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Spanish savings bank directors suspected of fraud

Spanish savings bank has fired two directors and is investigating two former executives for allegedly syphoning off €20 million ($26.5 million) into secret pension funds, the bank said Saturday. The board of directors of Caixa Penedes bank had "required the departure" of its president, Ricard Pages, and director general Manuel Troyano. It said both men had agreed to leave, the bank said in a statement. The decision comes after state prosecutor for the northeastern region of Catalonia, Teresa Compte, said her office was investigating all four on suspicion of involvement in illegal activity. Regional newspaper La Vanguardia said the case was the first time prosecutors had investigated senior executives for "criminal responsibility" in their handling of a savings bank. The prosecutor named the other two former executives as Joan Caellas and Jaume Jorba. Caixa Penedes along with partners Cajamurcia, CajaGRANADA and SA NOSTRA owns Banco Mare Nostrum, S.A. (BMN). The group received €916 million ($1.21 billion) in restructuring aid from the Bank of Spain's Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (FROB). The fund was set up to aid institutions meet higher reserve requirements and is aimed at strengthening their finances and quelling fears that Spain might be Europe's next country to need a bailout. Caixa Penedes said its board "disapproved of the content, method, lack of transparency, unusual nature and disproportionate size" of the remuneration package the four directors had helped themselves to. The pension funds were set up in another institution without the knowledge of Caixa Penedes's board. Ignacio Fernandez Toxo, spokesman for trade union Comisiones Obreras said that if the money could be recovered it could help offset the €45 million ($59.53 million) in wage bill savings BMN had recently said it would seek from its work force. He said many BMN employees are members of Comisiones Obreras. The investigation comes as Spain is burdened with an unemployment rate of 21.5 percent — nearly 5 million people out of work — the eurozone's highest. The country's borrowing costs have also risen to an almost unsustainable level of 7 percent interest rate on 10-year bonds. An auction of 12- and 18-month bonds last week also went badly, with Spain forced to offer very high interest rates to investors.

Spanish savings bank directors suspected of fraud

Spanish savings bank has fired two directors and is investigating two former executives for allegedly syphoning off €20 million ($26.5 mil...

A woman claiming to be the ex-wife of Colonel Gaddafi's captured son Saif al-Islam has emerged in Ukraine with extraordinary stories alleging domestic violence and womanising.

Nadia, a blue-eyed brunette claims to have met him when she worked as a stripper in a top Moscow nightclub, and says she is currently in hiding, fearing for her life.She claimed that as she prepared for marriage to Saif, she had to fly to Paris to have an operation to 'restore' her virginity. ''The doctor proved my innocence in the presence of Saif's aunt. Then I embraced Islam,' she added.'I tried to have a normal family, but Saif wanted to live as a single man with lovers and orgies,' she said in a Ukrainian newspaper interview.While there is no proof of her claim of have married and divorced Saif after two years, her claim appears to be taken seriously in Russia and Ukraine.If she is who she says, she could be a key witness at his trial whether it is in Libya or under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.One aspect of his trial is likely to be his alleged friendship with a number of prominent British figures, including Prince Andrew, Tony Blair and Lord Mandelson.<div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="High life: Nadia claims playboy Saif loved luxury and money and was a womaniser. He is pictured here at the Viennese Opera Ball in 2006" class="blkBorder" height="404" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064403-0EDD536500000578-50_634x404.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="634" />High life: Nadia claims playboy Saif loved luxury and money and was a womaniser. He is pictured here at the Viennese Opera Ball in 2006</div>'Our house looked like more as bordello: a lot of his friends and a lot of women,' she said.'We got married under religious traditions, I embraced Islam for that, but nobody treated me as the mistress of the house.'There was no respect at all. My husband tried to make me a submissive Eastern woman, and I couldn't stand that attitude.  'That broke me, ate me from inside. And what's more important, Saif took drugs and he couldn't control himself when he was under narcotics. <div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h4 style="min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></h4></div> 'He had certain sexual perversions in sex, for example, he liked to do it in public. I understood that we couldn't live together.'Nadia, who is believed to be 29, claimed that their relationship ended after a furious row in a restaurant which culminated with him beating her and throwing her out of a window but she miraculously survived.She claimed she was in a coma for 47 days, and that Gaddafi - who acknowledged her but never started a conversation with her - was outraged by his son's behaviour.Gaddafi was known to have employed Ukrainian nurses in his medical team, but until now it was not known his second son has a wife from the former Soviet country.<div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Arrested: Sair al-Islam Gaddafi sitting with his captors in Obari airport on Saturday" class="blkBorder" height="503" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064403-0EE0584400000578-373_634x503.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="634" />Arrested: Sair al-Islam Gaddafi sitting with his captors in Obari airport on Saturday</div>Of Gaddafi himself she said: 'About me being in hospital, he was in a fury. He kicked Saif away to the desert. It could spoil the reputation of the family that was already not so clean.'She left Libya and returned to Moscow. 'The last time he came was in 2008, and he suggested that we lived together again ~ but I was cold to him by that time.'Nadia said she was working in Moscow until 2010 but a mutual friend then told her to disappear or she could face danger.She claimed that Saif could not have replaced his father. 'He was afraid of his father, as of fire. And Gaddafi, I think, despised him for internal weaknesses.'<div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="The fall: Saif al-Islam sits after his capture, with his fingers wrapped in bandages and his legs covered with a blanket, at an undisclosed location" class="blkBorder" height="395" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064403-0EDCAB4900000578-610_634x395.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="634" />The fall: Saif al-Islam sits after his capture, with his fingers wrapped in bandages and his legs covered with a blanket, at an undisclosed location</div></div>Playboy Saif loved luxury and money. She said: 'He was cheating on me all the time.'Nadia - it is not known if this is her real name - is apparently in hiding in the Crimea where she says she is fearful of his enemies. 'I don't know any secrets, but still I'm scared,' she said.She claims not to be rich but for Saif 'it was all in a day's work to spend $20,000 (USD) at a restaurant.'When we separated I had only luxurious earrings which I managed to sell for $1million. I lived in Moscow on this money. Now almost nothing is left.'Her most recent interview was with Ukrainian paper Respubika. It was made shortly before his capture.'I thought Saif would turn my life into an Eastern fairytale,' she said. 'It didn't work.'<div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Saif panel" class="blkBorder" height="957" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/22/article-2064403-0EE501BC00000578-593_634x957.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="634" /></div>

A woman claiming to be the ex-wife of Colonel Gaddafi's captured son Saif al-Islam has emerged in Ukraine with extraordinary stories alleging domestic violence and womanising.

