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Cricket scandal men get prison sentences, fines

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:41:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LONDON, ENGLAND – The three dethroned heroes of Pakistan’s cricket team, Salman Butt, age 30, Mohammad Asif, 28, and Mohammad Amir, 19, were handed prison sentences and fines by a London court Thursday. Butt and Asif, who were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud and accept corrupt money earlier this week have been handed sentences [...]

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Ex-Ukraine PM Timochenko given 7 yrs in prison

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:32:56 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Former Unkrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymochenko was handed a seven-year prison sentence Tuesday 11 October, found guilty of criminally abusing her power, in particular of losing large amounts of money in a natural gas deal with Russia. Tymochenko was one of the heroes of the Orange Revolution in 2004 who fought the [...]

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Two US hikers jailed in Iran close to freedom (update)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:29:36 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 17:05 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The two US men who were jailed by Iran after hiking in the Iranian border area are reported by the Iranian state news agency to be free and en route home, and AP is reporting that a convoy has left Evin Prison, with Swiss and Omani diplomats and police and [...]

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Woman who shook child, causing its death, gets 10 years

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:27:37 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A 27-year-old woman who in 2006 shook a child to death, has been given a 10-year-prison sentence. She is the third person involved in a child abuse case that involved her partner and his other female companion and three of the man’s children. They were all living together as a group with [...]

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Autoroute wrong-way driver was drunk, police say

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:24:24 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The 51-year-old Frenchman driving the wrong way on the autoroute who had a head-on crash on the A1 between Yverdon and Lausanne at 06:00, 10 August had an alcohol level of 1.89 (legal limit: 0.5), canton Vaud police say. He was interviewed in the hospital, where he was treated for his injuries [...]

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Swiss loophole covering sex, porn with minors to close

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:53:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland, which in 2010 signed the Council of Europe (EC) treaty covering sexual exploitation of minors has now completed legislative changes that will make it a crime to solicit, encourage or take part in sexual acts with 16- to 18-year-olds, for remuneration. The legal revisions extend the age of minors where remunerated [...]

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DSK release (Chappatte cartoon)

Ellen Wallace — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:08:14 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ©2011 Chappatte, distributed by Globe Cartoon. More cartoons on Chappatte’s web site. Geneva-based Patrick Chappatte works for the International Herald Tribune, for Geneva newspaper Le Temps, and for NZZ am Sonntag. All cartoons reproduced with permission.

Guantánamo’s 759 leaked profiles give face to detainees

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:38:11 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The New York Times in the US and the Guardian in the UK have put on the table an extraordinary set of leaked Guantánamo bay military prison documents they say are not from Wikileaks. The publication of the files on the prisoners have prompted a stiff criticism from the US government, which appears to believe [...]

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Rudolf Elmer, Swiss WikiLeaks banker, loses appeal

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 06:56:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Rudolf Elmer, the former Bank Julius Baer employee who famously appeared with Julian Assange of WikiLeaks two days before his trial in Zurich for theft and threatening his former employer, has had one of his appeals turned down, his lawyer has told Swiss media in a press release. He was convicted [...]

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Rudolf Elmer arrested again over latest WikiLeaks handover

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:34:52 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Theft and threats out of the way, Zurich turns to bank secrecy law violations to jail former banker Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Rudolf Elmer was arrested again in Zurich Wednesday evening, shortly after being handed a suspended sentence. Elmer had a quick court hearing and sentencing Wednesday 19 January, for threatening his former employer, Bank [...]

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