with expertise in explosives who [...]

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US soldier was ‘lucid’ after Afghan massacre

| November 6, 2012 | 0 Comments

Photograph courtesy of the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) shows Staff Sgt. Robert Bales (R)A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers was "lucid" and admitted to the crimes, prosecutors said as he appeared in court for the first time.


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Afghanistan Massacre: Sgt Robert Bales In Court

| November 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Afghanistan Massacre: Sgt Robert Bales In CourtThe US soldier accused of one of the most notorious atrocities of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has appeared in a military courtroom, where prosecutors were laying out their case against him.


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Christopher Tappin pleads guilty in Iran missile scheme

| November 1, 2012 | 0 Comments

British millionaire Christopher Tappin poses outside the offices of his lawyer Dan Cogdell in HoustonSAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – British millionaire Christopher Tappin pleaded guilty in federal court in Texas on Thursday to charges of attempting to sell missile parts to Iran, prosecutors said. Tappin, 66, from Orpington, Kent, who had previously pleaded not guilty, reversed that stance in federal court in El Paso as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors that calls for a sentence of 33 months in prison and a fine of more than $11,000 (6,817 pounds), according to U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman. …


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Amish Hair Attackers Guilty Of Hate Crimes

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Amish Hair Attackers Guilty Of Hate CrimesA group of Amish men and women have been convicted of hate crimes, including forcibly cutting off people's beards and hair.


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Woman Denies Killing Man With Penis Growth Jab

| September 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

Woman Denies Killing Man With Penis Growth JabA woman has denied causing the death of a man by giving him a fatal dose of silicone during a penis enlargement procedure.


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Mass murderer Anders Breivik jailed for just 21 years

Mass murderer Anders Breivik jailed for just 21 years

| August 25, 2012 | 0 Comments

MASSACRE monster Anders Breivik grinned as judges jailed him for 21 years for taking the lives of 77 people. Breivik, who admitted the killings, was declared sane by the court – and told he must serve a minimum of only ten years. The 21-year sentence is the maximum term that can be imposed in Norway [...]

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Lawyer: S. Africa slaying defendant very ill

| August 13, 2012 | 0 Comments

Judge Robert Henney ordered his trial to begin Wednesday over the slaying of 28-year-old Anni Dewani. Mngeni, whom prosecutors say was hired by Dewani’s British husband to carry out the November 2010 killing, faces murder, robbery, kidnapping and illegal gun possession charges over her death. Culled from :Here We enjoin our readers to send their [...]

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In China, a mother’s plot to kill her son’s tormentor

| August 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

Now that the murder trial of Gu Kailai has ended, far more detailed accounts have emerged from inside the courtroom of the case that prosecutors built against Ms. Gu, the wife of one of China’s most ambitious leaders. The accounts show her plotting with allies, including the local police chief, to protect her son from [...]

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Hungary says probing Nazi war criminal ‘raises problems’

| July 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

The letter-box for Dr. Csatary, the alias for Ladislaus CsataryHungarian prosecutors said Monday that investigating an aged Nazi war criminal found alive and well in Budapest was problematic because the events took place so long ago and in a different country.


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Prosecutors want mass-murderer Breivik ruled insane

| June 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

Norwegian far right mass killer Breivik looks on before prosecutors deliver their closing arguments in a court in OsloOSLO (Reuters) – Prosecutors asked a Norwegian court on Thursday to declare far-right mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik insane and commit him to a mental institution, flying in the face of a public who think his chillingly lucid testimony shows he deserves prison. Confronted by conflicting psychiatric reports, the prosecutors said they could not be sure that the perpetrator of Norway's worst peacetime massacre was not responsible for his actions, but had to give him the benefit of the doubt. …


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Prosecutors say al Qaeda leader Awlaki directed underwear bomber – WHNT

| February 11, 2012 | 0 Comments

Jeremy Pelofsky Reuters 4:51 p.m. CST, February 10, 2012 Culled from :Here We enjoin our readers to send their stories/articles/reports, including pictures to story@edostatenews.com

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