Nadia, a blue-eyed brunette claims to have met him when she worked as a stripper in a top Moscow nightclub, and says she is currently in hid...

Mexico army seizes Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman drug lord's $15 million

Mexico's army seized nearly $15.4 million from the organization of the country's most powerful drug lord, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, officials said Tuesday, marking a rare financial blow to cartels. The seizure was revealed the same day U.S. border police revealed the third discovery in a week of drug-smuggling tunnel under the border with Mexico. In Mexico, the military said it found the cash was found in a vehicle on Nov. 18 in the northern border city of Tijuana and that it was linked to Guzman's operations. The haul marked the second-largest cash seizure by the military since President Felipe Calderon sent the country's armed forces out to battle drug cartels in 2006, the statement said. Some $26 million was captured in September 2008 in Culiacan, the capital of Guzman's home state of Sinaloa. Only on msnbc.com 'Grateful to be alive': Teen rescues woman from fire Mexicans cross US border to sell their plasma Chinese consumers say: Fix this fridge or sledgehammers coming Black Friday 'flash mobs,' sit-ins urged Look out kids, here comes the 'Wolf Daddy' Move to ban alleged insider trading faces pitfalls Will Gingrich's comments haunt him? About 45,000 people have died in the conflict in the last five years and the government has captured or killed dozens of top level drug smugglers.

Mexico army seizes Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman drug lord's $15 million

Mexico's army seized nearly $15.4 million from the organization of the country's most powerful drug lord, Joaquin "Shorty...

Inquest told how householder stabbed intruder as he waved knife

householder, who stabbed to death a burglar trying to break into his cannabis factory, told an inquest he did not mean to harm anybody. Barry Day said he remembered grabbing a kitchen knife as the door to his house, in Beckside Road, Lidget Green, Bradford, was being kicked in, sticking the knife through a hole in the door and waving it. Shazad Habib-Ur Rehman, 32, suffered a stab wound to the chest and died in Bradford Royal Infirmary five days after the incident, in October last year. Mr Day, giving evidence yesterday at the inquest into Mr Rehman’s death, said he was not aware he had stabbed someone and did not intend to harm anyone. He said he was in fear. Detective Chief Inspector Simon Atkinson, of West Yorkshire Police’s Homicide and Major Enquiry Team, told the Bradford hearing consideration was given to prosecuting Mr Day, 62, for murder and a file was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, but the CPS decided there was insufficient evidence. He was prosecuted for cultivating cannabis, after 75 plants and a hydroponic cannabis factory were found upstairs at his house, and given a suspended prison sentence. The dead man’s three accomplices, who have all served prison sentences for attempted burglary in connection with the incident, told the inquest they had decided to burgle the house after hearing about the cannabis factory. Gareth Dobson, 23, of Windhill, said he kicked in the bottom panel of the door. He said Mr Rehman said to Mr Day: “We don’t want no trouble, we just want the weed. That’s when Mr Day lashed out and stabbed him with a knife.” The friends drove Mr Rehman to hospital. Mohammed Waqas Khan told the inquest: “We just wanted to take what there was and go. There was no intention to go in there to endanger anyone’s life.”

Inquest told how householder stabbed intruder as he waved knife

householder, who stabbed to death a burglar trying to break into his cannabis factory, told an inquest he did not mean to harm anybody. B...

Gaddafi spymaster ‘must face trial over IRA crimes

VICTIMS of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism in the UK have called for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s former spy chief to be tried in the International Criminal Court for his part in republican atrocities. Libya’s interim government reported on Sunday that Abdullah al-Senoussi had been captured. The interim government is keen to try him in Libya but international concerns have been raised about the possibility that he may not receive a fair trial. Representatives from the International Criminal Court are visiting Libya in order to make representations. Former intelligence minister Senoussi was seen as the right-hand man of dictator Gaddafi, who was killed shortly after his capture by rebel forces last month. IRA victims campaigners Willie Frazer and London-based Jonathan Ganesh believe Senoussi was the key link between the Libyan regime and the Provisional IRA in Northern Ireland. Libya sent numerous shipments of arms and Semtex to the IRA throughout the Troubles, several of which were intercepted. In a joint statement, they said: “Colonel Abdullah al-Senoussi has been involved in the murder of countless people within Libya and has also been involved in the murder of Irish and UK citizens due to his unprecedented work with the IRA and other international terrorist organisations. “We are now drafting a detailed petition to the International Criminal Court to ensure that Colonel Senoussi will be held accountable for all his crimes against humanity. “Senoussi must be held accountable due to his involvement in the murder of all the innocent people who lost their lives due to the Semtex he supplied to the IRA.” Senoussi was one of the last senior figures from the Gaddafi regime still on the run. Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, was seized on Saturday and both he and Senoussi are wanted for alleged war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Senoussi, a brother-in-law of Col Gaddafi, is said to have been arrested at his sister’s home in the southern town of Sabha on Sunday. He has been accused of human rights abuses, including his implication in the 1996 massacre of more than 1,000 inmates at the Abu Salim prison in Tripoli. Mr Frazer and Mr Ganesh added: “We are now calling on the international community to ensure that he must stand trial for his international crimes against humanity within the ICC. “Due to his involvement with IRA terrorism he became a defendant within our civil legal action within the USA judiciary during April 2006 as we desperately tried to bring him to justice. “This is an evil man who we will not allow to escape international justice. He must be immediately handed to the ICC for all his international crimes against humanity.”

Gaddafi spymaster ‘must face trial over IRA crimes

VICTIMS of Libyan-sponsored IRA terrorism in the UK have called for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s former spy chief to be tried in the Internat...

Hells Angels members Robert Thomas and Norm Cocks, appeared in courtroom 67 at the Vancouver Law Courts Monday for a first appearance on a second-degree murder charge.

