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New England in brief: BU junior, 19, falls to death at…

A Boston University junior died in a fall early yesterday morning at a city hotel, officials said. The school identified the victim as Adam Robert Engel, 19, of Old Bethpage, N.Y. Officer David Estrada, a Boston police spokesman, said officers responded

Paris Hilton denied purse containing drugs was hers

prosecutors, based on the police report. According to the report, Hilton and Waits were stopped near the Wynn Hotel, where a crowd gathered as officers prepared to search the Cadillac SUV for narcotics. Hilton told the officer she needed to use the

UPDATE 2-Cricket-Pakistan to complete England tour…

* Police question Pakistan players at team hotel * Man arrested following newspaper allegations (Updates at start of play) By John Mehaffey LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Play began as scheduled on the fourth day of the fourth

Attack in Somalia

Somali insurgents disguised as police officers stormed a Mogadishu hotel, killing six lawmakers

FEATURE-Congo’s wealthy copperlands a world apart

Membership at the governor’s new gym costs $300 a month, the gastronomic menu at the new $350-a-night hotel is going down a treat and traffic guided by lemon yellow-uniformed police runs smoothly under sunny skies. While Congo is more often associated

Gunmen take 35 hostage in Rio hotel

into the lobby of Brazils Although the hostages were later released after police cornered the men inside the hotel kitchen, a woman was killed and seven people, including four police officers, were wounded by gunfire. Police later said she was a gang

Hostages Released After Gunmen Invade Rio Hotel

SO PAULO, Brazil More than a dozen gunmen invaded a luxury hotel in Rio de Janeiro early on Saturday and took about 35 people hostage, police officials there said. But after a brief standoff, all the hostages were freed and the police

Wife arrested after husband is stabbed to death in…

and killed her husband, police said. The couple began arguing shortly after 12:30 a.m. in a hotel room in the 800 block of Watson Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department said. As the argument escalated, Angelina Sevilla, 28, allegedly stabbed Luis

Police commander held ‘at gunpoint’

the Mexican city of Juarez have detained their commander at gunpoint. Around 250 federal police agents raided the hotel where their commander was staying, and accused him of planting drugs on police officers to blackmail them. Stephanie Holmes reports

Mexico police hold own commander

Police officers tracked down their commander to his hotel Police officers in Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico detained their commander at gunpoint, accusing him of corruption and links to drug gangs. More than 200 federal police agents raided the