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AMSTERDAM -- Three suspects in a Dutch crime ring hacked 1.5 million computers worldwide, setting up a "zombie network" that secretly stole credit card and other personal data, prosecutors said. The three, arrested Oct. 6, originally were estimated to have hacked 100,000 computers. They have yet to enter a plea.
PARIS -- France acknowledged that troops under investigation for the death of a civilian in Ivory Coast did not act in self-defense, contradicting the previous official version of events.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Police have arrested President Robert Mugabe's nephew over accusations he was involved in smuggling scarce flour, state media reported. The state-owned Herald said Leo Mugabe, a legislator, was arrested over the illegal export of flour worth more than $19.2 million to neighboring Mozambique early this year.
-- From News Services
