Judge orders Irish tycoon jailed for contempt Nov 2nd, 2012 - 16:00h (CET +01.00) Bankrupt tycoon Sean Quinn, once Ireland's richest man and a celebrated self-made billionaire, was sent to jail for nine weeks Friday after a judge found him guilty of stripping foreign assets from his crumbling business empire in violation of c... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : judge, orders, irish, tycoon, jailed, contempt, Top Keywords

Flavor Flav jailed in Vegas domestic battery case Oct 17th, 2012 - 22:10h (CET +01.00) Entertainer Flavor Flav is jailed in Las Vegas on felony assault and misdemeanor domestic battery charges after police say he argued with his fiancee and threatened to attack her teenage son with a knife. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : flavor, flav, jailed, vegas, domestic, battery, case, Top Keywords

Flavor Flav jailed in Las Vegas on felony charges Oct 17th, 2012 - 21:40h (CET +01.00) Police in Las Vegas say entertainer Flavor Flav is jailed on felony charges stemming from a domestic argument with his fiancee and threats to attack her teenage son with a knife. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : flavor, flav, jailed, vegas, felony, charges, case, Top Keywords

China Nobel winner Mo Yan calls for jailed laureate's freedom Oct 12th, 2012 - 11:50h (CET +01.00) GAOMI, China (Reuters) - Chinese Nobel Literature Prize winner Mo Yan unexpectedly called for the release of jailed compatriot Liu Xiaobo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago, having come under fire from rights activists for not speaking up f... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : china, nobel, winner, calls, jailed, laureate's, freedom, Top Keywords

Russian nationalists want wedding shooters jailed Oct 1st, 2012 - 18:00h (CET +01.00) It was an unusual wedding escort even for Moscow's brash style: A red Ferrari led a motorcade in which guests fired celebratory shots from car windows as they sped down one of the city's main avenues near Red Square. (Source: Associated Pre... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : russian, nationalists, want, wedding, shooters, jailed, freedom, Top Keywords

Ex-top cop in China scandal jailed for 15 years Sep 24th, 2012 - 03:50h (CET +01.00) A Chinese court sentenced the former police who exposed a murder by a Chinese politician's wife to 15 years in prison Monday in a decision that sets the stage for China's leadership to wrap up a seamy political scandal and move ahead with a... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : extop, china, scandal, jailed, years, jailed, freedom, Top Keywords

Political cartoonist jailed in India sedition case Sep 10th, 2012 - 14:10h (CET +01.00) A political cartoonist whose drawings mock Indian government corruption has been jailed in a sedition investigation that was widely condemned Monday as evidence of political leaders' growing intolerance of criticism. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : political, cartoonist, jailed, india, sedition, case, freedom, Top Keywords

Indian politician jailed for life over Gujarat riots Aug 31st, 2012 - 18:20h (CET +01.00) An Indian court on Friday sentenced a former state minister to a minimum 28 years in jail for her role in instigating the worst massacre during deadly religious riots in Gujarat in 2002. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : indian, politician, jailed, life, gujarat, riots, freedom, Top Keywords

Drunk driver who ran over Paralympic medallist jailed Aug 30th, 2012 - 14:40h (CET +01.00) A drunk driver who left a Paralympic gold medallist seriously injured and unable to compete in the 2012 Games after a hit-and-run crash has been jailed for 18 months. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : drunk, driver, paralympic, medallist, jailed, riots, freedom, Top Keywords

New Zealand 'runaway millionaire' jailed for theft Aug 24th, 2012 - 10:00h (CET +01.00) A New Zealand man who fled to China after a bank mistakenly deposited millions of dollars into his account was jailed for four years and seven months Friday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : zealand, 'runaway, millionaire', jailed, theft, riots, freedom, Top Keywords