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Siege of Brazil’s Biggest Slums Nets Drug Gangs

Some 3,000 police and soldiers raided and took over two of Brazil's biggest shantytowns Sunday as part of a crackdown against armed drug gangs and security preparations for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
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Kapunda Teen Admits Killing 3 Rowe Family Members

Jason Alexander Downie pleaded guilty Wednesday before the Elizabeth Magistrates Court of killing 16-year-old Chantelle Rowe and her parents in their home in Kapunda, South Australia one year ago.

Gaddafi Spent Last Days Scavenging, Hiding, Reading Books

A security aide of slain Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi detained in Misrata has told CNN and BBC that the longest-serving leader of Africa was forced to scavenge for food and hide in abandoned homes in his hometown Sirte during his last days.

How Online Reviews Can Kill Your Business in 5 Minutes

A Briton revealed that Google has finally removed a fake online review of his business on Google's Places that mentioned him as a pedophile after his request to delete it have been ignored for 18 months. Unfortunately, the damage had been done.

Asylum Boat Overturns, 17 Drown

A wooden boat packed with 70 suspected asylum seekers capsized off the coast of West Java in Indonesia on Tuesday drowning 17 people.

U.K. High Court to Rule on Assange Extradition

The U.K.'s High Court will rule on Wednesday whether or not to extradite controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden so he could be questioned by police about two women's allegations that he raped them.

Fugitive Found in Sydney Dares UK Police to Get Him

A British fugitive found living in Sydney under an alias has claimed that he is innocent of the charge that he faked his death to get a $2 million in life insurance and has dared the U.K. police to arrest him in Australia.

Sydney Man Extradited to Indonesia over Child Rape Allegations

A Sydney man, who is suspected to have raped three male students in Indonesia, has been surrendered to Indonesian authorities last week. The Indonesian government has requested for his extradition since 2008, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

Cash-strapped WikiLeaks to Shut Down

WikiLeaks no longer has money to operate and may shut down by December if cash donations does not come in soon, its founder Julian Assange announced in a press conference in London on Monday.

U.S. Navy Expels 64 Sailors Using Designer Drug ‘Spice’

Sixty-four U.S. Navy men, including 49 assigned aboard the aircraft carrier that buried al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at sea, have been expelled for using, possessing or selling the designer drug called "spice" that mimics the effects of marijuana.

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