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"Nights Were Atrocious": Emotional Boris Becker Recounts Prison Experience
Boris Becker had been declared bankrupt in June 2017, owing creditors £50 million over an unpaid loan of more than GBP 3 million on his estate on the Spanish island of Majorca
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Ukraine Soldiers Who Told Russian Ship "Go Fu*k Yourself", Alive: Reports
A group of Ukrainian troops, who were believed to have been killed in action after defying the Russian Navy's warning to surrender, are alive after they were taken prisoners, the news website Spectator Index claimed in a tweet.
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Ship Captain Who Admitted To "Partying" Gets 20-Month Jail Over Oil Spill
The captain and first officer of a dry bulk carrier, which triggered the biggest environmental disaster in Mauritius, have been sentenced to 20 months in prison in the Indian Ocean island nation.
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Indonesia Prison Fire Kills At Least 41 Inmates, Dozens Injured: Official
A fire tore through an Indonesian prison on Java island early Wednesday, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said.
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K-Pop Singer Jung Joon-Young Jailed For 6 Years For Raping Woman, Filming Act
A South Korean court sentenced a K-pop musician to six years in prison on Friday for raping a woman and distributing a video capturing the act in a case that drew attention to the darker side of the country's lucrative entertainment industry.
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Fake Saudi Prince’s Days Of Designer Clothes, Jets Over With 18-Year Jail
A Florida man who posed as a Saudi royal for three decades and cheated people out of $8 million will spend 18 years in prison for fraud, authorities said Friday.
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More Than 100 Inmates Flew Indonesian Jail On Sumatra Island
More than 100 inmates escaped from an Indonesian jail on Sumatra island on Saturday, police said, in the latest breakout to hit the country's creaking prison system.
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Nelson Mandela Prison Drawing Sells For $112,575 In New York
A drawing by late South African president Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island - where he was held for 18 years - sold on Thursday in New York for $112,575.
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Welcome To The Prison That Some Don't Want To Leave
More than a century after Mexico established a prison on the Maria Islands -- a Pacific archipelago eight hours by boat from the mainland -- the country's new government has decided to close it.
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Letters Reveal Light On How Nelson Mandela Survived 27 Years In Prison
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison, most of them isolated on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. His encounters with visitors from the outside world were brief and strictly controlled; he spent much of his time alone, uncertain of whether he would ever emerge alive.
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India Upset Over Maldives' Ex-President, Chief Justice's Prison Terms
India today expressed its "deep dismay" over a Maldivian court sentencing the island nation's former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and the chief justice of its Supreme Court to long prison terms without a "fair trial".
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He Threatened A Muslim Family Moving In Next Door. Now, He'll Go To Prison
Kaderbhai Ali Asgar left India to find a place where he'd be able grow as a chemical engineer, landing in a country he believed was "the land of the free."
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In Indonesia, Couples Whipped For Showing Affection In Public
The conservative region on the northern tip of Sumatra island passed a regulation a week ago that would see criminals whipped only behind prison walls. It was not clear when the new rule would come into effect.
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Maldives Ex-President Says Supreme Court Judge Ill-Treated In Prison
The exiled former president of the Maldives on Wednesday accused authorities of ill-treatment of a supreme court judge thrown into prison following the imposition of emergency in the Indian Ocean island nation.
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Over 100 Prisoners Escape On Hurricane-Hit British Island
Over 100 high-risk prisoners escaped in the British Virgin Islands during Hurricane Irma, a British junior minister said on Tuesday, as he raised the death toll in British territories to nine.
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"Nights Were Atrocious": Emotional Boris Becker Recounts Prison Experience
Boris Becker had been declared bankrupt in June 2017, owing creditors £50 million over an unpaid loan of more than GBP 3 million on his estate on the Spanish island of Majorca
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Ukraine Soldiers Who Told Russian Ship "Go Fu*k Yourself", Alive: Reports
A group of Ukrainian troops, who were believed to have been killed in action after defying the Russian Navy's warning to surrender, are alive after they were taken prisoners, the news website Spectator Index claimed in a tweet.
-
Ship Captain Who Admitted To "Partying" Gets 20-Month Jail Over Oil Spill
The captain and first officer of a dry bulk carrier, which triggered the biggest environmental disaster in Mauritius, have been sentenced to 20 months in prison in the Indian Ocean island nation.
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Indonesia Prison Fire Kills At Least 41 Inmates, Dozens Injured: Official
A fire tore through an Indonesian prison on Java island early Wednesday, killing 41 people and injuring dozens of others, an official said.
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K-Pop Singer Jung Joon-Young Jailed For 6 Years For Raping Woman, Filming Act
A South Korean court sentenced a K-pop musician to six years in prison on Friday for raping a woman and distributing a video capturing the act in a case that drew attention to the darker side of the country's lucrative entertainment industry.
-
Fake Saudi Prince’s Days Of Designer Clothes, Jets Over With 18-Year Jail
A Florida man who posed as a Saudi royal for three decades and cheated people out of $8 million will spend 18 years in prison for fraud, authorities said Friday.
-
More Than 100 Inmates Flew Indonesian Jail On Sumatra Island
More than 100 inmates escaped from an Indonesian jail on Sumatra island on Saturday, police said, in the latest breakout to hit the country's creaking prison system.
-
Nelson Mandela Prison Drawing Sells For $112,575 In New York
A drawing by late South African president Nelson Mandela of the door of his prison cell on Robben Island - where he was held for 18 years - sold on Thursday in New York for $112,575.
-
Welcome To The Prison That Some Don't Want To Leave
More than a century after Mexico established a prison on the Maria Islands -- a Pacific archipelago eight hours by boat from the mainland -- the country's new government has decided to close it.
-
Letters Reveal Light On How Nelson Mandela Survived 27 Years In Prison
Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison, most of them isolated on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa. His encounters with visitors from the outside world were brief and strictly controlled; he spent much of his time alone, uncertain of whether he would ever emerge alive.
-
India Upset Over Maldives' Ex-President, Chief Justice's Prison Terms
India today expressed its "deep dismay" over a Maldivian court sentencing the island nation's former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and the chief justice of its Supreme Court to long prison terms without a "fair trial".
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He Threatened A Muslim Family Moving In Next Door. Now, He'll Go To Prison
Kaderbhai Ali Asgar left India to find a place where he'd be able grow as a chemical engineer, landing in a country he believed was "the land of the free."
-
In Indonesia, Couples Whipped For Showing Affection In Public
The conservative region on the northern tip of Sumatra island passed a regulation a week ago that would see criminals whipped only behind prison walls. It was not clear when the new rule would come into effect.
-
Maldives Ex-President Says Supreme Court Judge Ill-Treated In Prison
The exiled former president of the Maldives on Wednesday accused authorities of ill-treatment of a supreme court judge thrown into prison following the imposition of emergency in the Indian Ocean island nation.
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Over 100 Prisoners Escape On Hurricane-Hit British Island
Over 100 high-risk prisoners escaped in the British Virgin Islands during Hurricane Irma, a British junior minister said on Tuesday, as he raised the death toll in British territories to nine.
