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S.Africa allegedly paid $10 mn to host World Cup: US South African officials paid more than $10 million in bribes to host the 2010 World Cup and handed over a briefcase stuffed with $10,000 stacks of banknotes in Paris.

28 May 2015

FIFA scandal: McDonald's, other World Cup sponsors concerned Key World Cup sponsors including McDonald's, Adidas and Budweiser expressed strong concerns after global football body FIFA was enveloped by a new corruption scandal.

28 May 2015

FIFA office raided in probe linked to 2018, 2022 World Cups Swiss police on Wednesday raided the headquarters of FIFA, seizing documents in a probe linked to fraud in the awarding of the 2018 and 2020 World Cups.

27 May 2015

EU urges Burundi to prosecute opposition leader's killers The EU urged Burundi's government to prosecute the killers of an opposition leader and prevent the violence in the central African country from worsening.

25 May 2015

Ukraine court orders arrest of two 'Russian soldiers' A Kiev court ordered two suspected Russian soldiers who were captured by Ukrainian troops in the separatist east to be placed in pre-trial detention until July 19.

23 May 2015

Turkish paper fined, model on trial for 'Erdogan insults' A Turkish court fined a leading newspaper for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan while a top model went on trial on similar charges.

22 May 2015

Hungary's Orban angers EU over death penalty, migrants Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban angered EU lawmakers and officials by insisting that Budapest had the right to debate closing the door to migrants.

20 May 2015

Russia indicts extradited tycoon for theft Russian authorities on Monday issued an indictment for fraud against tycoon Sergei Polonsky, less than a day after flying him in from Cambodia.

19 May 2015

Ex-tennis star Bob Hewitt jailed for rape in S.Africa Australian-born former tennis Grand Slam champion Bob Hewitt was sentenced to six years in jail in South Africa for raping and assaulting young girls he coac.

19 May 2015

EU denounces Morsi death sentence The European Union denounced Sunday the death sentence handed down against Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi and at least 100 others.

18 May 2015

American activist wants cooperation with Kazakh government on fatal police shooting cases American activist Michael Mohammed seeks contacts with the Kazakh government in order to "bring to justice" the police officer who killed a Kazakhstani citizen four years ago and a black man last month.

14 May 2015

Bollywood's Khan jailed for 5 years for deadly hit-and-run Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was sentenced to five years in prison for killing a homeless man with his SUV in a 2002 hit-and-run after a night out drinking at an upmarket bar.

06 May 2015

Charlie Hebdo cartoonists reject Texas attack comparison Two Charlie Hebdo journalists have rejected any suggestion of similarities between a deadly attack on the French satirical magazine and a failed armed assault on a Mohammed cartoon event in Texas.

05 May 2015

Merkel defends cooperation with US spy agency German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted her country needed to work with American intelligence agencies, in the wake of claims Berlin helped the US spy on EU leaders and companies.

05 May 2015

Boston bomber emotional as aunt breaks down on stand Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev showed emotion in court for the first time, wiping his eyes.

05 May 2015

Bieber plays down 'rumours' over Italy police quizzing Pop star Justin Bieber laughed off media reports that he was quizzed by police in Rome over Argentina's request for him to be arrested.

30 April 2015

Baltimore braces for fresh large-scale protest National Guard troops patrolled the tense streets of Baltimore in large numbers in anticipation of a fresh large-scale protest over the death of a young African-American man in police custody.

30 April 2015

From drunk to radical, how a Boston bomber was born Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a flashy dresser who smoked pot and drank alcohol before his dreams of becoming a boxing champion were crushed.

29 April 2015

Baltimore police use smoke bombs, pepper pellets on protesters Police in Baltimore fired smoke bombs and pepper pellets at hundreds of protesters who defied a night-time curfew that took effect across the city.

29 April 2015

Maddie McCann parents win 500,000 euros in Portugal libel case A former Portuguese police officer who headed the investigation into the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann was ordered to pay 500,000 euros to her parents in a libel case.

29 April 2015

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