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| Swiss attorney general opens criminal proceedings linked to 2018, 2022 World Cup bids |
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| ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities said on Wednesday they opened criminal proceedings against individuals on suspicion of mismanagement and money laundering related to the award of rights to host the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General also said in a statement they had seized data and documents stored in IT systems at FIFA. A spokeswoman for FIFA declined to comment. (Reporting by Joshua Franklin and Alice Baghdjian; editing by John Stonestreet) |
| Prince Ali says FIFA arrests a 'sad day' for football |
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 Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, the man challenging Sepp Blatter for the most powerful job in world soccer, said he was saddened by the latest corruption scandal involving the sport's governing body FIFA. Prince Ali issued a brief statement on Wednesday following the news that six high-ranking soccer officials, including two FIFA vice-presidents, had been arrested by Swiss police and detained pending extradition to the United States. "Today is a sad day for football," Prince Ali said.
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| Arrested FIFA officials face extradition to U.S. |
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 By Mike Collett and Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Six high-ranking soccer officials, including two vice-presidents of world governing-body FIFA, were arrested by Swiss police on Wednesday and detained pending extradition to the United States. The arrests were made by plain-clothed police shortly after dawn at a plush Zurich hotel where FIFA officials are staying ahead of this week's FIFA presidential election. The Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) did not identify which officials were arrested but confirmed that FIFA president Sepp Blatter was not among them.
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| FIFA arrests not linked to Russia's World Cup bid - TASS cites Russian minister |
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| MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Wednesday that the arrests of officials from soccer's world governing body FIFA were not linked to Russia's successful bid for the 2018 World Cup, TASS news agency reported. Six officials, including some high-ranking members of FIFA, were arrested by Swiss police in Zurich early on Wednesday and detained pending extradition to the United States. (Reporting by Alexander Winning; editing by John Stonestreet) |
| Six officials arrested in Zurich over FIFA graft |
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 By Joshua Franklin ZURICH (Reuters) - Six soccer officials were arrested in Zurich on Wednesday and detained pending extradition to the United States over suspected corruption at soccer's governing body FIFA, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FCOJ) said in a statement. The New York Times said they were high-ranking FIFA officials and were in Switzerland for the FIFA Congress where incumbent Sepp Blatter faces a challenge from Jordan's Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein in a presidential election on Friday. The US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York is investigating these individuals on suspicion of the acceptance of bribes and kick-backs between the early 1990s and the present day.
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| California scientists test Ecstasy as anxiety-reducer for gravely ill |
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| By Emmett Berg SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California scientists are testing whether the illegal psychoactive drug commonly known as Ecstasy could help alleviate anxiety for terminally ill patients, the trial's principal funder said on Tuesday. At least a dozen subjects with life-threatening diseases like cancer, and who are expected to live at least 9 months, will participate in the double-blind trial over the next year in Santa Cruz, said Brad Burge, spokesman for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, in Santa Cruz. Each subject will be randomly given either a full dose - 125 milligrams of MDMA, or an "active placebo" dose of 30 milligrams, Burge said. |
| Indonesian court delays appeal hearing of French death row convict |
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 An Indonesian court has fixed June 3 to hear a last-ditch appeal by a French drug trafficker on death row, after a verdict expected this week was delayed by the absence of the presiding judge, a judge said. Serge Atlaoui had been due to face the firing squad with other convicts last month, but won a last-minute reprieve for the completion of his legal appeals. France's foreign minister has warned Indonesia it would face repercussions if the Southeast Asian nation went ahead with his execution.
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