<div class="featured-image" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: -1px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; clear: both; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><a href="http://postmediavancouversun.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dain-phillips-2.jpg?w=620" style="font-family: arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: #035a91; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Kelowna Hells Angels Appear in Vancouver on Murder Charges"><img alt="Dain Phillips 2" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" height="400" src="http://postmediavancouversun.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/dain-phillips-2.jpg?w=620" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; width: 620px; height: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Dain Phillips 2" width="620" /></a>The seven Kelowna men accused of beating Dain Phillips to death last June have had their trial moved to Vancouver.</div><div class="story" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11px; float: left; display: inline; width: 460px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; font: normal normal normal 12px/16px Arial, sans-serif; color: #555555; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><div class="entry-content" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: arial, verdana, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11px; float: left; width: 460px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 12px/16px Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">All seven, including Hells Angels members Robert Thomas and Norm Cocks, appeared in courtroom 67 at the Vancouver Law Courts Monday for a first appearance  on a second-degree murder charge.<p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 12px/16px Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Thomas and Cocks remain in custody, while the others – Cocks dad Robert, brothers Daniel and Matthew McRae, Thomas Vaughan and Anson Schell – are out on bail.<p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 12px/16px Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Crown spokesman Neil MacKenzie said the decision to move the case to the Lower Mainland was made “given the number of the accused, the number of counsel involved and the demands the case would place on court resources in Kelowna.”<p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 12px/16px Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">“The Crown perspective is that the matter should proceed in Vancouver.  As a result, the Crown filed the Direct Indictment with the Supreme Court in Vancouver,” he said.<p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 12px/16px Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">There is a ban on publication on evidence and submissions in the case.<p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 12px/16px Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The trial won’t get underway until at least January 2013.</div></div>

Hells Angels members Robert Thomas and Norm Cocks, appeared in courtroom 67 at the Vancouver Law Courts Monday for a first appearance on a second-degree murder charge.

The seven Kelowna men accused of beating Dain Phillips to death last June have had their trial moved to Vancouver. All seven, including Hell...

Murder trial begins for two Hells Angels, five others

two full-patch Hells Angels, made their first appearance in a Vancouver courtroom Monday for the June beating death of Kelowna resident Dain Phillips. The men - Hells Angels members Robert Thomas and Norm Cocks - as well as Cocks' father Robert, Anson Schell, Thomas Vaughan and brothers Daniel and Matthew McRae were charged with second-degree murder two weeks after the fatal assault on Phillips on June 12. They made their initial appearances in Kelowna Provincial Court, where five of the accused were released on bail. But Crown prosecutors have decided to proceed by way of direct indictment, meaning the case goes straight to B.C. Supreme Court without a preliminary hearing at the Provincial Court level. And prosecutors have moved the case to Vancouver, where the accused appeared Monday in a new high-security courtroom built for an unrelated gang murder case. Crown spokesman Neil MacKenzie said the decision to move the case to the Lower Mainland was made "given the number of the accused, the number of counsel involved and the demands the case would place on court resources in Kelowna." There is a ban on publication of evidence and submissions in the case. Justice Arne Silverman put the matter over until Dec. 19, with a tentative start date for the eight-month trial sometime in January 2013. Thomas, 46, and Norm Cocks, 31, appeared wearing red prison garb from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, where they remain in custody. The others - Dan McRae, 21, Matt McRae, 19, Schell, 19, Vaughan, 22 and Robert Cocks, 53 - arrived with relatives and supporters, each being directed to seats behind bulletproof Plexiglas. No one from Phillips's family attended Monday. The Vancouver Sun earlier reported that Phillips, a married father of three, tried to intervene peacefully in a dispute two of his sons were having with a pair of brothers with whom they had attended Rutland secondary. When Phillips drove to a meeting place on McCurdy Road in the early evening of June 12, he was attacked by a group of men who had arrived in two separate vehicles. He died later in hospital. Insp. Pat Fogarty, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit, said after the arrests that Phillips was trying to resolve the problem when he was savagely attacked. The elder Cocks is president of a Hells Angels puppet club called the Throttle Lockers, while the four youngest accused were described by police as gang associates. The case is believed to be the first in the 28-year-history of the Hells Angels in B.C. where a club member has been charged with murder.

Murder trial begins for two Hells Angels, five others

two full-patch Hells Angels, made their first appearance in a Vancouver courtroom Monday for the June beating death of Kelowna resident Da...

Latin Kings charged in Texas slaying

Fifteen members of the Almighty Latin Kings have been indicted for alleged roles in 19 murders, including slayings of juveniles and a preg...

Devastating report into the failures of police and care agencies to protect teenage girls who have been groomed, raped and sold by male gangs, most of whom are Asian.

