More than 50 people have been arrested in a raid against one of the most powerful mafia groups in the world. The raid on the 'Ndrangheta mafia, dubbed Operation Karpanthos, involved more than 400 officers from Carabinieri police. Some 38 people have been jailed, six put under house arrest and eight given orders not to leave their hometowns, the force said. The operation was led … [Read more...] about Operation Karpanthos: More than 50 arrested after raid on Italy’s most powerful Mafia
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There Have Been 704 Journalists Murdered Since 1992
A chilling new report shows that hundreds of journalists have been murdered and more than one thousand have died in just a little more than two decades. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported that 704 journalists have been murdered and 1059 have been killed since 1992. Iraq remains the deadliest country for journalists, with 103 reporters … [Read more...] about There Have Been 704 Journalists Murdered Since 1992
Father of kidnapped Zaharias children pleads for location of Christopher and Lisa Mae
Editor’s note: the following is a plea by Louis Zaharias, the father of missing Christoper and Lisa Mae Zaharias, published in its entirety. The two were kidnapped by their mother, Susan Elizabeth Gammill Zaharias, on November 20, 1987, from their home in Mission Viejo, California. Susan Zaharias is wanted for felony Child Concealment, with a mandatory bond of … [Read more...] about Father of kidnapped Zaharias children pleads for location of Christopher and Lisa Mae
Darwin Letter Recovered: FBI Returns 1875 Correspondence to Smithsonian Archives
A handwritten letter by Charles Darwin that was stolen from the Smithsonian Institution Archives more than three decades ago was recovered by FBI special agents and returned last week to the care of the Smithsonian. The letter, written in 1875 by the British naturalist and geologist best known for his theory of evolution, was stolen in the mid-1970s from a collection of … [Read more...] about Darwin Letter Recovered: FBI Returns 1875 Correspondence to Smithsonian Archives
Codeine related deaths in Australia doubled in a decade, study finds
Deaths related to codeine, which soon could be available only on prescription, more than doubled in Australia between 2000 and 2009. There was a jump from 3.5 to 8.7 deaths per million population, with a 9.3% rise each year, according to the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre study, which covered the circumstances of 1,437 codeine-related deaths from 2000 to … [Read more...] about Codeine related deaths in Australia doubled in a decade, study finds
