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China remains the world's top executioner, followed by Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan, new figures from Amnesty International show. At least 1,032 people were executed in 23 countries in 2016. In 2015 Amnesty International recorded 1,634 executions in 25 countries worldwide - a historical spi

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An Australian rapper called '2pec' ran up a £360 bill in a seafood restaurant, before diving into the sea and swimming off to avoid paying, a Queensland court has heard. Police gave chase on jetskis and apprehended the man.

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Three suspected burglars of short stature, all members of the self-styled ‘Irish mob midgets’, have been arrested after CCTV cameras filmed them illegally entering a house through a pet flap in the front door. The three men are known members of the criminal organisation that operates in the Bost

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The High Court has been told that Denis O’Brien should not receive any of the estimated €1 million in costs of his failed case against the Dáil and State, The Irish Times reports. Sara Moorhead SC, for the Dáil, said that Mr O’Brien, a “very wealthy man” seeking to have a “chilling eff

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Just over a thousand repossession orders were granted by district courts last year and the number of legal proceedings initiated by banks has dropped by half in the last two years. And, in most cases, judges refused to grant orders.

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