Scottish prosecutors are conducting a further review of the evidence related to the Lockerbie bombing, prosecutors have told families of victims from the United Kingdom.
Lockerbie bombing probe continues, prosecutors tell victims’ families
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U.S. formally asks for Polanski extradition
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday. The Academy Award-winning director was arrested in Switzerland last month on a U.S.
Amanda Knox’s parents hope acquittal is near in murder case
Amanda Knox’s parents are hopeful that an Italian court’s decision not to re-evaluate the evidence against their daughter means she will be found not guilty of killing her roommate. “We asked for the independent review because we were sure that anybody [who] independently looked at it would support our position,” Edda Mellas, Knox’s mother, told CNN’s Larry King in an interview to air Friday night
Five convicted in Australia of terror
Five men were convicted on Friday in Sydney, Australia, of trying to commit terrorist acts, court officials said.
Report: Hundreds detained by Israel without charge
Salwa Salah was 16 years old when she was arrested by Israeli forces and jailed for seven months. To this day she says she does not know her crime and is struggling to get her life back on track.
Former Costa Rican president sentenced
Former Costa Rican President Rafael Calderon was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of corruption during his term. It was the first time in Costa Rica’s history that a former president had been tried for corruption.
Sources: Several who went to Pakistan with Zazi back in U.S.
Several people who traveled from New York to Pakistan last year with a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack have since returned to the United States, sources close to the investigation told CNN. A grand jury has been in session in New York in the last week as further charges are considered in the expanding terror investigation, CNN learned.
Arrest of Letterman extortion suspect shocks family
As Richard Smith chatted over the phone with his nephew late Tuesday, he noticed something was off. “He was slightly down,” Smith said about Robert “Joe” Halderman.
Victim: Courts did more harm than Polanski
The events of a single afternoon when she was 13 years old have haunted Samantha Geimer her entire life.
Source: Feds seek about a dozen people in terror investigation
Investigators are looking for about a dozen more people in connection with a wide-ranging terror investigation that has already netted arrests in Colorado and New York City, a source familiar with the investigation said Tuesday. Federal agents arrested three men late Saturday in connection with what the Justice Department has said was a plot to detonate bombs in the United States