Lawyer denies Polanski ready to go to America
PARIS (Reuters) - A lawyer for Roman Polanski denied on Wednesday that the film director, now in Swiss custody, may opt to face justice in the United States, where he is wanted on a 1977 sex charge, to avoid lengthy extradition procedures.
Nations:France Switzerland People:Roman Polanski Activities:Roman Polanski Rape Case Holocaust Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-21
Billionaire among 6 nabbed in inside trading case
NEW YORK - One of America's wealthiest men was among six hedge fund managers and corporate executives arrested Friday in a hedge fund insider trading case that prosecutors say generated more than $25 million in illegal profits and should be a wake-up call for Wall Street.
Nations:U.S. India Switzerland Activities:2009 Galleon Insider Trading Source:(AP)
2009-10-16
Australia rate hike a good sign for world economy
WASHINGTON - A move by Australia's central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate, the first major economy to do so since the financial crisis worsened last fall, may signal a vote of confidence in a global recovery.
Nations:South Korea Spain Canada India New Zealand Switzerland Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2009-10-06
Quake landslides wipe out 4 villages in Indonesia
PADANG, Indonesia - At least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people including a wedding party under mountains of mud and debris, officials said Saturday.
Nations:Indonesia Denmark Switzerland Netherlands South Korea Australia Source:(AP)
2009-10-03
Obama: Iran must follow through on nuke promises
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday called landmark nuclear talks with Iran a constructive beginning, then challenged Tehran to match words with deeds by giving international inspectors "unfettered access" to a previously secret uranium enrichment plant within two weeks.
Nations:Russia Switzerland People:Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Iran-U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-01
Polanski asks Swiss court to free him from custody
ZURICH - Lawyers for Roman Polanski filed a motion in court Tuesday asking that the director be released from Swiss custody -- the first step in his legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States for a 1977 statutory rape case.
Nations:Switzerland U.S. Poland People:Roman Polanski Hillary Clinton Ewan McGregor Pierce Brosnan
2009-09-29
Polanski vows to fight US extradition
ZURICH (AFP) - Roman Polanski's lawyers on Monday vowed to fight his extradition to the United States over a three-decade-old child sex case and called his surprise detention in Switzerland "illegal".
Nations:France Switzerland Poland People:Hillary Clinton Roman Polanski Monica Bellucci Wong Kar-Wai
2009-09-28
Best shot of his life moves Federer to final
NEW YORK - And for his next act ...
People:Jack Nicholson Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Serena Williams Charlize Theron Activities:2009 U.S. Tennis Open
2009-09-13
Oudin's magical US Open ends with loss in quarters
NEW YORK - Melanie Oudin's magical U.S. Open is over. Even the comeback kid couldn't overturn this deficit. Showing signs of shakiness in her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, the 17-year-old Oudin got off to a slow start against No. 9-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and never really recovered, losing 6-2, 6-2 Wednesday night.
Nations:U.S. Ukraine Denmark Spain People:Serena Williams Novak Djokovic Kim Clijsters Roger Federer Elena Dementieva Maria Sharapova Activities:2009 U.S. Tennis Open
2009-09-10
Detained: Hikers in wrong place, wrong time
SAN FRANCISCO - Freelance journalist Shane Bauer planned to cover the elections in northern Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region. His girlfriend, Sarah Shourd, was going with him on a backpacking trip. Another friend stayed put, under the weather with a cold.
Nations:U.S. India South Africa Switzerland People:Hillary Clinton Activities:Iran-U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-08-03
Europe fast-tracking swine flu vaccine
LONDON - In a drive to inoculate people against swine flu before winter, many European governments say they will fast-track the testing of a new flu vaccine, arousing concern among some experts about safety issues and proper vaccine doses.
Nations:U.K. Sweden France Greece Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-07-26
Swine flu spreads; health officials plan vaccines
GENEVA (Reuters) - Global health officials stepped up efforts to prepare for quick vaccination against the H1N1 pandemic virus, saying on Friday it appeared now to be affecting older age groups spared earlier in the pandemic.
Nations:India Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-24
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