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Dubai accuses Israel of 'vast falsification' of passports

Articles: 2, Last update: Mar 9, 2010 8:39:00 PM, Start: Mar 9, 2010 8:23:00 PM

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Cyprus ex-president body found after 'broken Greek' tip-off

kuwaittimes Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:05:00 AM CET | info

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Entities: Dimitris Christofias[1];

Published Date: March 10, 2010 NICOSIA: Ex-president Tassos Papadopoulos's body was found in another cemetery three months after a grave robbery from his family plot, Cyprus police said yesterday, after a tip-off call in "broken Greek." The discovery in a case which has shocked the island sparked a.......

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Indictment Unsealed Charging Colombo Family Administration Member Theodore Persico and Seven Other Defendants

earthtimes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:39:00 PM CET | info

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Charges Include a Colombo Family Kickback and Extortion Scheme on Demolition Work at the World Trade Center Construction Site NEW YORK, March 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An eight-count indictment was unsealed t......

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Missing body of Cyprus' ex-leader found, 3 arrests

AP Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:25:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Dimitris Christofias[2]; Vassilis Palmas[1];

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Vassilis Palmas said: "Officials must be very careful when they open their mouths,"

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) -- Three months after it was stolen, the corpse of Cyprus' former president was found reburied in another grave and three men were arrested Tuesday in what officials called a case of bodysnatching for ransom.......

Fourth Australian passport used in al Mabhouh murder

thenational Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:06:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Mahmoud al-Mabhouh[1]; Adam Korman[1]; Dahi Khalfan Tamim[1]; Yuval Rotem[1]; Dahi Khalfan[1]; Stephen Smith[1];

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Stephen Smith said: “Inquiries by the Australian federal police and the Australian passport office indicate the further passport presented in Dubai was fraudulently duplicated, as was the case with the initial three passports,”

Stephen Smith said: “There is no information to suggest that Mr Krycer, as with any of the other three Australian passport holders, was involved in any way, other than as victims of identity fraud,”

Zoi Constantine and Wafa Issa Last Updated: March 10. 2010 12:02AM UAE / March 9. 2010 8:02PM GMT DUBAI // A fourth Australian has been named as a victim of identity fraud in connection with the murder of Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai. Yesterday, the Australian foreign minister, Stephen Smith, said.......

Cypriot ex-leader's stolen body found: three held

thestar Tuesday, March 9, 2010 10:01:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Tassos Papadopoulos[1]; Dimitris Christofias[1]; Andrew Dobbie[1];

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Three people were arrested in Cyprus on Tuesday after the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, stolen from its tomb three months ago, was found in a shallow grave in another cemetery, police said....

Grave-robbing suspects arrested after snatching president's body

abc-au Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:40:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Tassos Papadopoulos[1];

Officials in Cyprus say DNA tests have confirmed that a body found in a suburban cemetery belongs to the late president Tassos Papadopoulos....

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Cyber crimes cost Indian firms Rs 58 lakh in 2009

financialexpress Tuesday, March 9, 2010 9:08:00 PM CET | info

Trigger words: (OrganizedCrime) Cyber crimes[2];

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Other categories: Terrorist Attack;

Cyber crimes and attacks cost Indian companies Rs 58 lakh in revenue in 2009 and affected over 66% of Indian enterprises, according to a study by internet security providers, Symantec Corp....

3 arrested in theft of Cyprus ex-leader’s body

msnbc Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:57:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Dimitris Christofias[2]; Vassilis Palmas[1];

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Vassilis Palmas said: "Officials must be very careful when they open their mouths,"

Three men are arrested over the theft of the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, which was found reburied in another grave three months after being dug up and reportedly held for ransom....

Interpol alert for 16 in Dubai killing of Hamas leader

Hindu Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:42:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Ronald Noble[1]; Mahmoud al-Mabhouh[2];

PARIS: Interpol has expanded its wanted list over the killing of a Hamas commander to 27 people, and also revealed previously unreleased details about one suspect, including his alias and a snapshot of his smiling face. The Lyon, France-based organisation says it issued Red Notices, its.......

Probe 'to reveal Mossad faked passports'

smh Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:39:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Mahmoud al-Mabhouh[1]; Dahi Khalfan[1];

Other categories: Security;

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Dahi Khalfan told: "I ring alarm bells. Israel is falsifying Western passports on a large scale. We discover forged passports on a daily basis,"

Dahi Khalfan added: "Dubai police will continue its investigation and will unveil in the coming weeks how the Mossad forged dozens of (European) passports"

Dahi Khalfan said: "returned to the United States after passing through a European country,"

Dubai's police chief accused Israel of "vast falsification" of travel documents, noting that dozens of false passports were uncovered after al-Mabhuh's murder....

