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Three Canadians have been arrested in what police say is an international crime syndicate, which secretly modifies eftpos machines in shops to steal customers’ credit card details. The skimmers are alleged to have stolen normal […] […]

PARIS—More than 5,000 people have been taken into custody in a crackdown on illegal World Cup gambling in Asia, where police raided hundreds of betting dens, international police agency Interpol said Friday. Interpol co-ordinated the […] […]

BOLT… my goal is not to lose this race               POWELL… there’s always a chance to beat Bolt PARIS, France (AP) — Jamaican sprinters Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell go head-to-head for the first time this […] […]

Lord Taylor of Warwick has been accused of false accounting after he was questioned over the parliamentary expenses scandal. The Tory peer, whose full name is John David Beckett Taylor, has been summoned to face […] […]

A mother of five was facing jail today after trying to get a bigger house by making up a story that she had been kidnapped. Yurup Ismael told police that her ex-husband had abducted her. […] […]

A new Facebook group dedicated to the memory of killer Raoul Moat was launched today. It comes after another site was taken down following criticism from the Prime Minister. Facebook said it was reviewing the […] […]

ONE of Britain’s most notorious serial killers, “Yorkshire Ripper”‘ Peter Sutcliffe, must spend the rest of his life behind bars, a court ruled. Sutcliffe was convicted in 1981 of murdering 13 women and attempting to […] […]

A TINY island surrounded by miles of empty ocean might not seem like the ideal terrain for an escaped prisoner on the run. But 24-year-old Alvone Maybury has evaded police in Bermuda for more than […] […]

OSCAR-winning film star Sean Connery and his wife Micheline have been placed under investigation in Spain over allegations of tax fraud. The step is the first part of the process towards formal charges, local media […] […]

TWO US military officers who were discharged because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy are expected to testify today during a federal lawsuit posing the biggest constitutional challenge in years to the US policy […] […]