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Spain's Princess Cristina faces trial threat Spain's Princess Cristina, a sister of the new King Felipe VI, will discover Wednesday whether she faces the threat of an unprecedented criminal corruption trial.

25 June 2014

Florida executes death-row inmate, third in US in 24 hours Florida put to death a convicted double killer, the third execution in 24 hours in the United States, amid a raging controversy over lethal injection methods.

19 June 2014

Frenchman convicted of kidnapping daughter's killer A 76-year-old Frenchman was convicted Wednesday of having kidnapped a German ex-doctor who had killed his daughter, but he avoided jail time as the court handed down a suspended sentence.

18 June 2014

Aliyev may spend life behind bars in Austria According to Austrian law, in case Aliyev is found guilty of the murder of two Kazakhstani bankers, he will spend at least 20 years behind bars.

18 June 2014

Kazakhstan demands Khrapunov extradition from Switzerland Kazakhstan has requested extradition of a former Akim (Mayor) of Almaty city Victor Khrapunov.

16 June 2014

'Utterly evil' Australian baby killer gets life An "utterly evil" Australian man who killed a 10-month-old boy by bludgeoning him with a homemade baton during a burglary was Friday jailed for life.

14 June 2014

Death sentences reversed in China rape case A Chinese court overturned death sentences imposed on two men who allegedly forced into prostitution the daughter of a social campaigner, media reported Friday, the latest development in the high-profile case.

13 June 2014

Tenizbayev to compete for place in national taekwondo team after London incident Kazakhstani taekwondo sportsman Azamat Tenizbayev will participate in his first competition in Almaty since his arrival from London, where he spent 6 month on charges of sexual harassment.

12 June 2014

Indian woman says police gang-raped her inside station An Indian woman said Thursday she was gang-raped by four officers at a police station, the latest in a string of shocking sex attacks in the troubled state of Uttar Pradesh.

12 June 2014

Four killed trying to leave Cuba illegally: authorities Four people were killed while trying to leave Cuba illegally by sea and six suspects have been arrested, authorities said.

12 June 2014

Vegas cop killers 'had pro-gun militia links' A gun-toting couple possibly linked to anti-government militias killed two US cops execution-style and left a swastika on the bodies, in America's latest chilling shooting rampage, police said.

11 June 2014

15 bodies found in northwest Mexico Police in northwestern Mexico found 12 bullet-riddled bodies in a pickup truck Monday, as well as three men who had been shot dead in a separate case, authorities said.

10 June 2014

Two Politkovskaya murderers sentenced to life imprisonment A Russian court on Monday sentenced two men found guilty of the murder of prominent journalist Anna Politkovskaya to life imprisonment, and handed lengthy prison terms to three others involved in the killing.

10 June 2014

Frenchman faces 17-year term on Indonesia meth charges An Indonesian prosecutor on Monday recommended a 17-year jail sentence for a Frenchman accused of smuggling a huge stash of crystal methamphetamine into the resort island of Bali.

09 June 2014

Five dead in 'tragic' Las Vegas shooting Two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian were killed in an apparent ambush Sunday that ended with the two gunmen killing themselves.

09 June 2014

Canada cop killer suspect charged with murder The suspect in the cold-blooded killing of three Canadian policemen was arrested after a 30-hour manhunt and charged Friday with murder and attempted murder.

07 June 2014

Gunman kills one, injures three on Seattle campus A lone gunman killed one person and injured three others Thursday on a college campus in the northwestern US city of Seattle, where the mayor denounced America's "epidemic of gun violence."

06 June 2014

Soldier quizzed over Alps murders dies in apparent suicide A former French Legionnaire, questioned during the course of the investigation into the 2012 murder of four people in the French Alps, committed suicide on Tuesday, police said.

04 June 2014

Internet character inspired US girls to stab friend Two 12-year-old American girls, charged as adults and facing up to 65 years jail time for trying to stab a friend to death, were inspired by a fictional character, local media reported.

04 June 2014

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