This is the second time Zeidan has been kidnapped. He was abducted by gunmen when he was prime minister in 2013 and was freed hours later.

(10.10.2013) Zeidan says Libyans need wisdom after brief but dramatic ordeal that saw him taken from his hotel room by armed men

Steinmetz, Silberstein and Israili politician Yitzhak Rabin’s former chief of staff Shimon Sheves are wanted in corruption cases involving high-ranking dignitaries in Romania.

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(2014) Seit zwei Jahren wird die Vormachtstellung der israelischen Beny Steinmetz Group Resources (BSGR) der Familie von Beny Steinmetz, einer Diamanten-Dynastie, in der Ausbeutung einer der grössten Erzminen der Welt im Simandou-Gebirge in der waldreichen Region im Südosten des Landes von den staatlichen Behörden bedroht.

On Monday, Israeli police issued a statement that said those detained were suspected of having “acted together and methodically with the prime suspect in order to create and present fictitious contracts and deals … on a foreign country in order to transfer funds and launder money”.

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(15.1.2017) Demnach hat die rumänischen Antikorruptionsbehörde DNA Anfang Jänner erklärt, dass die von ihr beantragten Haftbefehle nicht genehmigt worden seien.

Der Berater der Sozialdemokraten soll in eine Geldwäsche-Affäre verwickelt sein und wurde für das Verhör vorläufig festgenommen. Silberstein gilt als wesentlicher Impulsgeber der SPÖ-Kampagne, der Slogan „Hol‘ Dir, was Dir zusteht“ soll federführend von ihm erarbeitet worden sein.

Austria’s Social Democratic Party has cut ties with Tal Silberstein, an Israeli political adviser detained Monday alongside Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz and four other businessmen amid suspicions of using fake contracts to launder money.

Israelische Behörden haben den reichsten Mann des Landes festgenommen. Beny Steinmetz wird unter anderem Geldwäsche vorgeworfen. Der Fall bringt auch Österreichs Bundeskanzler in Bedrängnis.

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A couple of „Unite the Right“ activists screamed at journalists outside, saying, „You are all to blame for this.“ They were soon confronted by a couple of counterprotesters, who yelled back.
It was a verbal continuation of the overt hostility on display over the weekend between white nationalists and anti-fascist protesters. A shouting match ensued for several minutes until police broke up the confrontation. But no one was injured.

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One of the pedestrians in the crowd struck on the street, Heather D. Heyer, 32, of Charlottesville, Va., was transported to UVA Hospital, where she was declared deceased.

There were 19 other pedestrians who suffered injuries ranging from serious to minor, and were transported to UVA Hospital, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, or treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The driver of the Dodge, James A. Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, was taken into custody and charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count of hit-and-run.

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Außenminister Sigmar Gabriel hat erneut eine deutliche Anhebung der Rüstungsausgaben abgelehnt und Kanzlerin Angela Merkel in diesem Zusammenhang schwere Vorwürfe gemacht.

Na ein Glück, dass die Leute den IoT-Scheiß bisher nur an harmlosen, nichtessentiellen Stellen wie Türschlössern verbauen! Nicht auszudenken, wenn da mal was echt wichtiges dran hinge!

Ein einziger Anbieter soll seit Jahresanfang rund 4.000 Apps mit bösartigem Inhalt in Umlauf gebracht haben – einige davon auch über Google Play. Die Apps können das Mikrofon aktivieren und Telefonate mitschneiden.

Die Sicherheitsfirma Lookout hat eine neue Malware-Familie für Android entdeckt, deren Code in mehr als 4.000 verschiedenen Apps enthalten ist. Während die meisten Apps über alternative Appstores und andere Kanäle vertrieben wurden, waren einige der Apps zeitweise auch bei Google Play zu finden.

The DEA — like other federal agencies involved in surveillance — buys and deploys malware and exploits. However, it seems to do better than most at picking out the sketchiest malware purveyors to work with.

When Italian exploit retailer Hacking Team found itself hacked, obtained emails showed the company liked to route around export bans through middlemen to bring the latest in surveillance malware to UN-blacklisted countries with horrendous human rights records. It also, apparently, sold its wares to the DEA — an agency in a country with only periodic episodes of horrendous human rights violations.

In 2015, Romanian media reported that Steinmetz, former Yitzhak Rabin chief of staff Shimon Sheves and former adviser to Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert Tal Silberstein were suspected of being involved in illicit real estate deals that costed the Romanian government more than $160 million.

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the house of Israel’s attorney general Saturday night, demanding that he indict the premier, who has led the country for a total of 11 years. It was the 38th time the weekly demonstration has taken place, but numbers have swelled in recent weeks, ramping up pressure.

Laut der News-Website «Jerusalem Online» (JOL) vom Sonntag hat der Premier die Absicht, das Gesetz dahingehend zu ändern, dass ihm die Möglichkeit offenstehen würde, einen Krieg zu erklären, ohne zuvor die Zustimmung der Regierung einholen zu müssen. In gewissen Fällen würde er dies sogar tun können, ohne dass das ganze Kabinett anwesend wäre.

Their departure will leave an Islamic State enclave as the last militant stronghold straddling the border near the Lebanese town of Arsal, which is home to tens of thousands of refugees.
The transfer, and another one early this month of Nusra Front fighters and refugees, echoes deals struck within Syria in which Damascus has shuttled rebels and civilians to opposition areas.