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Greek PM warns neo-Nazi party after singer murder

Greece's prime minister vowed to rein in the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party after the murder of an anti-fascist singer by one of its supporters sparked nationwide outrage. Duration: 00:43

Sep 19, 2013

S. Africa murder rate up for first time in 9 years

After years of decreasing crime, South Africa is grappling with a rise in the number of murders, burglaries and carjackings, with close to 45 people killed a day, the government said Thursday. For the first time in nine years, the number of murders increased -- by 0.6 percent in the year to April -- police minister Nathi Mthethwa said, announcing annual statistics. Duration: 01:04

Sep 19, 2013

Bangladeshis hail death penalty for 1971 liberation war criminal

Dhaka, Sep 18 (ANI): Activists opposing orthodox and fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami held a rally at Dhaka to welcome the Bangladesh Supreme Court's verdict sentencing Abdul Quader Mollah, one of the Jamaat's top leaders to the gallows

Sep 18, 2013

Greece crippled by fresh anti-austerity strikes

Thousands of civil servants demonstrated in Greece on Wednesday in the week's second major protest against planned job cuts, as social tensions rose over a leftist musician's murder by a suspected neo-Nazi. Duration:01:07

Sep 18, 2013

NRI student Anmol Sarna's murder: 4 friends, 2 watchmen arrested

New Delhi, Sep 17 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested six people in connection with the murder case of Anmol Sarna, a 21-year-old NRI who died after being hit with a heavy object during a party in Kalkaji, New Delhi on Friday night. Four friends, and two watchmen have been arrested in the case.

Sep 17, 2013

Bangladesh War Crimes: SC sentences Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah to death

Dhaka, Sep 17 (ANI): Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced a top Islamic leader Abdul Quader Mollah to death for war crimes during the country's 1971 independence war

Sep 17, 2013

Turkey begins retrial over murder of Armenian journalist

A court in Istanbul began a retrial on Tuesday over the murder of an ethnic Armenian journalist, a case that has gripped the nation for years and sparked accusations of state conspiracy. Duration: 01:06.

Sep 17, 2013

Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death

Bangladesh's Supreme Court sentenced a senior Islamist leader to death for mass murder, toughening the punishment originally handed down by the country's war crimes tribunal. Bangladeshi social activists shout slogans in Dhaka on September 17, 2013, after a verdict was delivered against Abdul Quader Molla, the fourth-highest leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party. Duration: 00:27

Sep 17, 2013

AP Singh draws flak over remark on character of women

New Delhi/Bhopal, Sep 14 (ANI): Defence lawyer of Delhi gang rape convicts AP Singh drew flak from women activists over his remark on character of women. Even though his remarks were highly criticized as "patriarchal" and "misogynistic", Singh stood by his comment that he has the guts to burn his daughter or sister alive, if she indulges into pre-marital sex. The lawyer faced public ire after his hysterical presentation of the Delhi gang rape case. Singh___s clients were sentenced to death for rape, murder and destruction of evidence on Friday by a fast track court in New Delhi.

Sep 14, 2013

India hails gallows for four found guilty in gang rape case

New Delhi, Sep 14 (ANI): Indians hailed the death sentence given to four men for raping and murdering a woman in New Delhi last December, satisfying a public clamour for them to be hanged for a crime that forced India to confront its culture of violence against women. Locals lauded the death penalty given to the four men and added that a strong message was sent across the society.

Sep 14, 2013

Delhi Gang-Rape Verdict: People's Reaction on Death Sentence of 4 Convicts [PHOTOS]

A fast track trial court on Friday pronounced death sentence to all the four convicted in the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student, evoking cheers from political leaders and public alike. Cheers erupted in and outside the Delhi court after the judge pronounced maximum punishment to all the four convicts.

Sep 14, 2013