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| 'Ten Most Wanted' suspect pleads not guilty in NY Monday, Mar 31, 2014 12:53 PM PDT CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — A purported member of the El Salvador-based MS-13 street gang charged in the killings of his 19-year-old girlfriend and her toddler son was ordered held without bail during his arraignment Monday. Full Story | Top |
| 'Ten Most Wanted' suspect pleads not guilty in US Monday, Mar 31, 2014 12:39 PM PDT CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — An alleged member of a Salvadoran-based street gang suspected in the execution-style killings of his 19-year-old girlfriend and her toddler son has been ordered held without bail in New York. Full Story | Top |
| Jury: White officers falsely arrested black teen Monday, Mar 31, 2014 10:56 AM PDT  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three white officers accused in a federal civil rights lawsuit of beating a black art student falsely arrested him but didn't use excessive force, a jury found Monday, awarding him $119,000 in damages. Full Story | Top |
| Jury selection begins in Apple-Samsung case Monday, Mar 31, 2014 10:32 AM PDT  SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Jury selection began Monday in the latest legal battle between the fiercest rivals in the world of smartphones, with Apple and Samsung accusing each other, once again, of ripping off designs and features. Full Story | Top |
| Former Italian PM Berlusconi acquitted in Unipol takeover case Monday, Mar 31, 2014 10:11 AM PDT  An appeals court on Monday acquitted former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi due to the statute of limitations in a case related to a 2005 attempt by insurer Unipol to take over bank Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL). In March 2013 Berlusconi was sentenced to one year in jail for allegedly leaking confidential information to a newspaper owned by his brother about an investigation into the takeover attempt. Italian daily Il Giornale published details of a wire-tapped phone conversation about the BNL deal between former centre-left leader Piero Fassino and the former head of Unipol. Full Story | Top |
| Brits arrested for Nigeria oil theft 'innocent': employer Monday, Mar 31, 2014 08:07 AM PDT  Two British nationals arrested for an alleged plot to steal oil from a pipeline in Nigeria are "totally innocent" and should be released immediately, according to their employer. Maritime security company Port2Port West Africa said the charges against Vincent Haywood and Piers Eastwood were baseless and that it was working with the Nigerian authorities to secure their release. "The arrest of our personnel is completely unjustifiable," company chairman Edward Aina said in a statement seen by AFP on Saturday. Former Royal Marine commandos Haywood, 32, and Eastwood, 39, were arrested on March 21 in Warri, southwest Nigeria, on suspicion of attempting to bribe a senior military commander. Full Story | Top |
| Libya: Militiamen arrested on Korean tanker freed Monday, Mar 31, 2014 06:30 AM PDT TRIPOLI (AP) — An official at the office of Libya's chief prosecutor says authorities have released three militiamen arrested on board a North Korean-flagged tanker that tried to illegally take oil out of the country. Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Crime and corruption among Israel's political elite Monday, Mar 31, 2014 01:29 AM PDT Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was found guilty of corruption on Monday in a case revolving around a contested real estate deal during his time as Jerusalem mayor. Here is a look at some prominent Israeli politicians who were convicted of offences or forced to leave office because of indiscretions. * EHUD OLMERT: Olmert served as mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003 and became prime minister in 2006, but quit two years later when various allegations of corruption surfaced. He was largely acquitted in one major case in 2012, but any hopes he might have had of a political comeback have been killed off by Monday's bribery conviction tied to the construction of the Holyland apartment complex in Jerusalem. Full Story | Top |
| Official: Man scaled White House fence, arrested Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 03:07 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a man has been arrested after he climbed over a fence at the White House. Full Story | Top |
| Rio police storm vast crime-ridden favela near airport Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:42 PM PDT  More than 1,000 Brazilian police backed by helicopters and naval armored vehicles took over a favela near Rio de Janeiro's international airport Sunday, less than three months before the World Cup. The swiftly conducted dawn operation was the latest attempt to drive drug gangs out of the notorious Mare shanty town, a haven for organized crime and one of the city's most dangerous places. The Mare complex, home to 130,000 people, is a potential through route for tens of thousands of football fans flying in and out of the metropolis, which will stage seven World Cup matches -- including the July 13 final. Members of the feared Special Police Operations Battalion swarmed through the favela in 15 minutes without facing resistance, while helicopters buzzed overhead. Full Story | Top |
| 'Naive' duo arrested at Vatican with 2.8 trillion euro in fake bonds Sunday, Mar 30, 2014 02:04 PM PDT Italian police earlier this month arrested two "naive" men who tried to enter the Vatican carrying fake bonds with an apparent value of some 2.8 trillion euros, Vatican officials said on Sunday. The American and Dutchman appeared on March 11 at St. Anne's Gate at the Vatican saying they wanted to go the to the Vatican bank, which is not open to the general public. The guards became suspicious and looked in their briefcase, where they found the bonds, some of which had a face value of 500 million euros. The Vatican police called Italian police, who searched the men's hotel and found rubber stamps, embossers and other instruments for making counterfeit bonds. Full Story | Top |
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