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Ex-Ford execs charged in Argentine torture cases

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:15 -0400

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup.

Jury convicts Kentucky man in torture murders

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:25:08 -0400

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee - A Kentucky man who was retried on murder charges was convicted Friday for his role in the torture and murder of a Knoxville couple in a case that has been described as one of the most heinous crimes in the history of Knox County.

Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:32:19 -0400

CAIRO - Dozens of disgruntled border policemen forced the closure of Egypt's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest the abduction of their colleagues by suspected militants, underscoring the lawlessness and crisis of authority in the country two years since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

Gitmo prisoner: Obama has 'abandoned' detainees

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:24:36 -0400

WASHINGTON - A Guantanamo Bay detainee says he feels abandoned by President Barack Obama and the world after more than 10 years at the U.S. prison.

HRW: Sex workers in China subject to police abuse

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:38:48 -0400

BEIJING - Police in China frequently beat, torture and arbitrarily detain suspected sex workers, often with little or no evidence that they engaged in prostitution, Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday calling on the government to discipline abusive officers.

Davidson County jury will hear Knox murder case

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:56:41 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - The Davidson County Criminal Court has summoned 480 people as potential jurors in a Knoxville murder case.

Alleged pimp wants judge removed from Vegas case

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:19:05 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A 28-year-old Las Vegas man accused of torturing and beating a woman who worked as his prostitute is seeking the recusal of a state court judge who was due to sentence him next week for violating terms of a plea deal in a prior case.

UK, lawyers for Kenya torture victims in talks

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:52:20 -0400

LONDON - Lawyers for Kenyans tortured during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s said Monday that they are negotiating with the British government over a possible settlement.

Bail set at $460K for alleged pimp in Vegas case

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:56:50 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A judge set bail Monday at $460,000 cash for a 28-year-old man who investigators allege was a Las Vegas Strip pimp who threatened and beat a woman when she tried to quit working as his prostitute - including putting a wet towel over her face and suffocating her in an experience she told police was like being "water boarded."

Britons jailed in drug case amid abuse claims

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:06:33 -0400

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Dubai court has sentenced three British tourists to four years in prison on drug charges in a case that drew international scrutiny over claims of abuses in custody.

Committed Ca. mom freed 3 years after son killing

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:16:05 -0400

MARTINEZ, California - A Northern California mother has been freed three years after a judge found her criminally insane and committed her to a mental hospital after the 2006 killing of her 8-year-old son.

Law student to be tried in Vegas bird beheading

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:50:12 -0400

LAS VEGAS - A University of California, Berkeley, law student accused of beheading an exotic bird at a Las Vegas Strip resort is headed to trial on felony charges that could get him up to eight years in prison and jeopardize his legal career, authorities said Wednesday.

Key hearing postponed in UP teen torture case

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:22:47 -0400

ESCANABA, Michigan - A key hearing this week against a couple charged with torturing and abusing a teen boy in the Upper Peninsula will be reset.

Wife: American in Iraqi prison is on hunger strike

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:29:45 -0400

BAGHDAD - In Baghdad's maximum-security Karkh prison, Shawki Omar is triply damned, his supporters say.