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Career criminal arrested after kidnapping two kids in a carjacking
A man described by police as among Britain’s most wanted criminals has been arrested in a vehicle carjacked from a young mother — and found with her two toddlers still strapped in the back seats. West Midlands police rushed to the Birmingham suburb of Erdington on Tuesday following reports of…
Congress gets new insider-trading rules after Obama signs bill
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed a new law reforming rules on insider trading for members of Congress, saying it would help deal with a deficit of trust afflicting Washington. Obama signed the bipartisan STOCK Act into law, and for once was surrounded by members of both the Republican…
Scientist predict only 10 named hurricanes during 2012 Atlantic season
The number of 2012 Atlantic hurricanes will be below average this season due to a cooling of tropical waters and the potential development of El Nino conditions, US forecasters said Wednesday. The Colorado State University forecast team predicted 10 named storms during the hurricane season from June 1 to November…
Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik demands to be declared sane
Anders Behring Breivik, who is set to go on trial on April 16 for killing 77 people in Norway last July, said in a letter published Wednesday that being sentenced to psychiatric care would be the worst fate imaginable. “To send a political activist to an asylum is more sadistic…
Yahoo! lays off 2,000 employees in ‘restructuring’ effort
Struggling US Internet firm Yahoo! said Wednesday it would slash some 2,000 jobs in a sweeping restructuring aimed at building a “smaller, nimbler, more profitable” company. Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson, who took the top job in January promising urgent action to turn the company around after a year of…
NYPD investigates mysterious death of the Sciences-Po head Richard Descoings
New York police were Wednesday attempting to piece together the final hours of the director of one of France’s most elite colleges, as they awaited the medical examiner’s report on the cause of death. The mysterious demise of Richard Descoings, 53, whose naked body was found in his Manhattan hotel…
Germany’s cartel office accuses oil companies of price-fixing
Germany’s competition watchdog said on Wednesday it had launched a probe against five major oil companies into allegations they sought to drive independent filling stations out of business. “The Federal Cartel Office has launched a procedure against five petrol companies — Deutsche BP/Aral, ExxonMobil Europe/Esso, ConocoPhilips Germany/Jet, Shell Deutschland, Total…
US discovers more counterfeit doses of the anti-cancer drug Avastin
Less than two months after counterfeit Avastin, a cancer drug made by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, was found on the US market, another fake version has turned up, health authorities said Wednesday. The injectable cancer medication, bevacizumab, is labeled by the name under which Avastin is approved in Turkey,…
U.S. Marines deployed to Darwin, Australia for new mission
The first batch of 2,500 US Marines to be deployed in Australia began work Wednesday as Washington bolsters its presence in the strategically vital Asia-Pacific, to the irritation of China. Some 200 Marines touched down in tropical Darwin overnight as part of an enhanced defence cooperation outlined during a visit…
Convicted Australian marijuana smuggler recommended for clemency
Indonesia’s justice ministry said Wednesday it had recommended granting clemency to an Australian drug trafficker, whose lawyers argue she went insane after being jailed in a notorious Bali prison. Schapelle Corby, 34, was convicted in 2005 of smuggling 4.1 kilograms (nine pounds) of marijuana and is serving a 20-year jail…
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