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| Jurors in Spears trial say evidence was weak Friday, Nov 02, 2012 12:45 PM PDT  Jurors who heard libel and breach of contract claims by Britney Spears' ex-confidante said they were unimpressed by his case and agreed with a judge's ruling to dismiss his case mid-trial. Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutors seek death penalty for HOA shooter Friday, Nov 02, 2012 12:02 PM PDT  Prosecutors said Friday they will seek the death penalty for a Louisville man accused of killing two men at a homeowners association meeting over a long-running property dispute. Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutors to seek death penalty for HOA shooter Friday, Nov 02, 2012 10:53 AM PDT Prosecutors say they are going to seek the death penalty for a Kentucky man accused of killing two men at a homeowners association meeting. Full Story | Top |
| Acquitted Greek journalist says press muzzled by elite Friday, Nov 02, 2012 10:36 AM PDT  ATHENS (Reuters) - The Greek journalist put on trial for publishing a list of Swiss bank account holders accused Greece's political and business elite on Friday of trying to muzzle the press to cover up chronic corruption. Costas Vaxevanis was acquitted on Thursday of charges of violating personal privacy laws after he published the list of 2,059 names of prominent Greeks including several politicians, shipping magnates, doctors, lawyers, and housewives. "The main problem in Greece is the people who govern it. ... Full Story | Top |
| Polish woman arrested over deaths of her 5 babies Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:51 AM PDT A Polish woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing at least five of her newborn babies, a prosecutor said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| U.N. says Syria video killings appear to be war crime Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:35 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - A video that appears to show Syrian rebels killing soldiers who had surrendered probably constitutes a war crime that should be prosecuted, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The disturbing incident looks to be the latest atrocity committed by opposition fighters seeking to topple President Bashar al-Assad, Rupert Colville, a U.N. rights spokesman, said. "It will be examined carefully," Colville told a news briefing in Geneva, saying it may be difficult to identify the perpetrators and the location where the footage was recorded. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tanzanian police clash with protesters over arrested cleric Friday, Nov 02, 2012 08:05 AM PDT  DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Muslim protesters clashed with police in Tanzania's commercial capital on Friday during a protest over the arrest of a hardline Islamic cleric, witnesses said. Police fired tear gas and at least 30 people were arrested. Similar demonstrations have erupted sporadically over the last few weeks, raising religious tensions in the relatively stable and secular east African country. Sheikh Ponda Issa Ponda was arrested last month and charged with illegally trespassing on private property and theft. He is in police custody after failing to make bail. ... Full Story | Top |
| War-crime accusations emerge as Syrian rebels take strategic town Friday, Nov 02, 2012 05:42 AM PDT • A daily summary of global reports on security issues. Full Story | Top |
| Prominent Irish nationalist arrested over North Ireland shooting Friday, Nov 02, 2012 05:41 AM PDT  BELFAST (Reuters) - An Irish nationalist acquitted earlier this year of the murder of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland was arrested on Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a prison officer the previous day, a security source said. The murder of David Black, 52, was the first killing of a Northern Irish prison officer in almost 20 years and the fifth fatal attack on a member of the security establishment since the 1998 Good Friday peace deal, which largely ended three decades of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland. ... Full Story | Top |
| Syrian killings on video appear to be war crime, U.N. says Friday, Nov 02, 2012 04:06 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - A video appearing to show Syrian rebels killing soldiers who had surrendered must be verified but appears to constitute a war crime that should be prosecuted, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. "Like other videos of this sort, it's difficult to verify immediately in terms of location, who's involved. We need to examine this carefully. It will be examined carefully," U.N. human rights spokesman Rupert Colville told a news briefing. "But the allegations are that these were soldiers who were no longer combatants. ... Full Story | Top |
| 2 IRA suspects arrested over prison guard killing Friday, Nov 02, 2012 03:02 AM PDT  Northern Ireland police arrested two suspected Irish Republican Army militants Friday on suspicion of killing an off-duty prison officer, a rare slaying that has inspired political condemnation across Britain and Ireland. Full Story | Top |
| Man arrested after pulling gun on motorist in New York City gas line Friday, Nov 02, 2012 01:42 AM PDT NEW YORK, N.Y. - The fight for fuel after superstorm Sandy is starting to get nasty. Full Story | Top |
| NYC man arrested after pulling gun in gas line Friday, Nov 02, 2012 01:23 AM PDT The fight for fuel after Superstorm Sandy is starting to get nasty. Full Story | Top |
| Calif. death penalty opponents say it's too costly Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:56 PM PDT Death penalty opponents in California are trying a new argument this year: Abolish capital punishment because the perpetually cash-strapped state just can't afford it. Full Story | Top |
| Bahrain activist sentenced for anti-king web posts Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:27 PM PDT A civil court has sentenced an online activist to six months in prison on charges of insulting the Gulf nation's king in Twitter posts, the official news agency said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Comedian Starr arrested in Savile abuse case - TV Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:08 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested comedian Freddie Starr on Thursday as part of an investigation triggered by allegations that the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused hundreds of children, media reported. Police said in a statement they had arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of sex offences. The man was identified by Sky News and ITV News as Starr, who earlier had offered to talk to police. ... Full Story | Top |
| British comic Starr arrested in Savile abuse case: TV Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 02:31 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested comedian Freddie Starr on Thursday as part of an investigation triggered by allegations that the late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile sexually abused hundreds of children, media reported. Police said in a statement they had arrested a man in his 60s on suspicion of sex offences. The man was identified by Sky News and ITV News as Starr, who earlier had offered to talk to police. ... Full Story | Top |
| UK comedian arrested by sex scandal detectives Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:50 PM PDT  The child abuse scandal consuming the legacy of the late entertainer Jimmy Savile netted its second celebrity arrest Thursday as police swooped in on British comedian Freddie Starr, media reported. Executors of Savile's estate also said they were freezing his assets, clearing the way for a host of potential lawsuits. Full Story | Top |
| Greek journalist acquitted in Swiss accounts scandal Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:48 PM PDT  ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek journalist who published the names of more than 2,000 of his compatriots who held Swiss bank accounts was acquitted on Thursday in a case that touched a nerve over the role of tax evasion in the country's debt crisis. The trial of Costas Vaxevanis, editor of the weekly Hot Doc magazine, had aroused international concern and intense interest among Greeks hit by the impact of the country's economic collapse and angry at the privileges of the elite. ... Full Story | Top |
| Greek publisher acquitted in privacy case Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:06 PM PDT A magazine publisher was acquitted on Thursday of breaching privacy laws by printing a list allegedly naming Greeks with bank accounts in Switzerland. The list has touched off a fierce debate in the nearly bankrupt country after governments failed to use it to check for possible tax evasion by rich depositors. Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court weighs expanded warnings on deportation risk Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:02 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the future of thousands of immigrants at stake, the Supreme Court on Thursday considered whether to extend a rule that requires lawyers to tell clients who are not citizens that they can be deported if they plead guilty to crimes. A decision could prove significant to non-citizens who had ineffective counsel before March 2010, when the court, in Padilla v. Kentucky, said immigrants deserve to be told at least some consequences of guilty pleas. Federal appeals courts have since divided on whether the decision should apply retroactively. ... Full Story | Top |
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