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Irish examining possibility of other mass baby graves
Irish officials will investigate if the mass grave for almost 800 babies discovered near a home for unmarried mothers run by nuns is an isolated case, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said Thursday.
07 June 2014
UN inquiry finds war crimes on both sides in C. Africa
UN investigators say talk of genocide or ethnic cleaning in the Central African Republic is premature, but that evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity exists on both sides.
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
Malaysian police arrest 13 over gang-rape of teen
Malaysian police have arrested at least 13 people -- many of who are related -- over the alleged gang-rape of a 15-year-old girl, reports said.
30 May 2014
Montreal policeman caught having sex in squad car
A photo of a Montreal policeman having sex in his squad car was widely circulated online, prompting an investigation.
29 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
Boston marathon bombs made with Christmas-light fuses
The twin bombs that went off at the Boston Marathon last year were made using improvised fuses from Christmas lights and detonators constructed from model car parts, US prosecutors said.
23 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
Kazakhstan sees 31 policemen convicted for torture
35 torture cases have been initiated and 31 policemen convicted in Kazakhstan.
17 May 2014
Petrobras probe on US refinery 'near end'
An internal investigation of Petrobras' controversial $1.1 billion purchase of a Texas refinery is nearing completion, the Brazilian state oil giant's chief said.
13 May 2014
FBI seeks victims of major international pedophile
The FBI was Thursday hastily seeking to identify victims of a serial pedophile who drugged and molested dozens of children over four decades teaching at international schools around the world.
25 April 2014
Angry scenes as Chinese MH370 relatives meet airline staff
A meeting between relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing flight MH370 and Malaysia Airlines staff descended into chaos Thursday, with police stepping in to separate both sides amid angry scenes in a Beijing hotel.
25 April 2014
Peru probes killing of endangered penguins
Peruvian authorities announced an investigation Tuesday into the killing of five penguins fund slashed to death at a center for endangered species.
24 April 2014
Brazil ex-leader Kubitschek was not murdered
Former Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek was not murdered by the country's military dictatorship but died in 1976 due to a car crash, a panel said.
23 April 2014
Two-thirds of underwater search done, no sign of MH370
Two-thirds of the planned underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been completed, with no signs so far of the jet, Australian officials said.
21 April 2014
Brazil names 46 suspects in money-laundering, drug probe
Police in Brazil have named 46 people, including an ex-executive at oil giant Petrobras, as suspects in an alleged $4.5 billion money laundering and drug operation, officials said.
18 April 2014
US launches probe into weight loss company Herbalife
US authorities have opened a criminal probe into the nutrition and weight loss company Herbalife Ltd., according to media reports Saturday.
13 April 2014
Focus on small and medium-sized business: Nazarbayev
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has spoken about the strategic importance of small and medium-sized business in Kazakhstan at the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) meeting.
11 April 2014
Family of four found dead in Pavlodar suburbs
A family of four has been found dead in a suburb of Pavlodar.
09 April 2014
Planes, ships deployed to investigate Chinese signal
Planes and ships were being diverted Sunday to the area where a Chinese vessel detected signals consistent with a black box beacon in the hunt for missing flight MH370, the search chief said.
06 April 2014