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Batman shooter sent warning package: report
Alleged Colorado shooter James Holmes reportedly sent a warning package to a psychiatrist at his former university with a notebook and drawings of his plans to massacre people.
27 July 2012
Chelakh declared sane
Vladislav Chelakh suspected of murdering 15 fellow militarymen at Arkankergen border has been declared sane.
27 July 2012
Cyber defenders urged to go on the offense
Computer security champions on Wednesday were urged to hunt down and eliminate hackers, spies, terrorists and other online evildoers to prevent devastating Internet Age attacks.
27 July 2012
Chelakh withdrew his plea of guilty
Vladislav Chelakh suspected of murdering 15 fellow militarymen at Arkankergen border post has withdrawn his plea of guilty.
26 July 2012
Odd appearance by Colorado shooting suspect
His hair dyed orange, eyes staring out blankly or drooping shut, presumed Colorado gunman James Holmes seemed unhinged Monday as he made a bizarre first appearance in court.
24 July 2012
Georgia to execute mentally handicapped man
Barring a last minute intervention by the US Supreme Court, a mentally handicapped man will be executed Monday in Georgia, despite protests from around the world -- and from the victim's family.
23 July 2012
Texas executes mentally handicapped man despite UN protest
Texas executed a convict Wednesday, despite proof of a mental disorder developed in his childhood, prison authorities from the southern US state said.
20 July 2012
Mexican minister suggests mobile app to fight crime
Mexico's interior minister suggested Wednesday that a mobile software app could help crack down on the country's crippling drug-related crime.
19 July 2012
July 22, 2011, the day hell descended on Norwegian island
Ordinarily peaceful Norway, known for tolerance and high living standards, was wrenched out of its serenity that Friday, July 22, 2011, when two deadly attacks from within plunged the nation into horror.
19 July 2012
Google chief declares war on 'illicit networks'
Google chief Eric Schmidt declared war on international criminals Tuesday, vowing to harness technology to battle "illicit networks" around the world.
18 July 2012
Syrian consulate burnt in Almaty oblast
The consulate’s personnel believe that criminals threw incendiary bottles at the building.
17 July 2012
'Canadian pyscho' victim's mother pained by online video
The mother of the Chinese student victim in the "Canadian Psycho" murder and dismemberment case says her "most unbearable pain" is that the killing is still watched online.
17 July 2012
Hungary shown 'new evidence on No 1 Nazi suspect'
The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre confirmed Sunday that Laszlo Csatary, accused of complicity in the killings of 15,700 Jews, had been tracked down to the Hungarian capital.
16 July 2012
Seven headless bodies found in central Mexico
Police in south-central Mexico found seven headless bodies Thursday in a vehicle parked by a highway, and later came upon their heads scattered across Morelos state.
13 July 2012
Australians being fleeced by fake investment schemes
Australians have been fleeced out of more than Aus$113 million (US$115 million) in the last five years by complex fake investment schemes run by overseas criminal gangs.
09 July 2012
First witness to take stand against Ratko Mladic
UN prosecutors open their case Monday against Bosnian Serb ex-military chief Ratko Mladic before the Yugoslav war crimes court, with their first witness to testify on how he survived a mass execution in 1992.
09 July 2012
Police find 'Canadian Psycho' victim's head
Canadian police confirmed Wednesday that a head found in a Montreal park does belong to the Chinese student victim in the "Canadian Psycho" murder and dismemberment case.
05 July 2012
31 Kazakhstan citizens are wanted by Interpol
Three of the most "popular" charges include Fraud (16 cases), Organized Crime (10 cases) and Threat to Life and Health (5 cases).
02 July 2012
Rakhat Aliyev searching for ways to flee to United States
Malta Today has recently published an article on the criminal investigation held by Austrian prosecutors into Rakhat Aliyev's case.
29 June 2012
Kazakhstan will encourage squealing
Kazakhstan financial police is going to present a draft decree allowing to pay remuneration to Kazakhstan citizens who nose upon stealing officials.
23 June 2012