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Financier charged in fake pre-IPO Facebook sales
Mar 19, 2013 15:14 EDT
A Florida investment adviser was charged Tuesday with selling $8 million of fake Facebook shares ahead of the social network's highly anticipated public offering, officials said.
Romania film festival focuses on Holocaust
Mar 12, 2013 13:43 EDT
The One World international human rights documentary film festival which opens in Bucharest on Tuesday will give special focus to the Holocaust to highlight the devastating consequences of hatred and intolerance.
Dortmund happy to return home on level terms
Feb 13, 2013 20:37 EST
Germany defender Mats Hummels said Borussia Dortmund are relishing their Champions League last-16 second-leg clash at home to Shakhtar Donetsk in a fortnight after the 2-2 draw in Ukraine.
Fans deaths casts shadow over Dortmund draw
Feb 13, 2013 18:04 EST
Germany defender Mats Hummels's late header gave Borussia Dortmund a Champions League lifeline with a 2-2 draw at Shakhtar Donetsk in Wednesday's last 16, first-leg, clash.
Five dead as plane makes emergency landing in Ukraine
Feb 13, 2013 16:52 EST
Five people died when an Antonov AN-24 plane with dozens of football fans on board made an emergency landing in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk on Wednesday, officials said.
4 dead as plane makes emergency landing in Ukraine
Feb 13, 2013 16:00 EST
At least four people died when an Antonov AN-24 plane with dozens of football fans on board made an emergency landing Wednesday in the eastern Ukraine city of Donetsk, officials said.
Suspect in Putin murder plot withdraws confession
Jan 17, 2013 08:45 EST
The chief suspect being tried in Ukraine over an alleged plot to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin has withdrawn his confession, claiming he was tortured, a news report said on Thursday.
Israel president opens new Jewish museum in Moscow
Nov 08, 2012 11:37 EST
Israeli President Shimon Peres on Thursday opened one of the world's biggest Jewish museums housed in a converted Moscow bus garage which tells the story of Russian Jews from Tsarist times through the horror of the Holocaust.
Ukraine extradites suspect of Putin murder plot: report
Aug 25, 2012 16:22 EDT
Ukraine on Saturday extradited one of the men suspected of plotting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin, state-owned Channel One reported.
Russia's Putin says not afraid after murder plot
Feb 28, 2012 09:55 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin brushed off a reported plot to kill him as part of his daily burden as Russia's prime minister on Tuesday, burnishing his macho image five days before a presidential election he is likely to win.
Sceptics question Putin 'pre-election' plot timing
Feb 28, 2012 01:55 EST
The timing of the revelation of a plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin appears to have been specially chosen to help the Russian leader's presidential election campaign, according to opposition commentators.
Russia 'thwarts plot' to assassinate Putin
Feb 27, 2012 03:56 EST
Russia on Monday said its secret services had thwarted a plot hatched in a Ukrainian port city by men with links to Chechnya to assassinate Vladimir Putin after next weekend's presidential election.
Plot to assassinate Putin foiled: Russian TV
Feb 27, 2012 02:06 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and Ukrainian security groups have foiled a plan to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after Russia's March 4 presidential election, Russia's pro-government Channel One television said on Monday.
Assassination bid on Putin foiled, Ukraine says
Feb 27, 2012 02:06 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and Ukrainian security services have foiled a plot to assassinate Vladimir Putin after next week's presidential election, Ukraine's SBU counter-intelligence agency said on Monday.
Attempt to kill Russia's Putin foiled: security agencies
Feb 27, 2012 02:06 EST
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Security services in Russia and Ukraine said Monday they had foiled a plot to kill Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, but his opponents ridiculed the announcement as a campaign stunt six days before he runs in Russia's presidential election.
Russia averts plot to assassinate Putin: state TV
Feb 27, 2012 00:58 EST
Russia's secret service has arrested two men in connection with a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after the March 4 presidential elections, Channel One state television said Monday.
Sarkozy's son leaves Ukraine after hospital stay
Jan 25, 2012 13:31 EST
The eldest son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy left Ukraine on Wednesday after spending a day in hospital with apparent food poisoning, officials said.
French president's son 'hospitalised in Ukraine'
Jan 25, 2012 08:51 EST
The eldest son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been hospitalised in the Ukrainian resort city of Odessa with apparent food poisoning, a security source told AFP Wednesday.
Ukrainian 'Darth Vader' wants land plot for spaceship
Nov 18, 2011 12:01 EST
A Ukrainian wearing a Darth Vader costume made an unexpected appearance at a city hall in the south of the country, demanding a plot of land on which to park his spaceship, local authorities said Friday.
Darth Vader claims land plot in Ukraine
Nov 18, 2011 11:37 EST
KIEV (Reuters) - Welcoming the local authorities' move to the dark side, Darth Vader has asked for a land plot in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa to park his space ship.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| ODESSA | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1946 |
| Type | Network |
| Legal status | Organization |
| Purpose/focus | To prevent the prosecution of SS officers for war crimes. |
| Region served | International |
| Official languages | German |
| Affiliations | Stille Hilfe |