The mother of one teenager from Leeds, who attempted suicide after a gang rape, said her daughter was the victim of a 'broken system.''Everyone failed her,' she told The Times. 'There was no sharing of information.  'They (police) had the names and knew where they (abusers) worked yet the men who did this have never once been arrested or spoken to by the police.'West Yorkshire Police vowed to look again at the case to see if 'there is evidence that can help bring evil men to book'.<div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Growing worry: CCTV footage shows now jailed gang members Mohammed Romaan Liaqat and Abid Mohammed Saddique meeting girls as they cruise the streets of Derby in a BMW" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064220-0C395D90000005DC-295_468x286.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="468" />Growing worry: CCTV footage shows now jailed gang members Mohammed Romaan Liaqat and Abid Mohammed Saddique meeting girls as they cruise the streets of Derby in a BMW</div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><div class="thinArtSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Jailed: Saddique, left, and Liaqat, right, were leaders of the paedophile ring in Derby and committed a catalogue of offences against vulnerable young girls" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064220-0CAC4A9E000005DC-391_224x423.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="224" /></div><div class="splitRight" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Jailed: Saddique, left, and Liaqat, right, were leaders of the paedophile ring in Derby and committed a catalogue of offences against vulnerable young girls" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064220-0CAC4A9E000005DC-193_224x423.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="224" /></div></div>Jailed: Saddique, left, and Liaqat, right, were leaders of the paedophile ring in Derby and committed a catalogue of offences against vulnerable young girls</div>Children's charity Barnardos has been calling on the Government to take action on child exploitation since January with its Cut Them Free campaign. <div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h4 style="min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></h4></div> Other caregivers have also suggested that political sensitivities are to blame for a near paralysis of the systems designed to keep children safe.<div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><div class="thinArtSplitter art-ins news" style="min-height: 50px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h3 class="wocc" style="min-height: 1px; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; color: #ffffff; background-color: #00aad2; padding: 5px; margin: 0px;">JOSIE'S STORY</h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="min-height: 1px; background-color: #e8fbff; padding: 4px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #00aad2;"><img alt="A silhouette of a teenage girl on white background with a mobile phone" class="blkBorder" height="165" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064220-0B5650EE00000578-364_214x165.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="214" /> Like most little girls, Josie lived for horses. She had an exemplary school record with 100 per cent attendance rate.But at 13, the teen from Keighley, West Yorkshire, was given a laptop and quickly became addicted to Facebook.Her father was then warned his daughter was spending a lot of time with older Asian men.One even told the father he would 'slit his throat' when he answered the phone to him.From there it got worse. Josie started disappearing overnight and began drinking.  Yet, when her father locked his daughter in her room to protect her, it was he who got into trouble with the police for false imprisonment.He told The Times he has since collected every scrap of evidence to prove his daughter is being sexually exploited by gangs.'The police kept saying that they're waiting until Josie realises it's wrong,' he said.'Is that really the best they can do? </div></div><div class="splitRight art-ins" style="min-height: 50px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h3 class="wocc" style="min-height: 1px; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; color: #ffffff; background-color: #00aad2; padding: 5px; margin: 0px;">CHARLOTTE'S STORY</h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="min-height: 1px; background-color: #e8fbff; padding: 4px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #00aad2;"><img alt="Rear view of a woman silhouetted against window light." class="blkBorder" height="165" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064220-0E1CC75300000578-205_214x165.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="214" /> When the father of 14-year-old Charlotte looked at his daughter's Facebook profile, he discovered 'loads of male, Asian friends.'Concerned, he started to restrict his daughter's activities. The teen from Keighley, West Yorkshire, then went to live with her mother.He tracked down all the names and addresses of her friends he believed were involved and passed them on to police.Meanwhile her school was reporting Charlotte had begun arriving looking 'dirty and extremely thin'.  She was going missing for days at a time, according to agency notes.By October last year she 'admitted she has slept with different Asian males.'The police told Charlotte's father they hoped to take action against the men. That was 17 months ago and he is still waiting.'There's no will to deal with this issue in Keighley' he said.'What chance have these kids got if that's the attitude of the police?'</div></div></div></div>There is a culture 'which assumes that once a girl gets to 14 she's beyond hope of intervention - it's too late,' a source told The Times.Police and care agencies often say that they cannot take action against suspects without the victim's co-operation.  However, a 2008 protocol established by the force and West Yorkshire's five local authorities states: 'Adults involved in child sexual exploitation... should be treated as child sex abusers and subjected to the full rigour of the criminal law.'<div class="art-insert news" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; min-height: 50px; width: 235px; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><h3 class="wocc" style="min-height: 1px; font-size: 1.6em; font-weight: normal; color: #ffffff; background-color: #00aad2; padding: 5px; margin: 0px;">NICOLA'S STORY</h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="min-height: 1px; background-color: #e8fbff; padding: 4px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #00aad2;"><img alt="A pregnant woman silhouetted against a set of blinds." class="blkBorder" height="144" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/21/article-2064220-06D65696000005DC-784_223x144.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="223" /> Nicola is the only case in six who was groomed by a gang of white men.  The abuse began when she was 12 after a visit to Leeds from her family home in Bradford.Nicola had thought they were 'really nice people' but by 13 she was doing drugs - 'everything but heroin'.She was raped twice. The first time she was 'drugged up to the eyeballs' and remembers being dragged into a bedroom and gang raped.Afterwards her mother took Nicola to the police station, only to be told that 'we don't deal with that here'.In desperation Nicola's mother took her daughter to New Zealand and away from the gang.She let her return four months later.  Nicola did return to her old haunts but discovered it wasn't really what she wanted.'I used to think it was so exciting,' she told The Times. 'But after New Zealand, it was like seeing them with another pair of eyes.'She hasn't been back since.</div></div>Children's minister, Tim Loughton, suggested two weeks ago that the plan will call on councils to act with a 'much greater urgency' to identify victims of sexual exploitation while taking 'robust action against those who commit these appalling crimes.'As well as the gang rape case of the girl in Leeds, five new cases have been highlighted by The Times' investigation.No one has been prosecuted for sex exploitation in any of them. Only one of the girls in the six cases had been in care.  One was groomed by white students, but in all the other cases, the perpetrators were Asian, mostly of Pakistani origin.This pattern of abuse at the hands of male Asian gangs in the West Yorkshire area has been highlighted before, but never formally acknowledged.   In January the Asian ringleaders of a gang in Derby, who brought a ‘reign of terror’ to a city’s streets, targeting and grooming young girls for horrific sexual abuse, were jailed.Abid Saddique and Mohammed Liaqat were told they would serve a minimum of 11 years and eight years respectively before they could be considered for release.A DfE spokesman refused to reveal the contents of the National Action Plan but said: 'We are publishing an action plan this week and that will draw on work around the country to prevent sexual exploitation, identify those at risk and support victims.'It will address the challenge of securing prosecutions and the need for robust action against perpetrators.

Devastating report into the failures of police and care agencies to protect teenage girls who have been groomed, raped and sold by male gangs, most of whom are Asian.

The mother of one teenager from Leeds, who attempted suicide after a gang rape, said her daughter was the victim of a 'broken system....

Chicago cops accused of working for Latin Kings held without bond

Two Chicago police officers accused of committing armed robberies at the will of alleged Latin King members were ordered held without bond Monday. Alex Guerrero, 41, and Antonio C. Martinez Jr., 40, were the ones in handcuffs Monday afternoon, appearing before a federal judge in orange Porter County jumpsuits. The duo were named in a 46-page indictment unsealed Friday that alleges a racketeering conspiracy among fifteen Latin King gang members or associates. Guerrero's attorney, Kevin Milner, fought for his client to be on home detention. He said his clients' parents offered to put up their $175,000 Chicago home for their son's pretrial release. "For Mr. Guerrero to violate his bond, his parents would be on the street homeless," Milner said. "I've known Mr. Guerrero for 15 years. He would rather slit his wrists than do that to his parents." Milner claimed there was no evidence against Guerrero, and that the father of six had no criminal record. According to the indictment, Guerrero and Martinez Jr., committed armed robberies of drug dealers in Illinois and Indiana while in uniform and under the guise of performing legitimate police operations. They allegedly turned over the drugs and money to the Latin Kings in exchange for about $10,000 in kickbacks. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Nozick argued that Guerrero and Martinez were dangers to the community after using Chicago police vehicles, service weapons and uniforms to rob people at gunpoint. Nozick also said Guerrero was a flight risk, as his wife has family in Mexico and he faces up to life in prison.  Magistrate Judge Andrew Rodovich ordered Guerrero held without bond. Milner said they were disappointed with the decision, and that his client would be sitting in jail for at least a year pending trial for a crime he did not commit.  "I don't know who will give him that year back," Milner said. Martinez Jr., did not contest being held pending trial.

Chicago cops accused of working for Latin Kings held without bond

Two Chicago police officers accused of committing armed robberies at the will of alleged Latin King members were ordered held without bond...

