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 Greek woman wins case after her land was registered as belonging to Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights ruled in favor Tuesday of a Greek woman who made a claim for property she inherited from her father on the island of Imvros, which has been part of Turkey since 1923, but which Turkish authorities said belonged to the country?s treasury.

Las Vegas police have launched a homicide investigation into the death of B.B. King, a coroner's office said May 25, after the daughters of the blues guitar legend reportedly accused his aides of poisoning him.

A 15-year-old Austrian schoolboy with alleged ties to Islamist extremists and accused of intending to bomb a Vienna train station went on trial May 26 facing up to five years in prison.

The Court of Appeal in Bucharest on Friday jailed Cristian Poteras, the former mayor of the city's District 6, for eight years without parole.

Poteras was found guilty of abuse of office in a case related to illegal real estate transactions in the capital involving land seized by Romania's former Communist regime.

A Jerusalem court sentenced former prime minister Ehud Olmert to eight months in prison on May 25, after convicting him of corruption in a March retrial, Israeli media reported.

Two construction workers died while two others were wounded after being trapped under debris in a landslide on May 22 at a dam construction site in northwest Turkey.

The Plovdiv Appellate Court upheld on Thursday the detention of the imam Ahmed Musa, who has been accused of preaching radical Islam in Bulgaria.

The court justified its decision, describing Musa as potentially dangerous and likely to go into hiding in case he is released.

A court in Albania has jailed Ardian Bitraj, a former supervisor of cash deposits at the Bank of Albania, for 20 years for the theft of 713 million leks.

He pleaded guilty and said he had lost the proceedings in gambling. Mimoza Bruzia, another bank employee, got 10 years as a collaborator in the crime.

Turkish police launched an operation on May 18 against a prostitution ring notorious for swinger parties, detaining dozens in locations across southern Turkey.

The Turkish Basketball League (TBL) playoffs get underway on May 20, as third seed Darü??afaka Do?u? welcomes Trabzonspor Medical Park to Ayhan ?ahenk Arena with tip-off scheduled for 6:45 p.m. local time and second seed Anadolu Efes hosts Türk Telekom at Istanbul's Abdi ?pekçi Arena.

The playoff action will continue on May 21, when Izmir-based P?nar Kar??yaka will take on Banvit.