Thieves demanded ransom for former president's body - Summary

earthtimes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:38:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Tassos Papadopoulos[1]; Dimitris Christofias[1];

Athens/Nicosia - Cypriot authorities on Tuesday arrested two people for allegedly stealing the corpse of former president Tassos Papadopoulos from his grave three months ago and said the suspects had earlier demanded a ransom. Police arrested an Indi......

3 Arrests in Theft of Cyprus Leader's Body

CBSnews Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:37:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Dimitris Christofias[2]; Vassilis Palmas[1];

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Vassilis Palmas said: "Officials must be very careful when they open their mouths,"

DNA Test Tuesday Confirmed that Located Remains Were Those of Ex-President Tassos Papadopoulos, Who Died in December...

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3 arrested for theft of Cyprus ex-leader's body

usaToday Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:30:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Dimitris Christofias[2]; Vassilis Palmas[1];

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Vassilis Palmas said: "Officials must be very careful when they open their mouths,"

Cypriot police say three men have been arrested over the theft of the corpse of former president Tasos Papadopoulos....

Former president's stolen corpse recovered

euronews-en Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:30:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Tassos Papadopoulos[1]; Dimitris Christofias[1];

The missing remains of former Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos have been found, three months after being stolen from the grave. The body was…...

"Siege began in 1967"

bignewsnetwork-palestine Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:18:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Abu Rahma[2]; Al Mezan[1]; Richard Goldstone[1];

Other categories: Market; Society; Terrorist Attack;

BRUSSELS (IPS) - For the first time since September 2006, Mahmoud Abu Rahma, a leading figure in the Palestinian human rights group Al Mezan, has been granted permission to travel outside Gaza....

US group charged with assisting suicide

guardian Tuesday, March 9, 2010 8:07:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: Terrorist Attack; Biotechnology;

Co-founder and three other members of group indicted in US state of Georgia under laws to combat organised crime Four elderly members of an assisted suicide group have been charged, under US laws combatting organised crime, with helping a man kill himself....

Cyprus police confirm body is ex-leader's corpse

ChinaPost Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:53:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Dimitris Christofias[1];

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - A body discovered in a Nicosia cemetery is the stolen corpse of Cyprus' ex-president Tassos Papadopoulos, police said Tuesday....

Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says

thestar Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:45:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Tassos Papadopoulos[1]; Dimitris Christofias[1]; Andrew Dobbie[1];

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave on Monday three months after it disappeared from its tomb....

The spread of counterfeiting: Knock-offs catch on

economist Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:43:00 PM CET | info

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Other categories: OHIM; EU2020; DG Taxation & Customs Union; Financial Crisis; Market;

IMITATION is supposed to be the sincerest form of flattery, but that is not how most brands see it. On March 1st Philip Morris, a tobacco giant, sued eight American retailers for selling counterfeit versions of its Marlboro cigarettes. Thanks to the rise of the internet and of extended international.......

Hamas slaying in Dubai ripples worldwide

bignewsnetwork-palestine Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:18:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Paul Kelly[1]; Labib Kamhawi[1]; Dahi Khalfan Tamim[1]; Meir Dagan[1]; Diaa Hadid[1]; Adam Schreck[1]; Khaled Mashal[1]; Tzipi Livni[1]; Melvyn Adam Mildiner[1]; Avigdor Lieberman[1]; Stephen Smith[1]; Mahmoud al-Mabhouh[1]; Brian Murphy[1]; Dahi Khalfan[1]; Binyamin Ben-Eliezer[2]; Mustafa Alani[1]; Jamal Halaby[1];

Other categories: Communicable disease-Outbreaks;

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Mustafa Alani said: "There's a huge number of questions to be answered,"

Palestinians from Hamas and other groups carry pictures of slain Palestinian Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon on Feb. 2......

Madoff Victims Warned of Fake Web Site

IHT Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:04:00 PM CET | info

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Entities: Stephen Harbeck[1]; Bernard Madoff[1];

The Securities Investor Protection Corporation issued a warning about a group masquerading as another investor protection group in an apparent attempt to lure victims of Bernard L. Madoff....

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