Crime
DNA tests have today proved that a corpse found in a Nicosia cemetery is that of Cyprus’s former leader Tassos Papadopoulos, whose body was snatched three months ago by tomb raiders in a bizarre crime that still has no apparent motive.
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Former president of the Muslim-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Ejup Ganić is at the centre of a political tug-of-war. The Serbs issued his international arrest warrant, British police made the arrest, and now the Bosnians want the suspect.
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The trial of Radovan Karadžić re-opened today as the former Bosnian Serb leader took to the stand. He said the Bosnian war was “just and holy” and blamed the war on Bosnian Muslims, claiming he had “evidence and proof.” His opening statement will continue into tomorrow.
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This year’s UK general election runs the risk of being declared unlawful if the country’s 83,000 strong prison population is not given the right to vote. But despite the insistence of the European Court of Human Rights the British government appears reluctant to act.
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A bizarre media saga is developing over alleged jewel robbery involving Kristina Chernovetska, the daughter of Kiev’s wealthy mayor, which is raising some awkward questions for her father back in Ukraine.
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It first sounded like something straight from a James Bond movie but has turned into a case better suited to Sherlock Holmes. The murder of a Hamas official in Dubai now involves the Irish, British, German and French governments, the Israeli secret service, and several very puzzled suspects.
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Russian authorities say that four civilians killed during operations in the North Caucasus were caught in the crossfire. But according to a human rights group, they were abducted, tortured and killed. The rights activists claim to have photos and witnesses. The Kremlin has yet to comment.
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There’s a crop for all seasons but few knew it was a good time to plant landmines. Except for one Russian farmer who decided to lace his potato crop with the explosives in case of trespassers. He’s now serving a two and a half year sentence.
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Today's Safer Internet Day aims to educate children as young as five to take care when online. Young people are particularly vulnerable to cyber-predators, as a recent case in Bulgaria proved.
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The trial of six men accused of murdering a prominent Croatian journalist kicked off today under the watchful gaze of the EU.
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The Netherlands has banned sex with animals as well as animal pornography, meaning both fans and porn vendors are no longer welcome in the former home of animal porn production.
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Turkey’s much maligned human rights record looks set to continue, after a 15-year old Kurdish girl was jailed for attending a rally for the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been acquitted of conspiring to sabotage Nicolas Sarkozy’s presidential bid. And now exonerated, he may have his eyes on his arch nemesis’ job.
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A senior Polish bishop is reported to have said that the Holocaust was a “Jewish invention” and a propaganda tool to justify Israeli aggression.
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Slovakia is the most recent EU country to offer its services in speeding up the closure of Guantanamo Bay. They will become the seventh EU nation to accept former Gitmo detainees with their acceptance of three inmates.
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The Swedish man who masterminded the theft of the “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign from Gate 1 at the Auschwitz museum in December has been identified, and prosecutors in Krakow have issued a warrant for his arrest.
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The French entry for the prestigious foreign language film at this year’s Oscars looks like it could be a shoe-in to pick up the golden gong come 7 March.
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The war crimes trial of Serb nationalist Vojislav Seselj resumed yesterday at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia after a year's delay.
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A Bulgarian journalist known for his investigations into organized crime rings was shot dead in Sofia on Tuesday.
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