Hollywood star Natalie Wood was screaming for help as she drowned

Hollywood star Natalie Wood  was screaming for help as she drowned, according to a witness whose account has never been disclosed. Retired stockbroker Marilyn Wayne has told The Mail on Sunday she tried to report the star’s ‘last desperate cries for help’ but was ignored. Los Angeles police last week said ‘substantial new evidence’ has led them to reopen their investigation into the death 30 years ago this week.  <div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Mystery: Natalie drowned after a row while drinking with husband Robert Wagner and co-star Christopher Walken" class="blkBorder" height="598" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/20/article-2063793-0EDDA33400000578-418_634x598.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="634" />Mystery: Natalie drowned after a row while drinking with husband Robert Wagner and co-star Christopher Walken</div>The West Side Story actress’s drowning off the coast of California was ruled accidental at the time. Now a police source has described Wood’s husband, Hart-To-Hart star Robert Wagner, now 81, as ‘a person of interest’ in the case.  Wagner – who was on his yacht Splendour with his wife and her alleged lover, Oscar-winner Christopher Walken, on the fateful night – has always maintained Wood, 43, accidentally slipped and drowned as she drunkenly tried to tie up a dinghy against the boat.    Wayne, 68, believes new statements from her and Dennis Davern, skipper of the Splendour, had triggered the latest police probe. She said: ‘I have been waiting for years for them to take my account seriously but they would never listen.’Wayne was on a nearby boat with a boyfriend called John on the night of November 28, 1981. In a sworn statement submitted to the LA Sheriff’s department, Wayne said: ‘My cabin window was open. A woman’s voice, crying for help, awakened John and awakened me, “Help me, someone please help me, I’m drowning”, we heard repeatedly.’ Wayne said John turned on their yacht’s beam light but they couldn’t see anything. Wayne claims she called the harbour patrol officer ‘but no one answered’ and the local sheriff’s office, who told her a helicopter would be sent. But it did not come.  She also claims to have heard a man’s slurred voice from the direction of the Splendour saying: ‘Oh, hold on, we’re coming to get you.’  <div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Natalie Wood and husband Robert Wagner (left) on their boat Splendour , with captain Dennis Davern (right), whose revelations have helped re-open the case into Ms Wood's death" class="blkBorder" height="434" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/20/article-2063793-0EDA0C5B00000578-34_634x434.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="634" />Natalie Wood and husband Robert Wagner (left) on their boat Splendour, with captain Dennis Davern (right), just weeks before she died</div>‘Not long after that the cries for help subsided,’ she recalled. It was only when Wayne gave an account of her story to a U.S. TV crew for a programme scheduled to air next week, that she was asked to give a statement to police. Wayne’s account matches that of Davern who says he was ‘coerced’ by Wagner’s lawyer into backing Wagner’s story of an accidental drowning after the death. Davern’s police statement describes a night of heavy drinking that ended in a furious row between Wagner and Wood after Walken had retired to bed. <div class="floatRHS" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; min-height: 1px; width: 308px; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Emotional: IN a television interview, Lana Wood said her sister was terrified of water" class="blkBorder" height="352" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/20/article-2063793-0EDBBE8D00000578-878_306x352.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="306" />Emotional: In a television interview, Lana Wood said her sister was terrified of water</div>Wood's sister has claimed the actress was so scared of water that she would never have tried to get into a dinghy voluntarily before she drowned.The coroner's ruling, based on accounts from the actress's husband Robert Wagner, outlined how she had fallen into the sea after attempting to secure the small boat, but that finding should not be believed, Lana Wood said.Wood had developed a deep-rooted fear of water ever since her mother warned her as a child that she would meet her death by drowning in 'dark water', Lana Wood told TMZ.She said: 'It gave Natalie a great fear. She hated the water, she wouldn't even go into her own pool at home.'Coroner's officials at the time wrote that Ms Wood was 'possibly attempting to board the dinghy and had fallen into the water, striking her face.' Lana Wood, also an actress best known for her part in Diamonds Are Forever, had never believed that her sister would have tried to sail herself at night, even after drinking for several hours.The 65-year-old also claimed that the actress's husband left her to drown on the night of her tragic death.In an emotional interview Lana Wood said that when Natalie was in the water, Wagner, who she calls RJ, had forbidden the captain from helping her and said: 'Leave her there, teach her a lesson'.Speaking to TMZ, she claimed Dennis Davern, captain of the Splendour yacht from which Ms Wood fell and drowned in 1981, told her what Wagner had said.   Lana told TMZ: 'He (Dennis) said that everyone was quite drunk and that a fight broke out and that Natalie was in the water and he and RJ did nothing to pull her out.Scroll down for video<div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Spendour " class="blkBorder" height="408" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063056-0EDBBBC200000578-407_634x408.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="634" />Mystery: The yacht 'Splendour' was pictured today moored in a harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii after investigators reopened the case into the mysterious death of Natalie Wood</div><div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="splitLeft" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Lana Wood\nRef 68417ES\nCredit Eddie sanderson/scopefeatures.com" class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/18/article-2063056-0EDAB2AE00000578-468_306x423.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="306" /></div><div class="splitRight" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="lANA wOOD " class="blkBorder" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/20/article-2063793-0EDAB2DA00000578-951_306x423.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="306" /></div>Seeking the truth:  Lana Wood, right, said she never believed Wagner's story about how her sister Natalie, far left, died and believes only Wagner can give her the truth</div>'He said, and this is a direct quote from what Dennis told me: 'Leave her there, teach her a lesson'.' In her interview she also claimed that the captain told her Wagner called his attorney before he alerted the Coastguard to the incident.  The revelations come as the police confirmed today that they will reopen the investigation into the death and said they may use new DNA technology after receiving 'credible and substantial information'.They said, until they find evidence to say otherwise, Natalie Wood's death will still be ruled as an accidental drowning.The sheriff said at this point her actor-husband Wagner is not a suspect.One of the key witnesses in the reopening of the investigation is Mr Davern, who police confirmed they would interview. Mr Davern has blamed Ms Wood's husband for the death,  claiming that - at the behest of Wagner - they did not do enough to find Ms Wood, after he advised against calling coastguards for four hours. When asked if he thought Wagner was responsible for Ms Wood's death, he said: 'Yes, I would say so.'

Hollywood star Natalie Wood was screaming for help as she drowned

Hollywood star Natalie Wood was screaming for help as she drowned, according to a witness whose account has never been disclosed. Retired s...

