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'America's worst nightmare' deserves death, trial hears Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is "America's worst nightmare" and deserves to die for perpetrating one of the bloodiest attacks on US soil since 9/11.
22 April 2015 11:44
Boston bomber back in court, prosecution demands death Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will return to court for the start of his sentencing trial when prosecutors will demand that the American jury condemn the 21-year-old to death.
21 April 2015 15:26
McDonald's faces 'cockroach burger' claim in New Zealand Fast food giant McDonald's said it was aware of a New Zealand woman's allegation she found a half-eaten cockroach in a hamburger bought at one of its South Island restaurants.
20 April 2015 14:46
Eight Corinthians football fans shot dead in Brazil Eight football fans were gunned down ahead of a semi-final match at the Corinthians fan club headquarters in Sao Paulo.
20 April 2015 13:18
Police frees Kazakh family taken hostage in Latvia In a special hostage rescue operation, Latvian police has freed a Kazakhstani family of four, who were kept hostage for their expensive property in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
12 April 2015 18:03
Aliyev case in Vienna becomes complicated The case involving the deceased ex-ambassador of Kazakhstan to Austria Rakhat Aliyev promises to become more complicated.
12 April 2015 16:33
Argentina requests Interpol notice for Bieber's arrest An Argentine judge has asked Interpol to issue a Red Notice for the arrest of pop star Justin Bieber over the alleged assault of a photographer outside a nightclub in 2013.
11 April 2015 12:26
Penalty phase of Boston bombings trial starts April 21 The sentencing phase of the Boston bombings trial, which will condemn convicted killer Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death or life imprisonment, will begin on April 21.
11 April 2015 12:18
Activists file Facebook class action suit in Austria An Austrian law graduate spearheading a class action case against Facebook for alleged privacy breaches officially filed the suit in a Vienna court.
09 April 2015 16:14
Florida judge strikes 'lurid' Prince Andrew sex claims A US judge has struck from the record "lurid" allegations by a woman who said she was forced into sexual relations with Britain's Prince Andrew when she was 17.
08 April 2015 14:33
Kazakhstan and Hungary to step up cooperation Kazakhstan and Hungary have agreed to strengthen cooperation in legal sphere.
07 April 2015 08:25
Knox 'relieved and grateful' after Italy verdict American Amanda Knox expressed "tremendous" relief after Italy's top court cleared her of the 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
28 March 2015 11:31
Amanda Knox's fate in hands of Italy's top court Amanda Knox will discover if she is to be definitively convicted of murder as Italy's top court resumes a hearing on the 2007 slaying of British student Meredith Kercher.
27 March 2015 13:12
Ukraine arrests officials on live TV, sacks powerful oligarch Ukraine dramatically arrested two top officials on graft charges at a televised cabinet meeting hours after the president sacked a powerful oligarch as regional governor.
26 March 2015 13:19
Elderly Thai man jailed for 'royal insult' graffiti An elderly Thai man was jailed by a military court for scrawling graffiti in a shopping mall toilet critical of the country's junta leaders and its revered king.
20 March 2015 15:40
Thai former PM Yingluck to face trial over rice scheme Thailand's former premier Yingluck Shinawatra was ordered to stand trial on charges of negligence over a bungled rice subsidy scheme.
19 March 2015 15:53
German art dealer gets six years in jail for cheating Aldi heir A German court sentenced Helge Achenbach, one of the country's best-known art dealers, to six years in prison for defrauding the heir of the Aldi supermarket chain.
17 March 2015 10:50
$1.5 million database for orphans and potential parents: Dealing with corruption in orphanages Prosecutor General's Office suggests a database as a solution for adoption related issues and crimes.
09 March 2015 12:17
Two Kazakh diplomats convicted in Germany sent back to Kazakhstan Two Kazakhstani diplomats charged with cigarette smuggling have been extradited to Kazakhstan.
05 March 2015 18:10
Kerry: US seeks 'transparent, real' probe into Nemtsov murder US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Russia to carry out a "thorough, transparent, real investigation" into the murder of a Russian opposition leader.
02 March 2015 12:58
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