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| China drops charges against police in case of environmentalist's death in custody | | Saturday, December 24, 2016 2:25 AM | |
| | Chinese prosecutors have dropped charges against five police following the death of an environmentalist in custody in May, the official China Daily said on Saturday, a case that sparked public disquiet about China's law enforcement methods. Lei Yang, 29, was arrested in a massage parlour as part of a police operation against prostitution and died hours later after choking on his own vomit. While no charges will be pressed against the police officers, the Beijing People's Procuratorate accepted they used excessive force to arrest Lei, and ruled that their misconduct had a "direct causal relationship" with his death, the China Daily said. |
| Costa Rica probes reported detection of wanted Mexico politician | | Saturday, December 24, 2016 2:12 AM | |
|  Costa Rica said on Friday it was investigating whether a former Mexican state governor wanted on corruption charges had entered the country illegally. Following a report from a Mexican newspaper that the politician was in Costa Rica, Security Minister Gustavo Mata said that Javier Duarte, who governed the Gulf state of Veracruz until taking a leave of absence in October, had not been registered entering the country legally. "If he is detected here in Costa Rica, he will be detained and immediately deported," Mata told a news conference.
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| FBI warns of possible Islamic State-inspired attacks in U.S. - CNN | | Saturday, December 24, 2016 12:58 AM | |
|  U.S. federal authorities cautioned local law enforcement on Friday to be aware that supporters of Islamic State have been calling for their sympathizers to attack holiday gatherings in the United States, including churches, CNN reported. The warning, issued in a bulletin to local law enforcement, said there were no known specific, credible threats, CNN said. The notice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security was issued out of an abundance of caution after a publicly available list of U.S. churches was published on pro-Islamic State websites, CNN said.
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| Costa Rica probes reported detection of wanted Mexico politician | |  Costa Rica said on Friday it was investigating whether a former Mexican state governor wanted on corruption charges had entered the country illegally. Following a report from a Mexican newspaper that the politician was in Costa Rica, Security Minister Gustavo Mata said that Javier Duarte, who governed the Gulf state of Veracruz until taking a leave of absence in October, had not been registered entering the country legally. "If he is detected here in Costa Rica, he will be detained and immediately deported," Mata told a news conference.
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| Trump calls remarks on video by Berlin attacker 'a purely religious threat' | |  (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, referring to a video in which a Tunisian man suspected in a Berlin truck attack vowed to "slaughter you pigs," said on Friday it was "a purely religious threat, which turned into reality." "Such hatred! When will the U.S., and all countries, fight back?" Trump tweeted. (Reporting by Eric Beech in Washington; Editing by David Alexander)
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| White House defends decision to abstain in U.N. vote on settlements | | | The White House on Friday defended its decision to abstain from a U.N. Security Council vote on Israeli settlements, allowing the resolution to pass, saying the rapid expansion of settlement activity put a two-state solution at risk. Ben Rhodes, the White House's deputy national security adviser, also dismissed criticism by President-elect Donald Trump of the U.S. decision saying President Barack Obama was president of the United States until Jan. 20. |
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