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| Swiss approve extradition of ex-Costa Rican soccer chief | |  Swiss authorities have approved a U.S. extradition request for ex-Costa Rican Football Federation President Eduardo Li, the fourth official due to be sent to the United States in connection with a corruption scandal that has engulfed FIFA. The U.S. Department of Justice issued an arrest warrant in May for Li, accusing him of taking bribes in connection with the sale of marketing rights for World Cup 2018 qualifying games. Li, a Costa Rican citizen, was one of seven officials from world soccer's governing body taken into custody in a dawn raid on a luxury Zurich hotel on May 27.
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| Former FIFA powerbroker Warner banned for life | |  By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Trinidadian Jack Warner, once one of the most powerful men in world soccer, has been banned from all football-related activities for life, the ethics committee of the global governing body FIFA said on Tuesday. Warner, 72, was one of 14 soccer officials and sports marketing executives indicted in the United States on May 27 on bribery, money laundering and wire fraud charges involving more than $150 million in payments. In the latest twist in the corruption scandal, Swiss authorities said last week they were investigating FIFA President Sepp Blatter on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and misappropriation of funds.
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| "This speeds up procedure" - how Hungary expels migrants | |  By Krisztina Than SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) - WThe court in the southern Hungarian town of Szeged has shelved other criminal cases and is handing down fast-track verdicts punishing migrants for unlawfully crossing a razor-wire fence that lines the border with Serbia. In the ten days since Sept. 15, when tough new legislation took effect, the Szeged court ruled in 176 cases, sentencing migrants mostly from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq to expulsion from Hungary for crossing the fence. The new law is part of a clamp-down by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's right-wing government aimed at stopping the influx of migrants into Hungary, the first European Union member state in the Schengen zone of passport-free travel.
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| Western envoys in Bangladesh limit movements after attack claimed by Islamic State | | | By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Western embassies in Bangladesh have restricted the movements of their diplomats, citing "reliable" information that more foreign interests will be targeted after an Italian aid worker was shot dead in an attack claimed by Islamic State. Police in the Bangladeshi capital arrested two suspected recruiters for Islamic State this year. In a communique translated by U.S. security analysts SITE, Islamic State said a "security detachment" had tracked Cesare Tavella before shooting him with silenced weapons on Monday. |
| Voters alienated as perpetual crisis paralyses Northern Ireland | | | By Conor Humphries and Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - When Northern Ireland leaders this month warned of the imminent collapse of the power-sharing government that helped end decades of sectarian killings, the reaction on the streets of Belfast was apathy not panic. After almost two years of perpetual crisis there is a growing exasperation at the pro-British Protestants and Catholic Irish nationalists who have called in international mediators to solve a Cabinet dispute for the third time in three years. If Northern Ireland's government falls, London may be forced to reimpose direct rule, which politicians say could even bring back violence by dormant paramilitaries. |
| Catalan head indicted for calling referendum on split from Spain | |  Catalonia's Supreme Court indicted the acting head of the Catalan regional government on Tuesday after he pushed ahead with a referendum on independence from Spain last year despite such a vote being ruled unconstitutional by the courts. The preliminary charges of disobedience, abuse of authority and usurping authority are levelled at Artur Mas, the most visible face of Catalan separatist aspirations, just two days after his party won a regional election. Mas will testify in court in October for pressing on with a non-binding referendum on independence last November after it was suspended by the Constitutional Court, backed by Spain's national government.
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| Germany agrees refugee package as support for Merkel slips | |  By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed a package of measures on Tuesday to help German towns cope with the influx of asylum seekers, as a poll showed her conservatives dipping to a one-year low on concerns about her handling of the crisis. Merkel has drawn criticism, especially among conservatives, for fuelling the influx by effectively giving asylum seekers the green light to come to Germany. German police said they had registered 5,380 people entering Germany illegally, up from 4,160 on Sunday.
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| UK "fake sheikh" reporter charged with conspiracy to pervert justice | | | By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Mazher Mahmood, a British journalist whose undercover work posing as a "fake sheikh" led to a number of high-profile criminal court cases, was charged on Tuesday with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Mahmood, well-known for revealing wrongdoing amongst politicians, TV and film stars and even royalty, was suspended by Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper in July last year after the collapse of a celebrity trial in which he was a main witness. The journalist had given evidence in the drugs trial of Tulisa Contostavlos, a former judge on the British version of the "X Factor" TV talent show. |
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