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Indian police fear US tax scam spread across country INTERNATIONAL

Indian police fear US tax scam spread across country

A multi-million-dollar racket that used fake Indian call centres to trick US citizens into paying bogus tax bills may be the tip of the iceberg, with police warning similar scams could be operating across the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Sri Lanka destroys seized bird nests destined for soup INTERNATIONAL

Sri Lanka destroys seized bird nests destined for soup

Sri Lankan custom officers on Tuesday destroyed 45 kilograms (99 pounds) of rare bird nests that are considered a delicacy in China and have a street value of nearly half a million dollars.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Six people found alive with severed hands in Mexico INTERNATIONAL

Six people found alive with severed hands in Mexico

Five men and a woman were found alive on Monday on a road in western Mexico with their hands amputated and their foreheads marked with the word ‘I'm a thief.’

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Woman’s death sentence reduced to 15 years in jail ARABIA

Woman’s death sentence reduced to 15 years in jail

The Court of Appeal has reduced the verdict of a Colombian woman convicted of illicit drug trade from death sentence to 15 years in jail.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Parents accountable for teens driving sans license ARABIA

Parents accountable for teens driving sans license

Parents should not allow their children drive their vehicles on public roads without a license, a practice that may pose a threat to the lives of the youngsters as well as others, several residents have opined.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian police detain hundreds over US tax scam INTERNATIONAL

Indian police detain hundreds over US tax scam

Indian police said Wednesday they had detained and questioned more than 750 bogus call centre workers accused of stealing millions of dollars from American citizens by posing as United States tax officials.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Ex-hostage tells of terror as friends beheaded in Philippines INTERNATIONAL

Ex-hostage tells of terror as friends beheaded in Philippines

A Norwegian former hostage on Sunday described his psychological torture as he heard his friends being beheaded by Islamic militants during a year-long captivity in the southern Philippines.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Attack on US cop leaves two dead, including gunman INTERNATIONAL

Attack on US cop leaves two dead, including gunman

A series of shootings that began with an apparently unprovoked attack on a Philadelphia policewoman left two people dead and five injured, police said Saturday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Philippine militants free Norwegian hostage: govt INTERNATIONAL

Philippine militants free Norwegian hostage: govt

A Norwegian held hostage by a notorious kidnapping-for-ransom gang in the strife-torn southern Philippines was released Saturday after a year in captivity and will soon be handed over to officials, authorities said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Asian sentenced for stealing QR1,200 ARABIA

Asian sentenced for stealing QR1,200

A Doha Criminal Court has sentenced a Bangladeshi man to one year jail and subsequent deportation for stealing the money of another expatriate worker.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Illegal miners trapped in disused South Africa gold mine INTERNATIONAL

Illegal miners trapped in disused South Africa gold mine

Emergency workers Sunday were striving to rescue illegal miners trapped underground in Johannesburg's oldest gold mine, a spokesman said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Polish film on 2010 air crash points finger at Russia INTERNATIONAL

Polish film on 2010 air crash points finger at Russia

A new Polish feature film about the April 2010 jet crash in Russia which killed then president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others has revived conspiracy theories about Moscow's role in the tragedy.

4:45 AM November 25 2016