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06.01.2009, 17:30

Fake Obama offered free petrol to Twitter users

The accounts of US president-elect Barack Obama and a number of celebrities, including pop singer Britney Spears and CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, with the social networking site Twitter have been hacked.

01.11.2008, 08:02

Virtuoso behind violin scam hangs himself

A Russian virtuoso violinist, who was arrested in Italy on Friday on suspicion of fraud, has hanged himself. Sixty-four-year-old Sergey Dyachenko was suspected of selling his students fake 18th-century violins.

22.05.2007, 09:09

Mobile phone scammers target millions

Mobile phone scams are on the increase in Russia and it's costing customers dearly. Now authorities are aiming to crack down on criminals who are raking in thousands of dollars every month.

30.03.2010, 18:30 13 comments

Moscow bombings could be masterminded abroad – Russia’s Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has urged the international community for better coordinated joint efforts in fighting terrorism as he believes that the recent Moscow terror attacks were not a domestic matter.

A Russian border guard prepares to burn  111 kilos of heroin seized at the Tajik-Afghan border (AFP Photo / Alexander Nemenov) 12.10.2009, 13:25 3 comments

Russia battles Afghan heroin intoxication single-handedly

Next to nothing is being done internationally to tackle drug production in Afghanistan. Russia is taking a stand against the opium flow from Asia alone, states Russia's Federal Drug Control Service Head Viktor Ivanov.

Viktor Bout (AFP Photo / Pornchai Kittiwongsakul) 11.08.2009, 12:22 4 comments

Bout avoids extradition to US, to be freed soon

A Thai court has ruled in favor of Russian citizen Viktor Bout. He will not be extradited to the US, and will walk free in one or two days. The United States believe Bout is the biggest gun runner in modern history.

Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout arrives at a Criminal Court in Bangkok on October 5, 2010 (AFP Photo / Nicolas Asfouri) 10.10.2010, 22:29 2 comments

RT exclusive: the Bout files

RT has obtained documents submitted to Thai authorities by Alla Bout, wife of Russian businessman Viktor Bout, who has been fighting against extradition from Thailand to the US for the past two to five years.

Viktor Bout case
Vladimir Kremlev for RT 18.02.2009, 00:28 2 comments

Spin-a-Lord-of-War: the case of Viktor Bout

A group of congressmen addressed the new U.S. administration with a request to make the ‘delayed’ extradition of Russian businessman Viktor Bout from Thailand to the United States a priority in U.S. – Thai relations.

Image from ethicsinaction.asia 18.02.2010, 07:14 2 comments

Kidnapping – an easy way out of poverty?

Some of India's states are famous for their tourist attractions, others for manufacturing. But in Bihar, rampant kidnapping has given it a less enviable claim to fame.

17.08.2009, 10:56

Saving Indian men – from their wives

Indian men are claiming laws that shield women from domestic violence have given the fairer sex too much freedom of hand. Husbands who say they’re being harassed by their wives are campaigning for legal protection.

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Published: 05 February, 2009, 15:08


Zhou Zhiping was born in 1910, when the Chinese emperor still sat on his throne. Now, the 98-year-old has become the oldest person to go on trial in China and, arguably, the world.

 
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