Former Royal Marine Carl Davies was raped before being stabbed and his body hurled into a roadside ravine

<div class="thinFloatRHS" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 10px; min-height: 1px; width: 235px; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Brutal: Ex-Marine Carl Davies was raped before being killed and dumped in a ravine, a new post mortem has revealed" class="blkBorder" height="400" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063290-0EDAA9DA00000578-473_233x400.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="233" />Brutal: Ex-Marine Carl Davies was raped before being killed and dumped in a ravine, a new post mortem has revealed</div>Former Royal Marine Carl Davies was raped before being stabbed and his body hurled into a roadside ravine close to a military barracks on the paradise island of Reunion, a new post-mortem has confirmed. A second examination of the body of the Kent man revealed he had been sexually assaulted prior to being beaten about the head and knifed in the stomach.  The first bungled autopsy put his death down to an accident. As revealed by MailOnline yesterday, his family believe his murder was covered up to protect tourism there, which accounts for 70per cent of GDP.A team of British detectives is due to arrive on the island to assist investigations, sources indicated at the weekend. On the night of his death on November 9, Mr Davies had been out drinking in St Denis, the capital of Reunion, with two sailors who were serving on board the Cyprus-registered MV Atlantic Trader.Mr Davies, 33, was employed on the container ship as a guard against Somali pirates who regularly prey on ships in the Indian ocean.<div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

Former Royal Marine Carl Davies was raped before being stabbed and his body hurled into a roadside ravine

Brutal: Ex-Marine Carl Davies was raped before being killed and dumped in a ravine, a new post mortem has revealed Former Royal Marine Carl ...

Hunted down: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi looks dejected and withdrawn following his capture

Looking haggard and fearful, Saif Al Islam Gaddafi cowers in terror after his capture by Libyan fighters yesterday. His old swagger gone, the British-educated son of Colonel Gaddafi was clearly terrified that he might encounter the same fate as his father, who was killed a month ago. Saif could yet face the death penalty for his crimes, but Libyan officials promised he would, at least, receive a fair trial. That trial could prove highly embarrassing for influential British figures – including Prince Andrew and Tony Blair – if Saif reveals details of the close links he enjoyed with them.<h2 style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </h2><div class="artSplitter" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Hunted down: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi looks dejected and withdrawn following his capture" class="blkBorder" height="477" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063561-0EDD0EFE00000578-722_634x477.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="634" /> </div>The 39-year-old former playboy and womaniser was captured trying to flee across the border into Niger. A mob of angry protesters tried to storm the plane but were beaten back by soldiers under orders to keep their prisoner alive so he could face justice. Only three weeks ago Saif had vowed to avenge his father’s death, declaring defiantly: ‘I am alive and free and willing to fight to the end.’<div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h4 style="min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></h4></div> But last night he was facing the likelihood of trial in his own country –  or extradition to the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity.  Thousands of Libyans celebrated in the streets after hearing that the fugitive, who remained loyal to his father’s murderous regime to the end, had been captured without a struggle. The dictator’s heir was intercepted near the oil town of Obari as he tried to reach the frontier in a 4x4 vehicle, accompanied by three bodyguards.  Desert fighters acting on a tip-off fired into the air and ground to bring the car to a halt. As they checked the identity of those inside, Saif told them his name was Abdelsalam – which means ‘servant of peace’ – but he was immediately recognised and taken away by the fighters.

Hunted down: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi looks dejected and withdrawn following his capture

Looking haggard and fearful, Saif Al Islam Gaddafi cowers in terror after his capture by Libyan fighters yesterday. His old swagger gone, th...

Four police officers were stabbed as they dealt with a disturbance today in Kingsbury, north London.

The incident is believed to have happened at the Kingsbury Halal Butchers just 100 yards from Kingsbury Tube station and in a busy shopping street. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: ‘Police were called at approximately 8.40am to a disturbance in Kingsbury Road, Kingsbury.<div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Crime scene: The multiple stabbing is believed to have taken place at Kingsbury Halal Butchers " class="blkBorder" height="313" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063552-0EDC6FAA00000578-651_468x313.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="468" />Crime scene: The multiple stabbing is believed to have taken place at Kingsbury Halal Butchers<div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Cordoned off: Metropolitan Police officers at the scene of the attack, with a paramedic's kit visible in the foreground" class="blkBorder" height="334" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063552-0EDC6FBA00000578-159_468x334.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="468" />Cordoned off: Metropolitan Police officers at the scene of the attack, with a paramedic's kit visible in the foreground</div></div> ‘Officers attended and attempted to speak with a man, who subsequently attacked them. <div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </div><div class="relatedItems" style="min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><h4 style="min-height: 1px; font-size: 1em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">More...</h4><ul style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><li style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063439/Child-rapist-used-human-rights-fight-deportation--struck-again.html" style="min-height: 1px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: #003580; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Child rapist used 'human rights' to fight deportation - then struck again</a></li></ul></div> ‘Four officers were injured during the incident and have been taken to hospital.‘A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody at a north London police station.’A Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed to MailOnline that all four officers are in a stable condition.One sustained a stab wound to the stomach, another sustained head injuries and a stab wound to the arm, a third was wounded in the leg while a fourth suffered a broken hand. Further down from Kingsbury Halal Butchers on the other side of the roundabout Ketan Vyas, the manager of the VB and Sons cash-and-carry store, described how a man aged 30 to 40 had burst into his shop chased by police.<div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Shock: The attack happened in broad daylight on a busy shopping street" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063552-0EDC6E8200000578-582_468x286.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="468" />Shock: The attack happened in broad daylight on a busy shopping street</div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Stabbing: The area has been sealed off by police, with one man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063552-0EDC6C9F00000578-598_468x286.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="468" />Stabbing: The area has been sealed off by police, with one man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder</div>He went on: 'He picked up some cans of beans and threw them at the police and then carried on running out of the store and down the road.'There were a lot of police after him. He was only in here for a few seconds. Fortunately no staff were harmed.'Shopkeeper Girish Modha said: 'A man was shouting at police in a small alleyway next to a hairdresser's shop which neighbours mine.'He grabbed a piece of fluorescent tubing and brandished it at police. He then ran down Kingsbury Road, going into a cash-and-carry shop. At one point I think he threw a brick and smashed a police car window.'He then ran round the roundabout and carried on towards the Tube station. He went into a butcher's, got a knife and that's when the stabbing took place.'A worker at a Carphone Warehouse store opposite the butcher's said: 'After the incident I saw about eight police officers on top of a man. Ambulances arrived to take away the injured policemen and the man was also taken away.'Sky's Martin Brunt tweeted that one of the officers was stabbed in the stomach and that the attacker went 'berserk'.  Eyewitnesses told Bottr that police were called after a man began to attack people 'randomly' .Brunt added that the suspect had been shouting in the street in 'quite a disturbed way', which led to 999 calls being made.<div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><img alt="The Kingsbury Roundabout in north London where the incident happened" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063552-0EDC53A400000578-960_468x286.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="468" />The Kingsbury Roundabout in north London where the incident happened</div><div class="thinCenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; min-height: 1px; width: 470px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Injured: Four police officers have been taken to hospital to be treated for knife wounds, according to Scotland Yard, after being attacked at Kingsbury roundabout" class="blkBorder" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/19/article-2063552-0EDC5B3500000578-350_468x286.jpg" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid black;" width="468" />Injured: Four police officers have been taken to hospital to be treated for knife wounds, according to Scotland Yard, after being attacked at Kingsbury roundabout</div>Olympia Logofagul, 24, who works at the Kings Coffee shop on Kingsbury Road, said: 'I was working and I saw some police officers standing outside.'There were a lot of officers, more than five but no more than 10.'A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said they took five patients to hospital, all conscious and breathing.She said: 'We were called at 8.50 this morning to an incident in Kingsbury Road.'We sent two single responders in cars, four ambulance crews and a duty officer.'We treated five patients, they were all conscious and breathing, and they were taken to hospital.'Kingsbury Road - a busy thoroughfare in north-west London and normally jammed with shoppers on a Saturday morning - was deserted either side of the roundabout, with police having blocked off the road in both directions. The hairdressers, Mr Modha's sweet shop and a chemist were cordoned off.There are 30 police cars and 15 ambulances attended

