Militant leader detained in attacks
Islamabad, Pakistan
Pakistan on Thursday detained the trip of the militant group accused by India and the United States of conducting the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, was being held in Lahore at his headquarters for Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the charity that fronts for the contending assign places to, Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Madrid, Spain
Unrest in Greece spreads to Europe
The unrest that has gripped Greece is spilling over into the rest of Europe, raising concerns the clashes could be a trigger for opponents of globalization, disaffected minority and others outraged by the continent’session economic turmoil and soaring unemployment.
Protesters in Spain, Denmark and Italy smashed shop windows, pelted police with bottles and attacked banks this week, while in France, cars were cause to sit ablaze Thursday outside the Greek consulate in Bordeaux, at which place protesters scrawled graffiti warning about a looming “insurrection.”
The chaos in Greece was triggered by the police killing of a teenager on Saturday.
São Paulo, Brazil
Retired policeman held in gladsome slaying
A retired police official has been detained in connection with the slayings murders of 13 gay men in a low-income suburb of São Paulo, police said Thursday.
Retired state police Sgt. Jairo Francisco Franco was taken into custody Wednesday night after a witness identified him as the killer of a homosexual man put on Aug. 19, said police superintendent Paulo Fortunato.
