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| Suspect in killing of US diplomat arrested in Mali Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 09:15 AM PST BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A member of an extremist group wanted in the fatal carjacking of an American official in Niger more than a decade ago has been arrested by French soldiers in northern Mali, prosecutors said. Full Story | Top |
| Exclusive: Ex-UBS banker Weil agrees to be extradited to U.S. Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 09:09 AM PST  By Valentina Accardo BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - Raoul Weil, a former UBS banker charged by U.S. authorities five years ago for allegedly helping rich Americans dodge taxes via secret Swiss bank accounts, has agreed to go to the United States to face trial after being arrested in Italy, Weil's lawyer and judicial sources told Reuters. Italian authorities have not received a formal request for extradition, but have received indications that such a request is on the way, the sources said. Full Story | Top |
| Niger says fugitive wanted by FBI arrested in northern Mali Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 07:30 AM PST A Malian man wanted by the United States for killing a U.S. diplomat in Niger in 2000 and convicted for a deadly attack on Saudi tourists there in 2009, has been arrested by French forces in northern Mali, Niger said on Thursday. Alhassane Ould Mohamed, 42, also known as "Cheibani", was among 22 prisoners, several of them Islamist militants, who escaped from a prison in Niger's capital in June. "I can confirm the arrest on Tuesday of Alhassane Ould Mohamed. He was arrested by French security forces," Marou Amadou, Niger's justice minister and government spokesman, told a news conference in Niamey. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Austrian player arrested in match-fixing case Thursday, Nov 28, 2013 04:32 AM PST Austrian footballer Dominique Taboga, released by his club two weeks ago over match-fixing allegations, has been arrested, state prosecutors said. The 31-year-old defender was arrested on Wednesday in the town of Kaernten, Marcus Neher, spokesman for the Salzburg prosecution service, told the Austria Press Agency (APA). Taboga left first-division club SV Groedig by mutual consent on Nov. 14 after the club said he had admitted trying to persuade four team mates to manipulate matches. Three men, including former Austria international forward Sanel Kuljic, are already being held in custody over allegations that they tried to blackmail Taboga in the case. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt policemen 'acquitted on torture charges' Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 04:44 PM PST  A Cairo court on Thursday acquitted three police officers on charges of torturing five Islamist militants who were in their custody during the rule of former president Hosni Mubarak, judicial sources said. The judgement comes a day after a court in Egypt's second city of Alexandria sentenced 14 women it said belonged to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood to 11 years in jail, and another seven minor girls to a juvenile detention centre. Their sentencing is the latest in an ongoing government crackdown against supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi since the army toppled him on July 3. Full Story | Top |
| Four Knuckleheads Arrested for Using a Drone to Drop Contraband In a Prison Yard Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 12:51 PM PST WALB News reports that a lieutenant at the Calhoun State prison (obviously) saw the device zipping around the prison's gates and started searching for it. Sheriff Josh Hilton said this was the first time he's seen this type of thing: Full Story | Top |
| New Hope for American Arrested as CIA 'Spy' in Iran? Wednesday, Nov 27, 2013 12:35 PM PST  Sister: Nuclear Deal a Good Sign for Former Marine Amir Hekmati, Who 'Confessed' to Espionage in Iran in 2011 Full Story | Top |
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