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98 Inmates Escape From Prison in Eastern Cote D’Ivoire
98 prisoners escaped Sunday from Abangourou prison in eastern Cote d’Ivoire, police sources told APA Monday in the economic capital. According to a staff of the Ivorian police contacted by APA, those prisoners took hostage prison guards who went to...
Police in Belarus to Bus Drunks to Church
Police in the Belarusian capital of Minsk are to begin transporting drunks and other wayward elements of society to church to hear sermons, a police spokesperson said on Monday.Indian Doctor Finally Sentenced 24 Years After Accepting 50 Cent Bribe
Local media reports that a court in the Indian state of Bihar has sentenced a 75-year-old former doctor to three months in jail for accepting 50 cents (25 Indian rupees) as a bribe nearly 24 years ago.Police Suspect Cannibalism As Severed Head of Missing Schoolgirl is Found in St. Petersburg
A local investigative committee report has revealed that the severed head of a schoolgirl, who went missing on January 19, was discovered by residents in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.Italian Court Fines Kurdish Prisoner for Damaging Pillowcases During a Suicide Attempt
Local media said on Monday that an Italian court has ordered a Kurdish prisoner to pay 25 euros ($32) for damaging pillowcases during a suicide attempt.Imprisoned Spy And Son Indicted on Charges of Acting As Russian Agents And Money Laundering
A federal indictment has been unsealed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon charging Harold James Nicholson, 58, of Sheridan, Ore., and Nathaniel James Nicholson, 24, of Eugene, Ore., with two counts of Conspiracy, one count of Acting as...Supreme Court in Uganda Upholds Capital Punishment
The Uganda Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence as a constitutional provision but ruled that convicts should be executed by hanging within three years of the sentence.3 Die During Prison Mutiny in Liberia
A mutiny amongst the prisoners broke out on Monday morning in the Libreville prison of “Sans famille”, causing three deaths and seven injuries on the side of the mutineers, gendarmes on guard at the entrance of the prison told APA.
