THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- A wide-ranging match-fixing investigation has uncovered more than 380 suspicious matches -- including World Cup and European Championship qualifiers and two Champions League games -- and found evidence that a Singapore-based crime group is closely involved in match-fixing. Experts find remains of England's King Richard III
LEICESTER, England (AP) -- Scientists say they have found the 500-year-old remains of England's King Richard III under a parking lot in the city of Leicester. Lebanon issues arrest warrant for Syrian official
BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanese judicial officials say prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for a top Syrian intelligence official for his alleged involvement in a bombing plot in Lebanon.
UN: 2 civilians killed by land mines in north Mali
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AP) -- United Nations officials say that two civilians have been killed by explosions in northeastern Mali. Israel arrests 23 Hamas men including three lawmakers in West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israel arrested 23 Hamas members in the occupied West Bank on Monday, some of them lawmakers, the Islamic group and the Israeli military said. Hamas said in a statement that the three Hamas lawmakers Ahmed Attoun, Hatem Qafisha and Mohammed al-Talhad had been detained in the early hours of the morning, as well as several local Hamas leaders. “It is a criminal act that will not succeed in stopping their struggle,” the statement said, “We in the Hamas movement strongly condemn the campaign of arbitrary arrests that took in dozens of Hamas leaders. …
Cambodians throng to revered ex-king Sihanouk's cremation
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Cambodians gathered on Monday to pay their last respects to former King Norodom Sihanouk, a quixotic and much-loved figure who reigned during the country's struggle for independence but was powerless to prevent decades of war. Crowds turned out in the capital, Phnom Penh, from the middle of the night as the embalmed body of the former monarch, who died aged 89 of heart failure on October 15, lay in a gold casket by the Royal Palace ahead of his cremation in the evening. … Turkish police seek clues in NYC woman's death
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's state-run agency says authorities have finished an autopsy on a New York City woman found dead in Istanbul and DNA evidence from it has been submitted to a crime lab. King Richard III found under car park - researchers
LEICESTER (Reuters) – British researchers said on Monday that a skelet on with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a car park was that of Richard III, solving a 500-year-old mystery about the final resting place of the last English king to die in battle. Richard, depicted by William Shakespeare as a monstrous tyrant who murdered two princes in the Tower of London, was killed fighting his eventual successor Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field in central England in 1485. … UK ex-minister pleads guilty to perverting course of justice
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British energy secretary Chris Huhne plea ded guilty on Monday to perverting the course of justice over accusations he persuaded his then wife in 2003 to take the blame for a speeding offence he had committed. A senior member of the Liberal Democrats, the smaller party in Britain's ruling coalition, Huhne resigned from his cabinet post in February 2012 when he was charged. He remains a member of parliament. A week ago Huhne pleaded not guilty to the same offense. … Huhne pleads guilty to perverting course of justice
LONDON (Reuters) – Former British energy secretary Chris Huhne pleaded guilty on Monday to perverting the cou rse of justice over accusations he persuaded his then wife in 2003 to take the blame for a speeding offence he had committed. A senior member of the Lib Dems, the smaller party in the ruling coalition, Huhne resigned from his cabinet post in February 2012 when he was charged. He remains an MP. A week ago Huhne pleaded not guilty to the same offense. … Experts: We've found England's King Richard III
LEICESTER, England (AP) -- Scientists say they have found the 500-year-old remains of England's King Richard III under a parking lot in the city of Leicester. England's King Richard III found under car park: researchers
LEICESTER, England (Reuters) – British researchers said on Mond ay that a skeleton with a cleaved skull and a curved spine entombed under a car park was that of Richard III, solving a 500-year-old mystery about the final resting place of the last English king to die in battle. Richard, depicted by William Shakespeare as a monstrous tyrant who murdered two princes in the Tower of London, was killed fighting his eventual successor Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth Field in central England in 1485. … Lithuania shivers as Russia ramps up heating costs
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- To save money during the harsh Baltic winter, Romanas Ziabkinas did something unremarkable: He turned off his central heating and installed a cheaper electric heater. Now he finds himself neck-deep in legal woes.
Iran says Israel will regret Syria air strike
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Iran told Israel on Monday it would regret its air strike against Syria last week, without spelling out whether Iran or its ally planned any military response. “They will regret this recent aggression,” Saeed Jalili, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, told a news conference in Damascus a day after holding talks there with President Bashar al-Assad. …
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