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#YesAllWomen campaign hits Twitter after US shooting
A campaign on Twitter denouncing misogyny has gathered thousands of followers after a bloody rampage in California by a 22-year-old virgin who said he was motivated by hatred of women.
27 May 2014
'We know where missing girls are': Nigeria's top brass
Nigeria's highest ranking military officer on Monday gave a glimmer of hope to the families of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants, revealing they had located the missing teenagers.
27 May 2014
Japan woman's body sent by mail marked 'doll'
Murder detectives were Monday investigating the case of a young nurse whose corpse was sent by parcel post across Japan in a box that claimed to contain a doll.
26 May 2014
Snatched women defend US kidnap victim
So why didn't she just leave?
That's the question being increasingly asked in California after a 25-year-old woman came forward saying she had been kidnapped a decade ago and held against her will, while being repeatedly sexually abused.
24 May 2014
Iran hangs man convicted of $2.6 bn bank scam
An Iranian businessman convicted of masterminding a $2.6 billion banking scam, the biggest fraud case in the country's history, was hanged on Saturday, state media reported.
24 May 2014
CICA adopts Shanghai declaration
Participants of the 4th Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) have adopted a Shanghai declaration.
23 May 2014
Mexico arrests suspected mastermind of mass kidnapping
Mexican authorities have arrested the man suspected of ordering the murder of 13 young people who were kidnapped in a brazen daytime abduction in the capital last year.
23 May 2014
Peter Baruch's parents asking pardon for their son
Uralsk prosecutors have received a letter from the parents of Peter Baruch, the British oilman charged with corrupting minors in Kazakhstan.
22 May 2014
Driver with 'device' strapped on his head held in Australia
A truck driver caused traffic chaos in Melbourne Thursday by speeding the wrong way down a freeway with what was feared to be an explosive device strapped to his head, police said.
22 May 2014
New York arrests 70 for child porn
Two police officers, a rabbi and a Boy Scout leader are among 70 men and one woman arrested on child pornography charges in the largest such bust in New York, officials said Wednesday.
22 May 2014
Man charged with arson amid raging California fires
A 57 year-old man was charged Friday with starting one of the several fires tearing across southern California that has killed at least one person, local police said.
17 May 2014
Kazakhstan sees 31 policemen convicted for torture
35 torture cases have been initiated and 31 policemen convicted in Kazakhstan.
17 May 2014
Two US men arrested for burying woman alive
Two American men have been accused of burying a woman alive, according to court documents released Friday after the pair was arrested and charged with murder.
17 May 2014
Uralsk corruption of minors case against British oil worker still not in court
Peter Baruch’s corruption of minors case has been transferred on to the prosecutor’s office.
13 May 2014
Japan bus-jacker 'wanted to see parents'
A middle-aged man who allegedly hijacked a bus because he wanted to visit his parents was arrested in Japan, police said Monday, after he let the driver go to the toilet.
12 May 2014
Philippines probes diplomat in Canada 'nanny trafficking'
The Philippine government said Saturday it was investigating a Filipina diplomat charged in Canada for alleged human trafficking involving the exploitation of her nanny.
12 May 2014
Gerry Adams 'received death threat' after release
Irish republican leader Gerry Adams received a "credible" death threat following his release after four days of questioning over a notorious IRA killing in Belfast, his party said.
06 May 2014
Brutal child murders spark outrage in Turkey
Several brutal murders of children have sparked outrage across Turkey, prompting calls to bring back the death penalty and leading the government to stiffen sentences for child killers.
06 May 2014
Tug of war over stolen lion in Brazil
A male lion named Rawell is at the center of an ownership dispute in Brazil after the creature was abducted from his sanctuary and surfaced later hundreds of kilometers away.
05 May 2014
Greece arrests four Serbian 'Pink Panther' jewel thieves
Greek police said Saturday they have arrested four Serbian suspected members of a gang of international jewel thieves known as the Pink Panthers.
05 May 2014