For the nearly three decades that he was behind bars, Michael Sullivan’s mother and four siblings died, his girlfriend moved on with her life and he was badly beaten in several prison attacks.All for a murder he long insisted he never committed.Earlier this month, the 64-year-old Sullivan got a degree of justice when a Massachusetts...
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PRESS RELEASE – ARREST OF ROBBERY SUSPECTS AND RECOVERY OF ARMS, COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY, AND DRUGS
In a proactive effort to enhance security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) during the upcoming months of celebration, police detectives from the Dei-Dei ‘B’ Division, under the directive of Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Olatunji Disu, psc, conducted a raid on a criminal hideout at the Timber Market, Dei-Dei, on November 21, 2024. The...
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SUPPORTERS OF PAKISTAN’S IMRAN KHAN SUSPEND PROTEST, DEMAND FOR HIS RELEASE
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party suspended street protests demanding his release from jail after a sweeping midnight raid by security forces in the capital, Islamabad, in which hundreds of people were arrested, local media reported Wednesday.Broadcaster Geo News, citing a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) statement, said the party had announced a “temporary suspension” of the protest, in which at least...
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EIGHT DETAINED IN LAOS OVER MASS POISONING, GOVERNMENT VOWS TO PROSECUTE THOSE RESPONSIBLE AS FAMILIES DEMAND ANSWERS
According to local media reports, eight employees of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained for questioning by local authorities investigating the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning.Two Australian teenagers, two Danish women, an American man and a British woman have been confirmed dead by their governments.They are thought to have died after drinking...
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ICC PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ARREST WARRANTS FOR THE HEAD OF MYANMAR’S MILITARY REGIME
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor asked judges on Wednesday to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslim minority.The request comes days after a powerful rebel group seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another...
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JUDGE RULES THE TRIAL IN KILLINGS OF 8 OHIO FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD BE MOVED TO ANOTHER COUNTY.
Judge Jonathan Hein had ruled in the trial for a man accused in the killing of eight people from another Ohio family to be moved to a different county.George “Billy” Wagner III, who has pleaded not guilty in the killings, is the last of four family members facing charges in the 2016 fatal shootings of seven adults...
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JUDGE TO DECIDE WHETHER GOOGLE’S ADVERTISING TECH CONSTITUTES A MONOPOLY
Google, already facing a possible breakup of the company over its ubiquitous search engine, is fighting to beat back another attack by the U.S. Department of Justice alleging monopolistic conduct, this time over technology that puts online advertising in front of consumers.The Justice Department and Google made closing arguments Monday in a trial alleging Google’s advertising technology constitutes...
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PAKISTANI POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS AS SUPPORTERS OF IMRAN KHAN HOPE TO STAGE A SIT-IN TO DEMAND HIS RELEASE, KILLS ONE POLICE, SEVERAL INJURE.
On Monday officials reported that Pakistani police fired tear gas canisters at supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan to stop them from entering the capital, where they hoped to stage a sit-in to demand his release.The firing of tear gas came shortly after demonstrators began arriving and gathering near Islamabad. They defied a...
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MOSQUE SURVEY SPARKS CLASHES IN NORTHERN INDIAN CITY, FOUR DEAD
A day after four people were killed in clashes sparked by an official survey probing whether a 16th-century mosque was built on a Hindu temple, authorities have shut down schools and suspended internet services in the northern Indian city.According to officials, nearly 1,000 Muslim protesters gathered outside the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, in the...