German prosecutors charge 90-year-old with killing Jewish laborers in wartime AustriaNovember 17th, 2009 90-year-old charged in Germany for Nazi-era crimesBERLIN — A former SS sergeant who worked unnoticed for decades as a train-station manager was charged with 58 counts of murder Tuesday after a student doing undergraduate research uncovered his alleged involvement in a massacre of Jewish forced laborers. University of Vienna student Andreas Forster was working on a project about the slaying in a forest near the Austrian village of Deutsch Schuetzen when he stumbled across Adolf Storms' name in witness testimony.
Prosecutors say Northwestern students paid 2 witnesses during review of murder investigationNovember 10th, 2009 Prosecutors claim students paid 2 witnessesCHICAGO — Prosecutors claimed in court Tuesday that Northwestern University journalism students paid two witnesses in order to make their case that an innocent man was wrongly convicted of murder. The allegations came in filings during a Cook County criminal court hearing on a new trial for Anthony McKinney, who is serving a life sentence for the 1978 murder of a security guard.
Prosecutor tells NY jury in closing arguments that John 'Junior' Gotti never quit the mobNovember 9th, 2009 Closing arguments begin in latest NY Gotti trialNEW YORK — Closing arguments have begun in the two-month-old Manhattan trial of John "Junior" Gotti. Assistant U.S.
'Jagdish Tytler's UK visit blocked over 1984 Sikh massacre'November 6th, 2009 LONDON - Former minister Jagdish Tytler was dropped from the Indian delegation for the launch of the Commonwealth Games baton relay in London last week, Sikh groups said after a British MP asked Scotland Yard to arrest him for his role in the 1984 Sikh massacre. Rob Marris, MP and chair of the British parliament's all-party group on Sikhs, said he objected to Tytler's planned Oct 29 entry to Britain in an emergency meeting with the Junior Foreign Office Minister responsible for India, Ivan Lewis, and in a letter to Foreign Secretary David Miliband.
Emigration Act to be amended to protect workers overseasOctober 23rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - A bill to amend the Emigration Act, 1983, enacted to protect from exploitation the workers going to the Gulf countries, with new provisions to protect interests of emigrants to other places in the world would be tabled in the winter session of parliament, an official said Friday. Protector General of Emigrants Ranbir Singh said the new provisions will improve the management of migration.
Pagans Motorcycle Club leader facing racketeering charges due back in W.Va. courtOctober 15th, 2009 Motorcycle club leader due back in W.Va. courtCHARLESTON, W.Va.
BSP leader manipulating engineer's murder case, says witnessOctober 14th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Shekhar Tiwari, prime accused in the 2008 murder of a Public Works Department (PWD) official in Auraiya, had tried to influence proceedings in the case through threats and intimidation, a key witness said Wednesday. PWD executive engineer Manoj Kumar Gupta was lynched Dec 24, 2008, allegedly by Auraiya legislator Shekhar Tiwari because he declined to meet repeated demands for contributions towards Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday collections.
Columbine parents praise frank essay written by mother of shooter Dylan KleboldOctober 13th, 2009 Columbine parents praise essay by mom of shooterDENVER — Parents and survivors of the 1999 massacre at Columbine High School are saying good things about an essay released Tuesday by the mother of shooter Dylan Klebold. Susan Klebold made the most detailed public remarks by any parent of the two Columbine killers in an essay published in O, The Oprah Magazine.
Four activists share 2009 'Alternative Nobel'October 13th, 2009 STOCKHOLM - Four activists were Tuesday named co-winners of the 2009 Right Livelihood Award, or so-called "Alternative Nobel", for their work in campaigning against nuclear weapons, protecting the rain forests of Congo and raising awareness about climate change. Alyn Ware of New Zealand, Rene Ngongo of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and David Suzuki of Canada share the award with Australian-born physician Catherine Hamlin who for 50 years has helped treat women in Ethiopia suffering from obstetric fistula.
Bahamas prosecutors say 2 extortion defendants threatened John TravoltaSeptember 22nd, 2009 Arguments start in Travolta extortion trialNASSAU, Bahamas — Prosecutors said a paramedic who treated John Travolta's son shortly before he died in the Bahamas threatened to release private information unless the movie star paid $25 million. Travolta is among those expected to take the stand during the trial, but he did not appear in the courtroom Tuesday during the first day of testimony in the island chain off the Florida coast.
2 Brazilian police receive long sentences for 2005 massacre of 29 outside Rio de JaneiroSeptember 16th, 2009 Brazil: Judge sentences 2 police in 2005 massacreBRASILIA, Brazil — Two former police officers were sentenced Wednesday to roughly 500 years in prison each in the 2005 killing of 29 people outside Rio, a massacre that raised fears of death squad activity in Brazil. Judge Elizabeth Louro sentenced ex-officer Julio Cesar de Paula to 480 years in prison and Marcos Siqueira Costa to 543 years for homicide and belonging to a criminal organization.
Congo sentences 2 Norwegians to death after murder and espionage convictionSeptember 8th, 2009 Congo sentences 2 Norwegians to deathKINSHASA, Congo — A Congolese court sentenced two Norwegians to death Tuesday after convicting them of espionage and murder, drawing sharp criticism from Norway's government. The two men, former Norwegian soldiers, were convicted in May in the central Congolese city of Kisangani of murdering their driver and attempting to murder a witness.
Court told UK teens accused of Columbine-inspired plot were filmed detonating explosivesSeptember 4th, 2009 UK teens accused of school plot filmed with bombsLONDON — Two British teens accused of planning a massacre inspired by the Columbine school shootings in the United States filmed themselves making and detonating explosives, a prosecutor said Friday. Cell phone footage shown to a jury at Manchester Crown Court in northern England appeared to show Matthew Swift, 18, and his 16-year-old friend Ross McKnight exploding a homemade pipe bomb.
Prosecution: UK teen accused of Columbine-inspired plot wanted to buy chemicals for explosivesSeptember 3rd, 2009 Trial told UK teen sought explosives for massacreLONDON — A teenager accused of plotting a Columbine-inspired school massacre tried to obtain an ingredient for a homemade bomb, a witness told the teen's trial Thursday. Phillipa Knowles told jurors at Manchester Crown Court that Matthew Swift, 18, had asked her to buy him hydrogen peroxide, a common household chemical.
British teenagers accused of plotting school massacre inspired by Columbine killingsSeptember 2nd, 2009 UK teenagers accused of plotting school massacreLONDON — Two British teenagers meticulously plotted "the greatest massacre ever," inspired by the Columbine killings in the United States, a prosecutor said Wednesday as their trial opened. The two wrote up detailed plans for what they called "Project Rainbow," plotting to bomb a shopping center before killing teachers and students at their school on the 10th anniversary of the April 1999 massacre in Colorado, according to the prosecutor in Wednesday's hearing.