Four police officers were stabbed as they dealt with a disturbance today in Kingsbury, north London.

The incident is believed to have happened at the Kingsbury Halal Butchers just 100 yards from Kingsbury Tube station and in a busy shopping ...

Four police officers stabbed in north London

Four police officers were stabbed as they tried to detain a man after a disturbance in north London, Scotland Yard said on Saturday. Police said officers were called to an incident shortly before 9 a.m. on the main road in Kingsbury where they had tried to speak to a man before he ran into a butcher's shop and grabbed a knife. "Officers followed the man in an attempt to detain him and were subsequently assaulted," Chief Superintendent Dal Babu told reporters. "Four male police constables suffered stab injuries during the incident and have been taken by the London Ambulance Service to hospital." One was stabbed in the stomach, a second suffered head injuries and stab wound to his arm, the third was stabbed in the leg, and the last sustained stab wounds to a hand and also suffered a broken hand. Witnesses told media the suspect had been shouting at police beforehand and up to 10 officers had tried to calm him down. A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is being quizzed at a police station in the area.

Four police officers stabbed in north London

Four police officers were stabbed as they tried to detain a man after a disturbance in north London, Scotland Yard said on Saturday. Poli...

A NEW breed of super-rich is crawling out of the mahogany woodwork in Australia.

A NEW breed of super-rich is crawling out of the mahogany woodwork in Australia. With the recent mining boom and strengthening dollar, a new report has revealed that more than 2500 individuals are worth at least $US30 million. The report, the first conducted by Sydney-based Wealth-X - which describes itself as a wealth intelligence firm - showed that 2750 Australians earned at least $US30 million (30 of them are billionaires). Wealth-X Australia vice-president Adrian Jenkinson said the number of ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals reflected the strength of the resources boom. "A lot of the wealth is a result of the current economic environment ... (especially) around mining and mining-related services," he said. "It's directly linked to the commodities boom." Clive Palmer did not make the cut with the survey valuing him at a paltry $1.27 billion, far below the Sunday Mail Rich List estimate of $6 billion. But Queensland-born Chris Wallin, of QCoal, made 7th position with a net worth of $US3 billion. The top three were Gina Rinehart, with a net worth of $US10.1 billion, Ivan Glasenberg at $US9 billion and Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest $US4.9 billion. Mr Jenkinson said the majority of UHNW individuals had become wealthy for the first time. "Unlike Europe, where you have large pockets of old wealth . . . these are people who are becoming very wealthy for the first time," he said. He said the new generation would retain its newfound wealth through smart banking and investing, but they were still willing to indulge in luxury "playthings". "They're interested in luxury goods - art, watches, boats, planes and helicopters," he said, adding that traditional investments such as property and motor vehicles would always be popular. Mr Jenkinson said Wealth-X had only recently been introduced to Australia but the organisation planned a number of connected studies on the rising number of ultra-rich individuals. He said people would always be interested in the studies, with the public and media constantly fascinated by the ultra-wealthy lifestyle. "They're always interested in what the ultra-wealthy are doing and what they're buying," he said. But he said the survey also helped the wealthy individuals to better connect with each other. "It helps people in the overall investment community understand where the money is," he said.

A NEW breed of super-rich is crawling out of the mahogany woodwork in Australia.

A NEW breed of super-rich is crawling out of the mahogany woodwork in Australia. With the recent mining boom and strengthening dollar, a ...

SIX people have been arrested for their involvement with a gang which stole jewellery from elderly people

SIX people have been arrested for their involvement with a gang which stole jewellery from elderly people. They are believed to be respon...

ONE of Europe’s most powerful hashish smugglers was arrested in Estepona

ONE of Europe’s most powerful hashish smugglers was arrested in Estepona, National Police said. The arrest of the 33-year-old man was part of an operation against drug traffickers based in Huelva in which more than 3,620 kilos of hashish were seized from a pneumatic boat at a shipyard in Isla Christina, Huelva. The two men on board were dressed as Guardia Civil officers so as not to arouse suspicion. They were arrested along with eight others. The criminal organization smuggled drugs to Spain via Malaga and Huelva from Morocco. Two days later, National Police the leader of the organization, who had a prison order against him from 2010 for drug-related crimes, was arrested in Estepona. He is considered by police to be one of Europe’s most powerful drug barons. In the operation, police seized 100 mobile phones, documents, three computers, four vehicles, a jet-ski, a motorbike, two satellite phones, six GPS devices and €27,000 in cash. The documents led to the arrest last month of a Guardia Civil officer who allegedly provided the gang with information on vehicles and their owners.

ONE of Europe’s most powerful hashish smugglers was arrested in Estepona

ONE of Europe’s most powerful hashish smugglers was arrested in Estepona, National Police said. The arrest of the 33-year-old man was par...

