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This Man Came To US For A Seminar, Ended Up In Prison For 24 Hours
Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) coach Renato Subotic was detained for 24 hours and sent to prison due to a visa issue after he touched down in the United States.
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In Pakistani Prison, Murderers Earn Big By Selling Art
Karachi's colonial-era prison is adorned with murals of rural Pakistani life, painted by convicted murderers and kidnappers locked away from the world but learning their craft inside its walls.
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Books Banned In US Prisons: "The Art Of War", "Prison Ramen" And More
Tens of thousands of books are banned from US prisons, a new report said Wednesday, including a primer on drawing, a book about tying knots and textbooks teaching inmates foreign languages.
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Three Artworks Allegedly Looted By Nazis Seized From US Museums
US authorities seized three artworks allegedly looted by the Nazis and which are being sought by the heirs of a Jewish art collector who died in the Holocaust, officials said Thursday.
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44 Inmates Test HIV Positive In Uttarakhand's Haldwani Jail
As many as 44 prisoners have been found positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in jail in Haldwani and one female prisoner has also been found HIV-positive, said Dr Paramjit Singh, ART Center Incharge, Sushila Tiwari Hospital.
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US Woman Gets 12 Years In Prison For $31 Million Coupon Fraud Scheme
An American woman who elevated counterfeiting coupons to an art was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for causing losses of $31 million to several companies, officials said Friday.
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Jailed For Killing Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, Wife Learns Tarot To Read Future
Apoorva Shukla, arrested for killing her husband Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, the son of late veteran politician ND Tiwari, has taken to reading tarot cards in Tihar Jail and shown a keen interest in the occult art, prison sources said.
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Art Matters: Macbeth and Murder Convicts
In Karnataka, a theatre director based in Mysuru has been working with prisoners serving life sentences for the past 17 years. Part of the convicts' repertoire in dramatics is Maaranayaka, a Kannada adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth.
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Indian-American to Lead Prison Education Initiative in New York
Dr Nikhil Pal Singh, an Indian-American professor, is leading a unique New York University initiative to bring college education to the inmates of a medium-security prison in New York state.
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Sender of Ricin Letters Sentenced on State Charges
A man who sent letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on unrelated state charges of fondling three martial arts students.
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This Man Came To US For A Seminar, Ended Up In Prison For 24 Hours
Australian mixed martial arts (MMA) coach Renato Subotic was detained for 24 hours and sent to prison due to a visa issue after he touched down in the United States.
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In Pakistani Prison, Murderers Earn Big By Selling Art
Karachi's colonial-era prison is adorned with murals of rural Pakistani life, painted by convicted murderers and kidnappers locked away from the world but learning their craft inside its walls.
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Books Banned In US Prisons: "The Art Of War", "Prison Ramen" And More
Tens of thousands of books are banned from US prisons, a new report said Wednesday, including a primer on drawing, a book about tying knots and textbooks teaching inmates foreign languages.
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Three Artworks Allegedly Looted By Nazis Seized From US Museums
US authorities seized three artworks allegedly looted by the Nazis and which are being sought by the heirs of a Jewish art collector who died in the Holocaust, officials said Thursday.
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44 Inmates Test HIV Positive In Uttarakhand's Haldwani Jail
As many as 44 prisoners have been found positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus in jail in Haldwani and one female prisoner has also been found HIV-positive, said Dr Paramjit Singh, ART Center Incharge, Sushila Tiwari Hospital.
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US Woman Gets 12 Years In Prison For $31 Million Coupon Fraud Scheme
An American woman who elevated counterfeiting coupons to an art was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for causing losses of $31 million to several companies, officials said Friday.
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Jailed For Killing Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, Wife Learns Tarot To Read Future
Apoorva Shukla, arrested for killing her husband Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, the son of late veteran politician ND Tiwari, has taken to reading tarot cards in Tihar Jail and shown a keen interest in the occult art, prison sources said.
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Art Matters: Macbeth and Murder Convicts
In Karnataka, a theatre director based in Mysuru has been working with prisoners serving life sentences for the past 17 years. Part of the convicts' repertoire in dramatics is Maaranayaka, a Kannada adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play, Macbeth.
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Indian-American to Lead Prison Education Initiative in New York
Dr Nikhil Pal Singh, an Indian-American professor, is leading a unique New York University initiative to bring college education to the inmates of a medium-security prison in New York state.
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Sender of Ricin Letters Sentenced on State Charges
A man who sent letters dusted with the poison ricin to President Barack Obama and other officials has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on unrelated state charges of fondling three martial arts students.
