91 - 100 of 368 results for "long jail sentences"

  1. 91. news | 26 Mar 2013

    Kerry backs Afghanistan as Karzai hails prison deal

    By AFP

    » US Secretary of State John Kerry vowed in Kabul to stick by Afghanistan as President Hamid Karzai, after a series of fiery outbursts, hailed a "good day" for ties with the handover of a military jail.

  2. 92. travel | 09 May 2013

    Where past and present co-exist

    TRAVEL SCRAPBOOK

    By Pichaya Svasti, Newspaper section: Life

    » It is one of the capital's oldest districts, but mention its name to a foreign visitor and the first association will likely be with the bustling backpacker belt centred on Khao San Road. But to native Bangkokians an...

  3. 93. news | 04 May 2013

    Unbeaten Mayweather risks title against Guerrero

    By AFP

    » Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather returns to the ring on Saturday after a year's absence that included a jail stint, risking his World Boxing Council welterweight title against southpaw Robert Guerrero.

  4. 94. news | 24 Apr 2013

    Trial of Russian protest leader Navalny reopens

    By AFP

    » A Russian court on Wednesday reopened the trial on embezzlement charges of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who may face up to a decade in jail if convicted in a case he says was orchestrated by President Vladimir Putin...

  5. 95. learning | 24 Apr 2013

    Bomb detector is a fake, British court says

    Easy English news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » The ADE 651 bomb detector, virtually identical to the GT-200 sold to Thai government agencies in large quantities, is useless and a British court is sending its maker and chief salesman to jail.

  6. 96. news | 02 Apr 2013

    Singapore jails ex-Chinese official

    By Bloomberg News

    » SINGAPORE – Li Huabo, a former local government official accused of a 94 million yuan ($15 million) fraud in China, was sentenced to 15 months in jail for receiving stolen money in his Singapore bank accounts.

  7. 97. news | 06 May 2013

    Top Pakistan diplomat to visit 'critical' prisoner in India

    By AFP

    » Pakistan's top diplomat in New Delhi is to pay a hospital visit Monday to a Pakistani prisoner who was critically injured in an attack by an inmate in an Indian jail, officials said.

  8. 98. news | 11 Apr 2013

    US concerned at reports Chinese activist's family abused

    By AFP

    » The United States said Wednesday it was concerned about reports that a nephew of blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has been mistreated in jail and other family members harassed.

  9. 99. opinion | 06 May 2013

    Boss wants to come home to 'sweet surrender'

    By Veera Prateepchaikul, Newspaper section: News

    » For so long I was out in the cold,

  10. 100. learning | 28 Mar 2012

    drought

    Words in the news

    » a long period of time when there is little or no rain ความแห้งแล้ง

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