The World Bank today approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project

The World Bank today approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project, taking a historic step toward realizing one of the first large-scale plants of this kind in North Africa to exploit the region's vast solar energy resources. With this approval from the Bank's Board of Executive Directors, Morocco takes the lead with the first project in the low-carbon development plan under the ambitious Middle East and North Africa Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Scale-up Program. A $200 million loan will be provided by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the part of the Bank that lends to developing country governments, and another $97 million loan will come from the Clean Technology Fund. "The World Bank is proud to provide the financing needed to make this large-scale renewable energy investment possible," said World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick. "Ouarzazate demonstrates Morocco's commitment to low-carbon growth and could demonstrate the enormous potential of solar power in the Middle East and North Africa. During a time of transformation in North Africa, this solar project could advance the potential of the technology, create many new jobs across the region, assist the European Union to meet its low-carbon energy targets, and deepen economic and energy integration in the Mediterranean. That's a multiple winner." The 500 megawatt (MW) Ouarzazate solar complex, as the first power site, will be among the largest CSP plants in the world and is an important step in Morocco's national plan to deploy 2000 MW of solar power generation capacity by 2020. The World Bank has supported Morocco's national Solar Power Plan since it was launched in 2009 and is now making this significant loan to co-finance the development and construction of the Ouarzazate Project Phase 1 parabolic trough plant through a Public Private Partnership between the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) and a private partner. Ouarzazate Phase 1 will involve the first 160 MW and will help Morocco avoid 240,000 tons of CO2 equivalent a year. The Ouarzazate project will also contribute to Morocco's objectives of energy security, job creation, and energy exports. As a regional frontrunner in clean energy, Morocco is rising to the challenge of its international commitments made in the last two United Nations' climate summits and under the "Union for the Mediterranean." "The Ouarzazate first phase is a key milestone for the success of the Moroccan solar program," said Mustapha Bakkoury, President of MASEN. "While answering both energy and environmental concerns, it provides a strong opportunity for green growth, green job creation, and increased regional market integration. It will pave the way for the positive implementation of the regional initiatives sharing the same vision (Mediterranean Solar Plan, Desertec Industry Initiative, Medgrid, World Bank Arab World Initiative). The support of international financial institutions, like the World Bank, through development financing but also climate change dedicated financing, is essential to help bring the overall scheme to economic viability," added Bakkoury. Relevant Links North Africa Aid and Assistance Morocco International Organisations Energy Environment The Ouarzazate loan is in line with the World Bank's commitment to scaling up funding that helps developing countries cope with climate change and embark on a low-emission development path. The World Bank Group's renewable energy portfolio increased from a total of $3.1 billion between fiscal years 2008-09 to $4.9 billion in 2010-11. Given the simultaneous expansion of the overall energy portfolio during the same period, the renewable energy proportion rose from 20 percent to 23 percent. About the project: The World Bank, the Clean Technology Fund, the African Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Agence Française de Développement, European Union Neighborhood Investment Facility, and the Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau are working with MASEN and a competitively selected private partner to implement Ouarzazate I.

The World Bank today approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project

The World Bank today approved $297 million in loans to Morocco to help finance the Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power Plant Project, taking...

FIVE members of a British family have been arrested for stealing 156,700 litres of diesel oil from a Malaga pipeline.

FIVE members of a British family have been arrested for stealing 156,700 litres of diesel oil from a Malaga pipeline. The highly-organised team are alleged to have used their plumbing knowledge to puncture the pipe and set up hidden hoses leading to their rented finca in nearby Campanillas. In early October oil company CLH noticed a drop in pressure in the pipe supplying Malaga airport and filed a complaint with the Guardia Civil, who immediately launched operation ‘Rudolf 2011’ to catch the thieves. Police located the leak and discovered a hut hiding the extracting devices. They traced the pipes to the Campanillas house where they arrested a man who was controlling the device. They also discovered a 500-litre capacity van connected to the supply with a hose. Later they arrested four more members of the family of thieves, who it is thought planned to sell the fuel on illegally. The Guardia Civil have said this is the first case of its kind in Andalucia. Rudolf 2011 will now investigate whether the group is part of a larger criminal organisation. Worryingly, much of the oil had leaked onto the ground through holes in the clandestine system, which was made using a high-pressure tap and household plumbing equipment.

FIVE members of a British family have been arrested for stealing 156,700 litres of diesel oil from a Malaga pipeline.

FIVE members of a British family have been arrested for stealing 156,700 litres of diesel oil from a Malaga pipeline. The highly-organised...

Gas gang, which stands for Guns and Shanks,Five convicted of killing gang rival aged 15

Five teenagers were convicted today of chasing a 15-year-old boy from his school gates and stabbing him to death in a gang-related attack. Zac Olumegbon was knifed in the heart and also had wounds to his chest, neck and buttocks. His hands and arms were scarred showing that he had tried to ward off the blows. He was cornered by the youths wearing hoodies in a back garden 100 yards from the Park Campus school in West Norwood. Another schoolboy was also stabbed but Zac was the prime target in the attack in July last year. At the Old Bailey four of the youths were found guilty of murder and a fifth convicted of manslaughter. They can be named for the first time today after Judge Giles Forrester QC lifted an anonymity order. The murderers are Helder Demorais, now 17, Kyle Kinghorn, who is 18 today, Ricardo Giddings, 17, and Jermael Moore, 17. Moore was a promising grime artist, known as J-kid or Younger Sneaky, who had posted videos on YouTube under a gang name. Some of the footage, which includes the sound of shots being fired, shows hooded and masked youths making gun symbols with their hands as he raps lyrics. Shaquille Haughton, 16, was the youth convicted of manslaughter. They will be sentenced next month. The court heard that Zac was a victim of a feud involving the Gas gang, which stands for Guns and Shanks (knives), based around Loughborough Road and the Angel Town estate in Brixton. Their rivals were the The five youths arrived at the school by car knowing their victim would be turning up for class. The teenager had spoken at a conference on youth violence the day before and vowed to help other teenagers, his mother said in a statement. He wanted to share his experiences with those who had endured "similar struggles to him", said Shakira Olumegbon. She said he had left for school "happy" on the day of his death after discussing the future with her. But Ms Olumegbon received a phone call from school to tell her he had been attacked. She said: "I remember praying he would be okay. The scene that confronted me was indescribable."

Gas gang, which stands for Guns and Shanks,Five convicted of killing gang rival aged 15

Five teenagers were convicted today of chasing a 15-year-old boy from his school gates and stabbing him to death in a gang-related attack....