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Italian Counterfeit Coin Mint Raided

NAPLES, Italy, Aug. 17 (UPI) — Police in Naples, Italy, say they’ve busted a counterfeit mint capable of making perfect copies of one-euro coins. In the Wednesday raid, police found sufficient raw material to make 10,000 euros, Italian news agency ANSA reported. The storefront facility in the center of Naples contained advanced minting machinery that […]

Young Murder Suspect Gets Third Psychiatric Exam

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 17 (UPI) — A third psychiatric exam has been ordered for a 12-year-old Florida boy accused of first-degree homicide in the beating death of his 2-year-old half brother. Cristian Fernandez was arrested by Jacksonville, Fla. police in March, the day before David Galarraga died of his injuries, the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union reported. […]

HRW Asks What's Different Post-Mubarak

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) — Prosecutors operating in Egypt under military authority aren’t much better at permitting dissenting voices than the previous regime, Human Rights Watch said. Human Rights Watch said there were a large number of civilians on trial in military courts for what it said were nothing more than “major” attacks on […]

HRW Asks What’s Different Post-Mubarak

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (UPI) — Prosecutors operating in Egypt under military authority aren’t much better at permitting dissenting voices than the previous regime, Human Rights Watch said. Human Rights Watch said there were a large number of civilians on trial in military courts for what it said were nothing more than “major” attacks on […]

Shoe Found In Search For Missing Teen

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug. 17 (UPI) — Australian authorities said they found a shoe that may belong to teenager Daniel Morcombe, who disappeared in 2003 while waiting for a bus. A search for the boy’s remains has been under way north of Brisbane for several days, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday. Authorities have narrowed the search […]

Montreal Fire Leaves 2 Dead, 1 Critical

MONTREAL, Aug. 17 (UPI) — An early morning house fire Wednesday in Montreal killed a man and his son and left the wife and mother in critical condition, firefighters said. The fire broke out in the kitchen of a two-story, six-unit row house before 3 a.m., The (Montreal) Gazette reported. Firefighters found the 31-year-old man, […]

Russian Arms Dealer Loses Out In Libya

MOSCOW, Aug. 17 (UPI) — The cancellation of weapons contracts from Libya cost a Russian state-run arms exporter $4 billion, a head of the company said Wednesday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week said he supported the U.N. Security Council resolution in March that sanctioned international military action in Libya. Moscow abstained from voting on […]

Second Suit Challenges FDA Cigarette Regulations

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (UPI) — Five tobacco companies filed a second lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of regulations and graphic warning labels under a 2009 U.S. law. The new suit, filed Tuesday, challenges specific regulations that led to the Food and Drug Administration choosing nine graphic warning labels, The New York Times reported. The companies lost […]

Ex-Ukrainian Leader Wants Putin To Testify

KIEV, Ukraine, Aug. 17 (UPI) — A court in the Ukraine was told Wednesday that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin must give evidence at the trial of former Premier Yulia Tymoshenko. Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko testified that it would be “impossible to establish the truth” in the case without the testimony of the Russian […]

Four Missing After Copter Crashes In China

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (UPI) — A search was on for four people missing after a police helicopter crashed in a northern suburb of Beijing Wednesday, police said. Five members were aboard the helicopter were returning from a rescue drill when the aircraft crashed into a reservoir, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported. One crew member […]