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PM Erdogan’s unruly bodyguards cost Turkey credibility and €12,000

In a Chamber judgment issued Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that Turkey violated its obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights by failing to effectively investigate acts of violence attributed to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s bodyguards.

18:57 12.02.2013

Italian ex-security chief sentenced to 10 years for imam kidnapping

A Milan appeals court has sentenced Niccolo Pollari, former chief of Italy's SISMI military intelligence agency, to 10 years in prison for his involvement in the kidnapping of an imam.

18:13 12.02.2013

Prohibited website's clone recognized as extremist

The Leninsky District Court in Grozny (Chechnya) has recognized the Kavkaz Center agency's blog, a mirror version of the Kavkaz Center website, as extremist, Chechen prosecutors reported on Tuesday.

16:31 12.02.2013

Former Kyrgyz president sentenced to 24 years in prison

A military court in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday sentenced former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to 24 years in a high security prison in absentia. His brother Zhanybek "Zhanysh" Bakiyev, who headed his security service, was sentenced to life.

16:01 12.02.2013

Facebook allegedly violated patents obtained by deceased social networking pioneer

According to the claim, Van Der Meer essentially invented social media in the 1990s, although he referred to the technology in terms of personal web page diaries. This technology specifically enabled users without sophisticated computer science experience to create personal diaries online, through which personal information and third-party content could be collected. This information could then be organized chronologically, and then shared with others selected by the user via privacy settings.

14:38 12.02.2013

Siberian Pussy Riot supporter appeals fine for selling Pussy Riot T-shirts

Novosibirsk artist Artyom Loskutov has filed an appeal against the magistrate court's verdict to fine him 1,000 rubles ($33.20) for causing religious offence by selling T-shirts in support of punk rock band Pussy Riot.

14:01 12.02.2013

Porsche executives suspected of refinancing fraud

The Stuttgart prosecutor's office is investigating charges of a Volkswagen refinancing fraud against members of the Porsche supervisory board.

12:47 12.02.2013

YouTube files suit against consumer rights authority

On February 11 the Moscow Commercial Court registered a lawsuit filed by YouTube LLC against Russia's consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor.

12:06 12.02.2013

Tymoshenko dodges hearings in UESU case for 10 months in a row

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has again refused to attend the hearing of the financial fraud case initiated against her 10 months ago, the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine reports.

10:21 12.02.2013

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