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Spain moves to freeze Swiss accounts of ruling party ex-treasurer Former People's Party treasurer Luis Barcenas enters a car as he leaves Spain's High Court after appearing before a judge in Madrid, March 22, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Susana Vera MADRID | Fri May 31, 2013 12:29pm EDT (Reuters)...

Billions stolen from Sochi 2014 Games: Putin critic AFP May 31, 2013, 3:49 am MOSCOW (AFP) - A renowned Kremlin critic on Thursday accused President Vladimir Putin's government and its allied tycoons of stealing tens of billions of dollars assigned for construction of the 2014 Winter Olympic...

Man threatens to blow up government building over misspelt sign A US man has been arrested after threatening to blow up a government building over a misspelt sign. The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission office in Salem, Oregon 11:05AM BST 30 May 2013 Leonard Burdek, 50, of...

U.S. congressmen in Russia on Boston bombing fact-finding mission Boston marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19. / AP/THE LOWELL SUN/JULIA MALAKIE, VKONTAKTE MOSCOW | Wed May 29, 2013 3:13pm EDT (Reuters) - U.S. congressmen will meet...

U.S. accuses currency exchange of laundering $6 billion Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, describes charges against Costa Rica-based Liberty Reserve, one of the worlds largest digital currency companies and seven of it's principals and employees for...

US probes antibacterial soap health risks Evidence mounts that Triclosan chemical in many US soaps and cleansers alters hormone regulation. Last Modified: 28 May 2013 03:21<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1"...

Teen Accused Of South Africa Family Murders A teenager is due in court accused of killing his mother, baby sister, brother and gran with an axe in an apparent satanic ritual. 8:56am Monday 27 May 2013 South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world Etwatwa is a settlement...

<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/D0KBjGBtFaw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" width="640"></iframe> The dazed survivors of a Sydney nursing home recovering after a fire destroyed the building in November 2011. Eleven people died in the fire at Quakers Hill Nursing...

Fear of fraud stifles Nigerian dotcom growth Entrepreneurs get creative in attempt to do business online while Yahoo-Yahoo boys try to make a living through scams Monica Mark in Lagos The Guardian, Sunday 26 May 2013 19.07 BST In Nigeria, internet shopping is not all that it might seem...

Mystery of why we itch revealed by scientists The Sideshow May 25, 2013, 8:48 am A squirrel scratches itself (Wikicommons) Scientists had an itch they just needed to scratch: solving the ages-old mystery as to why, exactly, we scratch ourselves. The National Institute of Dental and...

Japanese Fast Food Chain Introduces “Ramen Burger” by Mika on Friday, May 24, 2013 With green-tea Kit Kats, azuki-bean croissants and teriyaki burgers, interesting re-makes of western classics are not something new to Japanese cooking, but now there is a burger-version of noodle soup...

Syria dissident proposes Assad 'safe exit' Moaz al-Khatib, former National Coalition chief, suggests president hand over power to vice president or prime minister. Last Modified: 23 May 2013 17:27 Khatib said his proposal was an effort to pull Syria "out from the catastrophe that has struck...

Insider sheds light on Syria's chemical arms Former scientist for country's programme says the regime used sarin agent in small quantities to halt rebel advances. Basma Atassi Last Modified: 23 May 2013 17:56 Despite repeated claims from Syria, the UN says it has "no conclusive findings on...

FBI agent fatally shoots man with suspected ties to Boston Marathon bomber: authorities By MITCHEL MADDUX Last Updated: 10:15 AM, May 22, 2013 Posted: 7:50 AM, May 22, 2013 An FBI agent this morning fatally shot a Florida man with suspected ties to Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev...

Philippine migrant workers pay personal price Those going abroad for jobs earn more money, but their absence comes at a cost to their families. Last Modified: 21 May 2013 04:08 Move your cursor over the video below to see the play button<object id="flashObj" classid="clsid:D <embed...

US senators approve 5,000 visas for Tibet refugees AFP May 21, 2013, 4:52 am US senators approve 5,000 visas for Tibet refugees WASHINGTON (AFP) - US lawmakers debating a landmark immigration bill on Monday approved the provision of 5,000 visas to Tibetan refugees to enter the United States...

The Third Man Kim Philby stands out as the archetypal traitor, the subject of admiration in MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, even as he sent agents to their deaths behind the Iron Curtain. Philby, who defected to the Soviet Union in 1963, was a member of the Cambridge Spies, a KGB spy ring...

Agent Zigzag Eddie Chapman - good-looking, disobedient and erratic - was the most notorious British double agent of World War II. A petty criminal playboy and gambler, he offered his services to Germany during his time in a prison in Paris. They trained him in explosives, radio communications...

Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen The end of the Cold War did little to slow the activities of Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames, who were both recruited by Soviet intelligence and continued to leak classified information to Russia through perestroika, and the break-up of the Soviet Union. Ames, a...

A man looks in Moscow on May 14, 2013, at a computer screen displaying a photo published by Russian state English language television RT website, which shows a man, identified as Ryan C. Fogle, the third secretary of the political section of Washington's embassy in Moscow (R), being held to the...