Berlin police closes Central Investigating Office for Government and Unification Crimes
The Berlin Central Investigating Office for Government and Unification Crimes, formed in 1992 to pursue East German regime crimes and postunification graft, will shut down on December 31 after most East German crimes aged out by October 3, the 10th anniversary of reunification. At peak, 700 officers handled over 20,000 cases and recovered about $1.2 billion in assets, per Police Chief Hagen Saberschinsky.
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Oxford rower missing after capsized boat on Ebro River
A nine man Oxford Lightweight Rowing Club boat capsized during training near Amposta in Tarragona. Leo Blockley is missing after the Ebro incident while Britain’s team prepared for the Cambridge race. Eight others were rescued or treated for hypothermia.
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Assailants Firebomb Minsk Synagogue Attack
Unidentified assailants lobbed two homemade firebombs at a Minsk synagogue late Wednesday. A security guard extinguished the flames with no serious damage reported, as anti Semitic incidents rise in Belarus and Russia.
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Congressman assassinated amid peace talks in Colombia
In Caqueta, gunmen killed Rep. Diego Turbay, his mother, and four bodyguards. Police say the convoy was stopped and sprayed with fire, and leftist FARC is blamed. No immediate claim of responsibility.
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