China sentences 6 in graduate exam cheating scheme

BEIJING (AP) — Six people have been imprisoned for up to four years for their part in a scheme to cheat on China’s national graduate school exam, state media reported Wednesday. Exam takers were provided with wireless transmitters and receivers and told to read the questions out loud, according to the reports. Researchers off-site would... Read More

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August 6, 2018

England cricket player Stokes goes on trial for street fight

BRISTOL, England (AP) — England cricket player Ben Stokes has gone on trial over a fight outside a nightclub in which he is accused of knocking two men unconscious. Prosecutor Nicholas Corsellis says Stokes “lost his control and started to attack with revenge, retaliation or punishment in mind.” The alleged fight happened in the early... Read More

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Ben Stokes

August 3, 2018

Top German court throws out elderly neo-Nazi’s appeal

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has thrown out a notorious elderly neo-Nazi’s case against her conviction for Holocaust denial, ruling that her activities are not covered by a constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression. In May, 89-year-old Ursula Haverbeck was taken to prison to begin serving a two-year sentence for incitement handed down last... Read More

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Ursula Haverbeck

August 2, 2018

Germany: 4 men on trial over darknet child porn site

BERLIN (AP) — Four men have gone on trial in Germany over their alleged involvement in running a child pornography platform that authorities took offline last year. News agency dpa reported that the defendants face charges of distributing child porn, and in some cases child abuse in the trial at the Limburg state court that... Read More

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July 31, 2018

Germany: Court acquits man accused of July 2000 bombing

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has acquitted a man accused in an 18-year-old bombing that injured 10 recent immigrants from eastern Europe, including six Jews. The 52-year-old man, whose name wasn’t released in accordance with privacy laws, had been considered a suspect in the July 2000 bombing in a Duesseldorf subway station, but at... Read More

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Germany

July 30, 2018

Force India still racing in Hungary despite court hearing

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Sergio Perez revealed he took legal action against Force India to save the future of the Formula One team by forcing it into administration. The Silverstone-based team went into administration following a court hearing late Friday in London. Action was brought against the team by the Mexican driver, and supported by... Read More

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Sergio Perez

July 30, 2018

UK court ruling seen as landmark in right-to-die cases

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s highest court has ruled that the family of a patient in a persistently vegetative state does not need to seek a court’s permission to have life support removed. The landmark ruling Monday comes in a case involving a man who suffered a brain injury. The 52-year-old man, identified as Mr. Y,... Read More

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July 30, 2018

Serbian lawyers go on strike to protest slaying of colleague

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Lawyers in Serbia declared a weeklong strike Sunday to protest the killing of a prominent attorney who was on the legal team that defended former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal. Dragoslav Ognjanovic, 56, was gunned down late Saturday outside his home in the new part of... Read More

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Dragoslav Ognjanovic

July 30, 2018

Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 sit-in

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday, including top figures of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in, state media reported. The Cairo Criminal Court referred the sentences to the Grand Mufti — the country’s top theological authority — for his non-binding opinion as... Read More

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July 24, 2018

Mere gun lover, or Siberian spy? Maria Butina’s curious path

MOSCOW (AP) — Maria Butina seemed destined for bigger things than her Siberian outpost of a hometown. In her early 20s, she built a budding political career, a mini furniture empire and a Russian gun rights movement — and she’s now in jail on suspicion of spying on the United States. Butina, 29, faced a... Read More

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Maria Butina

July 24, 2018

UK silent on US death penalty concerns for alleged jihadis

LONDON (AP) — A furor has erupted over leaked documents showing that British officials are not requiring their U.S. counterparts to provide assurances that two alleged British jihadis linked to the Islamic State group will not be executed if they are eventually put on trial in the United States. The Daily Telegraph said Monday it... Read More

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Execution, Jihadis

July 19, 2018

Rock icon Cliff Richard wins UK High Court privacy case

LONDON (AP) — British rock icon Cliff Richard was awarded 210,000 pounds ($273,000) in damages Wednesday after winning a privacy lawsuit against the BBC for its coverage of a police raid at his home. Richard had sued the broadcaster for its coverage of the 2014 raid, when police were investigating alleged sex offenses. The coverage... Read More

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Cliff Richard

July 19, 2018

Spanish judge drops extradition requests for 6 Catalans

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Thursday dropped his extradition requests for six Catalan separatist politicians wanted on rebellion charges, including ex-regional president Carles Puigdemont. Puigdemont fled to Belgium after an Oct. 1 referendum to avoid arrest and then eventually traveled to Germany, where he was taken into custody in March. The... Read More

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Carles Puigdemont

July 19, 2018

Tale of sex, deception emerges about suspected Russian agent

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 29-year-old gun-rights activist suspected of being a covert Russian agent was likely in contact with Kremlin operatives while living in the United States, prosecutors said Wednesday, accusing her of using sex and deception to forge influential connections. The woman, Maria Butina, was photographed by the FBI dining privately with a Russian... Read More

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Maria Butina

China sentences 6 in graduate exam cheating scheme

England cricket player Stokes goes on trial for street fight

Top German court throws out elderly neo-Nazi’s appeal

Germany: 4 men on trial over darknet child porn site

Germany: Court acquits man accused of July 2000 bombing

Force India still racing in Hungary despite court hearing

UK court ruling seen as landmark in right-to-die cases

Serbian lawyers go on strike to protest slaying of colleague

Egypt court sentences 75 to death over 2013 sit-in

Mere gun lover, or Siberian spy? Maria Butina’s curious path

UK silent on US death penalty concerns for alleged jihadis

Rock icon Cliff Richard wins UK High Court privacy case

Spanish judge drops extradition requests for 6 Catalans

Tale of sex, deception emerges about suspected Russian agent

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