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The Aarushi Talwar case – why the twin murders continue hogging headlines

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Thu, May 03, 2012 2:31AM UTC View Comments

For the past four years, the Indian media has periodically lived off the NOIDA twin murder case in which a 14-year-old girl and the domestic help of her family were found murdered. The media that benefited from non-stop coverage of the case during the various dramatic phases over the past four years by increased viewership...

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Chinese man apologizes for murdering NZ driver

By AP News Tue, Aug 02, 2011 6:00AM UTC View Comments

Detective Senior Sgt. Hywel Jones of New Zealand walks out from a courthouse after a session of the trial for Xiao Zhen who is accused of murdering a taxi driver, Hiren Mohini in Auckland, New Zealand on Jan. 31, 2010, in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

SHANGHAI (AP) — A Chinese man admitted in court Tuesday to killing a New Zealand taxi driver, saying he was sorry and asking for a lenient sentence. Xiao Zhen, 24, was arrested last year in China for the alleged murder of Auckland taxi driver Hiren Mohini, 39, in January 2010. The case marks the first...

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Extradition process for alleged Phuket murderer unlikely to be swift

By Siam Voices Tue, Mar 08, 2011 8:30PM UTC View Comments

by James Goyder The crime that Lee Aldhouse is alleged to have committed sent shockwaves through the close knit community of Muay Thai tourists and expats who frequent the Freedom Bar in Rawai. In the early hours of the morning on Saturday August 14 Aldhouse started a fight with DaShawn Longfellow, a US Marine who...

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