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A new hearing regarding Ingmar Guandique, convicted in the Chandra Levy murder case, is set for today—but the media remains in the dark about new developments . A judge yesterday decided to keep transcripts of the latest proceedings sealed, and he's considering closing today's hearing, too, USA Today reports. The...

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Pussy Riot Appeal Conviction to European Court
TIME
(MOSCOW) — Lawyers for three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot are contesting their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Natalia Tolokonnikova were sentenced to ...
Pussy Riot Claims Russia Violated Expression, Fair Trial RightsBloomberg
Pussy Riot case lodged with top Europe court: lawyerGlobalPost
Pussy Riot Appeal Conviction at European Court of Human RightsNovinite.com
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Australia rocked by allegations of drug and crime links in sports
CNN International
(CNN) -- An Australian government commission delivered a stunning blow to the sports-obsessed nation's self-image, alleging that many professional athletes are using forbidden drugs often supplied by organized crime groups. The Australian Crime ...
UPDATE 1-Australia to crack down on match fixing and crime in sportYahoo! Sports
Crime Commission report reveals widespread use of drugs, crime links in ...Washington Post
The ACC report on drugs and crime links in Australian sport explainedNEWS.com.au
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Pussy Riot appeal conviction to European Court
Huffington Post
MOSCOW — Lawyers for three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot are contesting their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Maria Alekhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Natalia Tolokonnikova were sentenced to two ...
Pussy Riot files complaint with ECHRRAPSI

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Hundreds mourn students slain in murder-suicide
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pubId=35121343001 Hundreds mourn students slain in murder-suicide Hundreds of people gathered to remember the two young teens tragically killed along with their father over the weekend in a murder-suicide. slain 11p murder sucide mourn local News ...

Despite family opposition, Eddie Ray Routh was released from the hospital two days before the shootings of American Sniper author Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield, a lawyer for Routh says. Routh's court-appointed legal team wants a psychiatric exam for the suspect to see if he's capable of standing...

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Corruption on the rise in Afghanistan
3News NZ
The United Nations says the cost of corruption rose sharply last year, and half of all Afghans bribed public officials for services. The UN says that while the number of people paying bribes actually declined by 9 percent from 2009, the amount of bribe ...
UN reveals sharp rise in Afghan corruption costsBreakingNews.ie
Afghanistan bribery cost 'increases sharply'BBC News

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'Don't Give Up On Us': Puerto Ricans Wrestle With High Crime
NPR
Faced with a deteriorating economy, increased poverty and a swelling crime rate, many Puerto Ricans are fleeing the island for the U.S. mainland. In a four-part series, Morning Edition explores this phenomenon, and how Puerto Rico's troubles are ...

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Alaska State Troopers are working to figure out what killed 13-year-old Mackenzie H. Howard, a teenaged girl from the Southeast village of Kake. The teen's... AlaskaDispatch.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alaskadispatchcom/

Cost of Afghan corruption rose sharply last year, with half the population ...
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KABUL, Afghanistan – The United Nations says the cost of corruption rose sharply last year, and half of all Afghans bribed public officials for services. The U.N. says that while the number of people paying bribes actually declined by 9 percent from ...

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West Sacramento crime in 2012 far lower than PD's first figure
Sacramento Bee
The news, at first, was startling. Crime data released by West Sacramento police this week showed the city's violent and property crimes increased by 30 percent in 2012 from the previous year. On Wednesday, the West Sacramento Police Department ...

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NY appeals court won't block 3rd murder trial
Wall Street Journal
LOCKPORT, N.Y. — A New York man who acknowledges killing two high school classmates in 1981 will stand trial a third time for the deaths. The Buffalo News (http://bit.ly/TLYwIF ) reports that New York's Court of Appeals has rejected a Niagara County ...

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Muslims, Congress and running riot with propaganda
NitiCentral
Muslims want to forget Godhra riots and be led by a leader who is capable of taking the country down the road to prosperity. But Congress, which only believes in dynastic politics, fans memories of the unfortunate riots time and again to get political ...

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Drug addicts run riot at block of flats in Dover
This is Kent
The communal areas of the former Metropole Hotel in New Street has been broken into several times in recent weeks, with intruders injecting drugs on the stairs, letting dogs run riot and leaving human excrement behind them. Steve Davies, of managing ...

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ICAC exposes bribery allegations in Obeid corruption case
The Australian
When Paul Obeid, son of former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid, was asked by a Sydney corruption inquiry whether his younger brother might have been a conduit for inside information relating to a coal mining deal in the Hunter, he laughed. "No, not ...
Aussie corruption controversy snowballsMail & Guardian Online
Eddie Obeid's second day at corruption inquiryABC Online
Obeid son denies mining corruptionSydney Morning Herald
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Emperor Slides Amid China Anti-Corruption Push
Businessweek
Emperor Watch & Jewellery Ltd. fell the most in more than a year in Hong Kong trading, leading a drop in luxury stocks amid concerns that the industry could be hurt by Beijing's anti-corruption drive. Emperor, which sells high-end watches, fell as much ...

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Emperor Slides Amid China Anti-Corruption Push
Bloomberg
Emperor Watch & Jewellery Ltd. fell the most in more than a year in Hong Kong trading, leading a drop in luxury stocks amid concerns that the industry could be hurt by Beijing's anti-corruption drive. Emperor, which sells high-end watches, fell as much ...

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Billups returns to 'scene of the crime'
ESPN (blog)
Billups returns to 'scene of the crime'. February, 6, 2013. Feb 6. 10:25. PM PT. By Arash Markazi | ESPNLosAngeles.com. Recommend0 · Tweet0 · Comments0 · Email · Print. ORLANDO, Fla. -- Chauncey Billups smiled and shook his head as he looked at the ...

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Asia the Heart of Worldwide Soccer Corruption, Investigators Say
New York Times (blog)
The problem is illegal gambling that is tied to corruption and match fixing, said Chris Eaton, a former head of security at FIFA, the world soccer organization based in Switzerland, and now the director of the International Center for Sport Security in ...
Asia at heart of matchfixing, ex-FIFA man saysThe News International

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The big business of corruption
Mail & Guardian Online
While government or state officials are roundly condemned for any indication of corruption in its dealings, the same cannot be said for when big business is caught with its hands the public funds cookie jar. In an environment where the assumption is ...