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| Bieber friend rapper Lil Za charged with drug possession | | Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:54 AM | |
| | A friend of Justin Bieber's has been charged with drug crimes in connection with a raid on the teen pop star's home this month, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said on Friday. Xavier Smith, 20, better known as rapper Lil Za, was charged with possession of MDMA and oxycodone and vandalizing the Los Angeles County Sheriff's jail where he was held, said Ricardo Santiago, a spokesman for the district attorney. Smith was arrested on January 14 during a Sheriff's Department raid on Bieber's home in Calabasas, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Los Angeles. He is due to be arraigned in Los Angeles on February 4. |
| Man with rifle, machete arrested for threatening ex-President Bush | | Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:53 AM | |
| | By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man sitting in a car that had a loaded rifle, machete and a container of gasoline was charged on Friday with threatening to kill George W. Bush after professing a romantic interest in the former president's oldest daughter, prosecutors said. Benjamin Smith, 44, of upstate New York was arrested in Manhattan by the U.S. Secret Service, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court. "Bush will get his," Smith screamed as he was taken into custody, according to the complaint. Later, when asked about his marital status, he told agents he was divorced and "working on a relationship with Barbara Bush." At a preliminary hearing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Griswold told U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry Pitman the government believes Smith was referring to the former president's daughter and not Bush's mother, who shares the same name. |
| Amanda Knox conviction in Italy could spur lengthy extradition fight | |  By Jonathan Kaminsky REUTERS - Italy's conviction of Amanda Knox for the murder of her British roommate when the two were exchange students together could spur a drawn-out fight over extradition in the United States, where supporters contend she is the victim of a faulty foreign justice system. If Knox's conviction is ultimately confirmed pending further appeals, her lawyers are expected to argue that the United States cannot send her to Italy in part because of U.S. constitutional guarantees against "double jeopardy," although some experts say that could be a tough case to prove. Knox and her former Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were found guilty on Thursday for the second time in the 2007 stabbing death of Meredith Kercher, in a retrial that reversed an earlier appeal judgment that cleared her. Knox, who spent four years in an Italian jail before returning to the United States in 2011, was sentenced to 28 years and 6 months but will not face jail time pending further appeals in Italy.
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| Germany must publish list of artworks hoarded by recluse - court | | | By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany must publish the full list of artworks found in the flat of an elderly recluse last year which are mostly believed to have been looted or extorted by the Nazis, a German court ruled on Friday, citing the need for transparency in a case long hushed up. The stash of more than 1,400 paintings, drawings and sculptures includes works by Picasso, Matisse and German expressionists Otto Dix and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Germany has faced criticism from around the world for failing to publish the full list of artworks, as well as for keeping silent for nearly two years about the trove. "The administrative court of Augsburg has ordered state prosecutors to give a list of the artworks ... to the reporter of a daily newspaper," the Bavarian court said in a statement, referring to the right to information under media law. |
| Amanda Knox defiant after second murder conviction | |  By Susan Heavey and Naomi O'Leary WASHINGTON/FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - Amanda Knox vowed on Friday to fight her second conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 while the two were students together in the Italian university town of Perugia. Speaking on U.S. television a day after her conviction by a court in Florence, the 26-year-old American said she would never willingly return to Italy to serve the 28-1/2-year sentence handed down by judges. The family of the victim urged the United States to agree to extradite Knox if her conviction is upheld after a final appeal process expected to conclude in 2015. Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were both found guilty of killing the 21-year-old Kercher, who was found stabbed to death in an apartment the two young women shared in Perugia.
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| Expedite child tracking system, government told | | | New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday directed the central government to expedite operationalisation of the crime and criminal tracking network system (CCTNS) and TrackChild project after expressing displeasure on increasing cases of kidnapping and trafficking of children. A division bench of Justice P.K. Bhasin and Justice Indermeet Kaur directed the ministries of home affairs and women and child development to file a detailed status report on the projects. During the hearing, central government's counsel Jatan Singh told the court that CCTNS, which was being developed to facilitate sharing of data and information at various police stations across the country, "will be made fully operational by March 2015". "Memorandum of understanding (MoU) have been signed between central government and all 35 state and union territories (UTs) for implementation of CCTNS," he added. |
| Narcotics, weapons smuggling gang kingpin arrested in Bengal | | | Siliguri, Jan 31 (IANS) A kingpin of the inter-state weapons and narcotics smuggling gang, which has been carrying out its illegal dealings while dressed up in military fatigues, was arrested from Ranaghat in West Bengal's Nadia district Friday. Kartik Kundu was rounded up based on the interrogation of the nine people arrested from this town in Darjeeling district Wednesday night, said Siliguri Police Commissioner Jagmohan. Cananbis worth over Rs.5 crore, besides arms and ammunition including an AK 47 rifle, were seized in West Bengal's Darjeeling district Thursday from the nine arrested, who were all in military fatigues. |
| Arunachal legislator's son dies after Delhi beating, northeast enraged | | | New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) A 19-year-old son of an Arunachal Pradesh Congress legislator died here after being beaten up by two shopkeepers following a row over his appearance and clothing, police said Friday. The brutal attack on Nido Taniam took place at the crowded Lajpat Nagar I market in south Delhi Wednesday afternoon, leading to internal and other injuries that caused his death in a hospital Thursday. The Delhi government ordered a probe into the "murderous assault". It all began when Taniam, a student of Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, and his friend approached the shop seeking directions. |
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