Politics

Up the road from Rio - fresh forests and green jobs

View across what was once the Atantic Rainforest, just north of Rio de Janeiro

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LA bash victim Rodney King dead

A figure of US police brutality has been found dead at his home.

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Foreign nationals charged in multi-million dollar counterfeiting scheme

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Chicago becomes murder central

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HSI, CBP nab fugitive wanted for document fraud and identity theft

A 49-year-old Dominican Republic man wanted for document fraud and identity theft was arrested earlier this week at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working jointly with U.S....

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Former Corporate Chairman of Consulting Firm and Board of Director Rajat Gupta Found Guilty of Insider Trading in Manhattan Federal Court

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District announced that Rajat K. Gupta, former corporate chairman of an international consulting firm and a member of the Boards of Directors of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (“Goldman Sachs”)...

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Woman Sentenced for Role in Home Elevation Program Bribery

Brianna LaFrance, age 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced to two years’ probation by the U.S. District Court Judge Jane Triche Milazzo after admitting she conspired to bribe a mitigation analyst in the state’s home elevation program,...

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Allen Stanford to serve 110 years jail for ponzi scheme