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Biden Grants Clemency To 5 Jailed Iranians As US Confirms Prisoner Swap
A US official said that seven US citizens were on a Qatari plane that departed Iran. They include three previously identified Americans -- Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, and Emad Sharqi -- and two who wish to remain anonymous.
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Bitfinex Hack of 2016: American Couple Under FBI Scanner for Laundering Stolen Bitcoin Now Worth $5 Billion
Five years after crypto exchange Bitfinex was drained dry by a hacker, two people suspected of laundering the stolen funds have come under the FBI scanner. Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein, an NYC-based couple are looking at up to 25 years in jail if found guilty.
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Japan Court Jails US Father-Son In Nissan's Carlos Ghosn Escape Case
An American father-son duo who helped former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee Japan were sentenced to 20 months and two years in prison by a Tokyo court on Monday.
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Actress Lori Loughlin Gets Two Months In Jail In US Admissions Scam
American actress Lori Loughlin was given a two-month prison term Friday after admitting to conspiracy to commit fraud as part of her role in a sprawling college admissions scandal.
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Video: Suspect Escapes Under Closing Jail Garage Door. Barefoot And In Handcuffs
Stunning surveillance footage shows an inmate make a daring escape from police custody outside a jail in the American state of Indiana. CCTV footage released to the public by the Porter County Sheriff's Office shows the man jump out of a police car and make a run for it as a garage door closes. Stunned police officers, who were just a few feet away...
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Otto Warmbier's Death 'Unimaginable' For Former North Korea Detainee
A US missionary who spent two years in a North Korean jail said Wednesday he had never imagined that a valuable American prisoner like student Otto Warmbier could die after being taken into Pyongyang's custody.
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US Court Jails Two Americans For Assaulting Sikh Man In California
The Sikh Coalition said in the last 15 years after the September 11 or 9/11 attacks, Sikhs remain a hundred times more likely to be targeted in hate crimes.
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US Man Sentenced to 13 Years for Hate Crime Against Elderly Sikh
An American man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of hate crime for brutally hitting an 82-year-old Sikh with a steel rod outside a gurdwara in the US state of California two years ago.
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Sikh Asylum-Seekers Freed From US Jail After Hunger Strike
Twenty of the 22 Indian Sikh asylum-seekers, who were on hunger strike for over two weeks at a detention centre in Florida protesting against alleged unfair practices by immigration department, have been released on bond to fight their cases.
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Desperate, Dangerous Murderers on Run From US Jail
Two American fugitives on the run four days since escaping a maximum security jail are described as "dangerous, desperate" murderers -- one kidnapped and beat his elderly boss to death, and the other killed a sheriff's deputy.
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US Spy Chief Says He Got a Mixed Reception in North Korea
US spy chief James Clapper said that when he made a secret visit to North Korea in November to bring home two jailed Americans he was first given a 12-course banquet and then later told by his hosts that his security could not be guaranteed.
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US Urges North Korea to Release Two Jailed Americans
The US Monday called on North Korea to release two Americans, who have been detained and are facing trial in that country.
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Internet Character Inspired US Girls to Stab Friend 19 Times
While the victim's condition is stable, the two 12-year-old American girls have been charged as adults and face up to 65 years jail time.
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Fictional Internet Character Inspired US School Girls to Stab Friend
Two 12-year-old American girls, charged as adults and facing up to 65 years jail time for trying to stab a friend to death, were inspired by a fictional character, local media reported Tuesday.
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American Center Attack: Death Sentence of Two Convicts Commuted
Two men convicted of the 2002 attack on the American Center in Kolkata won't hang, the Supreme Court ruled today. While commuting their death sentence, the court ordered one of the two convicts, Aftab Ahmed Ansari to spend his entire life in jail. The other, Mohd. Jamiluddin, has been sent to 30 years in jail without remission.
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Biden Grants Clemency To 5 Jailed Iranians As US Confirms Prisoner Swap
A US official said that seven US citizens were on a Qatari plane that departed Iran. They include three previously identified Americans -- Siamak Namazi, Morad Tahbaz, and Emad Sharqi -- and two who wish to remain anonymous.
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Bitfinex Hack of 2016: American Couple Under FBI Scanner for Laundering Stolen Bitcoin Now Worth $5 Billion
Five years after crypto exchange Bitfinex was drained dry by a hacker, two people suspected of laundering the stolen funds have come under the FBI scanner. Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein, an NYC-based couple are looking at up to 25 years in jail if found guilty.
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Japan Court Jails US Father-Son In Nissan's Carlos Ghosn Escape Case
An American father-son duo who helped former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn flee Japan were sentenced to 20 months and two years in prison by a Tokyo court on Monday.
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Actress Lori Loughlin Gets Two Months In Jail In US Admissions Scam
American actress Lori Loughlin was given a two-month prison term Friday after admitting to conspiracy to commit fraud as part of her role in a sprawling college admissions scandal.
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Video: Suspect Escapes Under Closing Jail Garage Door. Barefoot And In Handcuffs
Stunning surveillance footage shows an inmate make a daring escape from police custody outside a jail in the American state of Indiana. CCTV footage released to the public by the Porter County Sheriff's Office shows the man jump out of a police car and make a run for it as a garage door closes. Stunned police officers, who were just a few feet away...
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Otto Warmbier's Death 'Unimaginable' For Former North Korea Detainee
A US missionary who spent two years in a North Korean jail said Wednesday he had never imagined that a valuable American prisoner like student Otto Warmbier could die after being taken into Pyongyang's custody.
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US Court Jails Two Americans For Assaulting Sikh Man In California
The Sikh Coalition said in the last 15 years after the September 11 or 9/11 attacks, Sikhs remain a hundred times more likely to be targeted in hate crimes.
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US Man Sentenced to 13 Years for Hate Crime Against Elderly Sikh
An American man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of hate crime for brutally hitting an 82-year-old Sikh with a steel rod outside a gurdwara in the US state of California two years ago.
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Sikh Asylum-Seekers Freed From US Jail After Hunger Strike
Twenty of the 22 Indian Sikh asylum-seekers, who were on hunger strike for over two weeks at a detention centre in Florida protesting against alleged unfair practices by immigration department, have been released on bond to fight their cases.
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Desperate, Dangerous Murderers on Run From US Jail
Two American fugitives on the run four days since escaping a maximum security jail are described as "dangerous, desperate" murderers -- one kidnapped and beat his elderly boss to death, and the other killed a sheriff's deputy.
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US Spy Chief Says He Got a Mixed Reception in North Korea
US spy chief James Clapper said that when he made a secret visit to North Korea in November to bring home two jailed Americans he was first given a 12-course banquet and then later told by his hosts that his security could not be guaranteed.
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US Urges North Korea to Release Two Jailed Americans
The US Monday called on North Korea to release two Americans, who have been detained and are facing trial in that country.
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Internet Character Inspired US Girls to Stab Friend 19 Times
While the victim's condition is stable, the two 12-year-old American girls have been charged as adults and face up to 65 years jail time.
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Fictional Internet Character Inspired US School Girls to Stab Friend
Two 12-year-old American girls, charged as adults and facing up to 65 years jail time for trying to stab a friend to death, were inspired by a fictional character, local media reported Tuesday.
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American Center Attack: Death Sentence of Two Convicts Commuted
Two men convicted of the 2002 attack on the American Center in Kolkata won't hang, the Supreme Court ruled today. While commuting their death sentence, the court ordered one of the two convicts, Aftab Ahmed Ansari to spend his entire life in jail. The other, Mohd. Jamiluddin, has been sent to 30 years in jail without remission.
