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MURDER

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 2, 2015
Pennsylvania man uses chain saw to slay wife, then himself
A suburban Philadelphia man killed his wife with a chain saw and then turned the machine on himself in a grisly murder-suicide, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 22, 2015
Former senior Chinese police chief detained on suspicion of murder
The former police chief of the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia has been detained on suspicion of murder, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday, citing public security authorities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2015
Accused murderer Durst deemed suicidal
Robert Durst, the real estate scion charged with first-degree murder, is suicidal, according statements by Louisiana authorities released on Wednesday after they moved him to a facility for acutely mentally ill inmates.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2015
Bathroom confession critical in Durst case, legal experts say
New York real estate scion and accused murderer Robert Durst's bathroom muttering that he "killed them all" would likely be admissible evidence in a murder trial, legal experts said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 7, 2015
Nemtsov's friends ask: Where were the police when he was shot?
When Boris Nemtsov was shot dead as he walked across a bridge next to the Kremlin, it took 11 minutes before a police car arrived at the scene, according to the time stamp on closed-circuit television footage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 3, 2015
Nemtsov's shaken girlfriend says she didn't see killer
Boris Nemtsov's girlfriend has broken her public silence on the murder of the Russian opposition activist, saying she did not see the killer who gunned him down as they strolled across a bridge near the Kremlin.
WORLD
Mar 1, 2015
U.S. wants to deport more than 150 Bosnians over war crimes: report
U.S. officials have identified about 300 Bosnian immigrants who they believe concealed their involvement in wartime atrocities including the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and are trying to deport at least 150 of them, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

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