Spanish police arrest six in Asturias over Madrid blast dynamite
Police in Asturias detained six Spaniards on accusations they supplied the dynamite used in the Madrid terrorist attacks. Among the detainees is the security guard of a coal mine linked to the 440 pounds of explosives stolen for the March 11 bombings which killed 190 people. Authorities said the suspects include the wife and brother-in-law of Jose Emilio Suarez, already jailed on multiple murder charges. Details on how the dynamite reached the attackers remain undisclosed.
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Asturias
Madrid
Jose Antonio Alonso
Jose Emilio Suarez
Nigeria hits general strike over fuel price hike
Banks and stores closed as Nigeria’s general strike begins over fuel price hikes. Lagos streets lay empty as unions mobilize millions. oil exports later face potential disruption though oil firms report no immediate production impact. Gasoline earlier rose to 1.44 dollars per gallon.
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Nigeria
Africa
United States
Oilrich Nigeria
Court overturns spy case acquittal
Russia’s Supreme Court reinstated a espionage case against Valentin Danilov, a 55 year old physicist, after prosecutors appealed a Siberian jury acquittal. Justices cited procedural violations and inadmissible defense evidence, drawing criticism from scientists and rights groups who say security services influenced the decision.
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Supreme Court
Siberia
Valentin Danilov
China
Sergei Lukashevsky
Moscow Helsinki Group
Meth lab raid nets Fiji over half a billion drug value
Police in Suva seized chemicals and arrested seven suspects after raiding a three-building meth manufacturing complex. Officers recovered enough materials to produce about 540 million dollars of methamphetamine, with four Asians and three Fijians taken into custody. The operation highlighted regional warnings about crime and corruption.
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Fiji
Suva
Andrew Hughes
Hughes
Australia
New Zealand
Amber Room likely destroyed by fire after siege says veteran
Russian veteran Leonid Arinshtein recalled fragments of amber decorating Koenigsberg Castle in April 1945 and linked them to the Amber Room. He said a fire during the city’s fall may have destroyed the treasure, a claim Russian officials deny as conflicting with the room’s fate being unknown.
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Leonid Arinshtein
Russian Culture Foundation
Koenigsburg
Associated Press
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Arishtein
Koenigsburg Castle
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St. Petersburg
Peter the Great
Russia
Ruhrgas
Adrian Levy
Catherine Scott-Clark
Mikhail Shvydkoi
Frontovaya
Illustratsiya
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