Century-old scam
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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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.
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.
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
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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.
12.10.2009, 13:25
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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.
11.08.2009, 12:22
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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.
10.10.2010, 22:29
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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
18.02.2009, 00:28
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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.
18.02.2010, 07:14
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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.
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.
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.