Crime

Philippine police teams to hunt suspects in media killings

Philippine police teams to hunt suspects in media killingsManila  - The Philippine police force has formed dedicated teams to track down suspects in the killings of journalists as part of an effort to end unabated attacks on media representatives, a spokesman said Friday.

Chief Superintendent Nicanor Bartolome said national police chief Director General Jesus Verzosa instructed a police task force to supervise the manhunts for suspects in media killings.

Man wanted in German mob murders arrested in Amsterdam

Man wanted in German mob murders arrested in Amsterdam Amsterdam - The chief suspect in a Mafia hit one and a half years ago at a German pizzeria has been arrested in the Netherlands, police said Friday.

Giovanni Strangio, 30, was taken into custody late Thursday in Amsterdam, said police in Duisburg, the western German city where the six murders took place in August 2007.

Strangio's brother-in-law, who was also accused in the murders of members of a rival clan in the southern Italian criminal organization 'Ndrangheta, was arrested in November, also in Amsterdam.

Hong Kong mother who treated daughters "worse than animals" jailed

Hong Kong mother who treated daughters "worse than animals" jailed Hong Kong  - A Hong Kong mother whose infant daughter died after being left alone in the care of her 8-year-old sister on Friday began a two-year jail term.

Man Ching-yee, 29, who was out at a bar when her 3-month-old daughter died, was told by Judge Joseph Yau that she treated her children "worse than animals."

The infant, found bleeding from the nose and mouth and diagnosed as dying of infant death syndrome, had been left in the care of the woman's oldest daughter.

China's eateries might be benefiting from Hong Kong monkey poaching

China's eateries might be benefiting from Hong Kong monkey poaching Hong Kong - Wild monkeys in Hong Kong are being hunted and killed in a trade that might be supplying restaurants in China specializing in exotic cuisine, a news report said Friday.

The discovery of the remains of a butchered monkey found in a country park in the city of 9 million has set off a police hunt for poachers hunting the primates, the Hong Kong Standard said.

Years of pain for Elisabeth Fritzl and her children

Years of pain for Elisabeth Fritzl and her children Vienna - Elisabeth Fritzl had to endure 24 years of torment in the dungeon build by her father, where she gave birth to seven children. But her ordeal started much earlier.

1967: Josef Fritzl is convicted of raping a woman and is sentenced to prison.

1977: Fritzl allegedly starts sexually abusing his 11-year-old daughter Elisabeth.

August 28, 1984: Elisabeth disappears and is considered a runaway. But she is being kept and abused in the cellar under the family home in Amstetten from this day.

Filipino arrested in Mexico City with big cash

Filipino arrested in Mexico City with big cashMexico City  -

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