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| Third American held in N.Korea appeals to U.S. for help - report | |  SEOUL (Reuters) - One of three Americans held in North Korea on charges of crimes against the state said he was anxiously awaiting his trial and appealed for U.S. government help to secure their freedom, a news report said on Thursday. Reclusive North Korea, which periodically accuses the United States of military hostility and conspiracy to overthrow its leadership, has held a number of U.S. citizens in the past, using them as tools to extract visits by high-profile figures, including former President Bill Clinton. ...
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| Sahara chief Subrata Roy moved back to jail cell, office privileges withdrawn | |  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Subrata Roy, the jailed chief of India's Sahara conglomerate, is back in a cell after living in a makeshift prison office for two months as he tried to negotiate the sale of his luxury hotels, a jail official said on Thursday. The tycoon had been allowed to use an office, phone, internet connection and three secretaries in the Delhi prison to facilitate the sale of the three hotels including Grosvenor House in London and the Plaza in New York. Roy needs to raise 100 billion rupees ($1.6 billion) from the hotel sales to have a chance of release on bail. ...
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| INTERVIEW: Rapists confess as Kenyan cleric takes up equality struggle | | | By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the elderly man, in his black-and-white striped prison uniform, confessed to raping his 18-month-old granddaughter to prove his manhood, Reverend Timothy Njoya knew he had made a breakthrough. "He stood up and testified: 'I wanted to show who has the penis, who is the boss'," recalled Njoya, a retired Kenyan cleric who campaigns for gender equality. "'My son had a Mercedes, my daughter-in-law a BMW and I was still driving a Volkswagen. I had to prove that I still have what it takes to be a man,'" the prisoner said. ... |
| Young "Chavista" lawmaker killed in Venezuela | | | By Deisy Buitrago CARACAS (Reuters) - A "Chavista" ruling party lawmaker was killed on Wednesday in Venezuela's latest high-profile violent crime. Robert Serra and his partner, Maria Herrera, were found dead in his home in the poor La Pastora neighborhood of the capital, Caracas, state news agency AVN reported. "They were vilely killed here in their house, a two-storied house, on the ground floor lay the woman and on the upper floor lay Robert Serra," Interior and Justice Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres told state television. ... |
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