Nepal ignores UN call on Charles SobhrajSeptember 28th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Even as Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal returned to Kathmandu Monday after assuring the UN General Assembly that his government was "fully committed to the protection and promotion of human rights", the lawyer of country's best known prisoner said it had ignored a UN call about Charles Sobhraj. The 65-year-old Sobhraj, who is serving a life term in Nepal's most tightly guarded prison for the murder of an American tourist in 1975, had appealed to the UN Human Rights Committee last year, saying there had been an appalling miscarriage of justice in his case.
Montagny, Sarrazin win Petit Le Mans at rainy Road AtlantaSeptember 26th, 2009 Montagny, Sarrazin win at rainy Road AtlantaBRASELTON, Ga. — Franck Montagny and Stephane Sarrazin gave Peugeot its first American Le Mans Series victory Saturday, winning the weather-shortened Petit Le Mans.
Canadian man, SD woman charged with murder in 1975 slaying of American Indian Movement memberSeptember 10th, 2009 2 charged in 1975 American Indian Movement slayingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A Canadian man and a South Dakota woman were charged in the 1975 slaying of a fellow American Indian Movement member, who prosecutors say was killed because the group's leaders suspected she was a government informant.
Were Aarushi's samples changed? CBI refuses commentSeptember 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday refused to confirm or deny reports that vaginal swabs drawn from teenager Aarushi Talwar, who was found with her throat slit in her suburban Noida home last year, were substituted with samples of an unidentified woman. Dentist Rajesh Talwar's daughter Aarushi, 14, was found murdered in her parents' flat May 16 last year.
Woman believed to be victim of '54 unsolved Boulder murder found living in AustraliaAugust 21st, 2009 Woman believed killed in '54 living in AustraliaBOULDER, Colo. — Investigators say a woman they believed might have been killed in 1954 and found along a Boulder creek actually has been living in Australia for the last 46 years.
Detroit boy, 12, faces murder charge, possible life sentence, in shooting death of woman, 24August 20th, 2009 Detroit boy, 12, faces life murder charge in deathDETROIT — Authorities say a 12-year-old Detroit boy accused of shooting a 24-year-old woman to death during a street robbery could face an adult murder sentence of life in prison without parole if he's convicted. According to police, Demarco Harris shot and killed Trisha Babcock, of Davison, just after midnight on Aug.
Woman accused of attempted murder after alleged car theft with owner clinging to hoodAugust 14th, 2009 Colo. woman allegedly stole car with owner on hoodDENVER — Prosecutors are accusing a Denver woman of attempted first-degree murder for allegedly stealing a car and fleeing at speeds up to 50 mph — even after the owner hopped on the car's hood in a bid to stop her. Ryan Calles had stopped at a sandwich shop in Denver on Wednesday, and left his keys inside.
Feds charge 3 men in interstate jewelry store robbery ring, 2006 slaying of NY policemanJuly 20th, 2009 Feds charge 3 with robberies, NY officer's murderSYRACUSE, N.Y. — Federal authorities have filed conspiracy, robbery and murder charges against three men accused of a $1 million jewelry store robbery that left an upstate New York policeman dead.
Tenn. jury convicts sex offender in 1975 killing of Girl Scout who vanished delivering cookiesJuly 18th, 2009 Sex offender convicted in 1975 Girl Scout murderNASHVILLE, Tenn. — A jury has convicted an imprisoned sex offender of murder in the 1975 strangulation death of a Girl Scout in Tennessee.
66-year-old Indian held for killing teenage stepsons, wife seriousJune 23rd, 2009 VANCOUVER - An elderly Indian man was arrested Monday in the city of Surrey near here for killing his two teenage stepsons and seriously injuring his much younger wife in a family shoot-out. Mahendra Singh Johal, 66, was produced in court for the murder of 17-year-old Amarjit Gill and 15-year-old Ranjit Gill and the attempted murder of his 35-year-old wife Sukhwinder Kaur (Johal) Sunday.
Report: Iran hangs 3 men, 1 woman convicted of murder; over 90 executed in Iran this yearMay 8th, 2009 Iran hangs 3 men, 1 woman convicted of murderTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state-owned newspaper says four people including a 30-year-old woman convicted of murder have been hanged. The report in Thursday's edition of the daily newspaper IRAN only identified the four by their first names.
Police: Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria still believed heldApril 29th, 2009 Canadian woman kidnapped still being heldLAGOS, Nigeria — Security forces in Nigeria arrested a man for taking a Canadian woman hostage this month, but other kidnappers were still believed to be holding her, police said Wednesday. National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu erroneously told The Associated Press earlier that the woman had been freed.
Police: Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria releasedApril 29th, 2009 Canadian woman kidnapped in Nigeria freedLAGOS, Nigeria — Police in Nigeria say a Canadian woman kidnapped this month in northern Nigeria has been released unharmed. National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu says the woman was freed Wednesday in the northern city of Kaduna and no ransom was paid.
Lawyer: Prosecutor going too far with murder charge in death of quadriplegic Mich. girlApril 28th, 2009 Lawyer: Murder charge against Mich mom excessiveFLINT, Mich. — A lawyer for a Michigan woman accused of killing her 9-year-old quadriplegic adopted daughter says a murder charge seems excessive.
Ark. doctor pleads not guilty to weapons charge, says case should be dismissed over delayApril 21st, 2009 Ark. doctor seeks to have weapons charge dismissedLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas doctor charged with illegally owning grenades has pleaded not guilty as his defense lawyer argued to have his case dismissed.
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