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Slovakia's top court overturns acquittals for journalist's murder
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the acquittals of a businessman and his suspected accomplice for the murder of a journalist in a case that triggered mass protests and toppled the country's previous government.
Khashoggi and MBS's blunderers
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/03/2021
» If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn't be George Clooney in Ocean's Eleven. He'd be a cartoon burglar in a carnival mask and a top with black-and-white horizontal stripes, carrying a sack labelled "SWAG".
The 18-year itch
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 21/12/2017
» Contrary to poems and films, love isn't the only reason for marriage. Nor is it the strongest. Arranged marriage takes precedence. So does making the girl pregnant and doing the right thing. Indeed there's a list of reasons, not least lust -- the sap running in both the male and female.
US killer, ex-gridiron star in prison suicide
Published on 20/04/2017
» BOSTON - Former gridiron football star Aaron Hernandez hanged himself Wednesday in the prison cell where he was serving a life sentence for murder, hours before his ex-teammates on the New England Patriots visited the White House to celebrate their Super Bowl victory, authorities said.
'Fake death' suspects released on bail
Online Reporters, Published on 28/11/2015
» The Criminal Court has temporarily released seven suspects accused of helping to fake the death of 72-year-old Juree Jan-ngam to escape punishment for arranging the murder of her son's fiancee.
Murderous mother-in-law returns from 'dead', surrenders
Published on 17/11/2015
» A woman who allegedly faked her own death to escape imprisonment for killing her son’s fiancée turned herself in to police on Tuesday.
Suspected killer who faked death on the run
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 28/10/2015
» The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) has revived a case against a 73-year-old woman who arranged the contract killing of her son's fiancee in Songkhla province in 2007 and who police initially believed died while on bail.
Deadly US shooting becomes ghoulish Internet hit
AFP, Published on 27/08/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - It almost looked like a first-person shooter video game: A handgun in a man's grasp comes into view. A woman appears in the gunman's sights. Shots are fired.
Two US journalists killed during live broadcast
AFP, Published on 26/08/2015
» WASHINGTON - Two journalists for a local CBS affiliate in Virginia were shot dead Wednesday during a live broadcast, with chilling television footage capturing a fuzzy image of the gunman, who was still at large.
A new crime series
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 01/06/2015
» Time was when James Patterson penned a crime novel annually. Then semi-annually. Then seasonally. At the rate this reviewer is now receiving them, they seem to be coming out weekly. No sooner do I critique one than the next crosses my desk. Alone and with his team of co-authors, he's clearly on a roll.