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BERLIN -- Interpol will launch a big push to identify child sex victims and prosecute abusers with the help of special software that can minutely analyze pornographic images, many from the Internet, and spot vital background clues.Hamish McCulloch, a British investigator at Interpol who specializes in child porn, said police around the world will get access to the technology via a 3.2 million euro image database to be funded by the Group of Eight (G8) leading nations.He said it should lead to...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Interpol will start issuing a new type of international alert notice to help police intercept people with alleged terrorist links who appear on a United Nations sanctions list, a top official said on Wednesday. Ulrich Kersten, the world police body's special representative at the United Nations, said the new alert would make it easier to detect suspects, for example when trying to cross international borders. He said it would not automatically oblige authorities to...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court declined on Wednesday to block the extradition to Thailand of an American who faces the death penalty there for drug smuggling. The United States started legal proceedings against Suwit Prasoprat, an American citizen, in 2001 on behalf of Thai authorities after a drug enforcement informer said he was involved in smuggling heroin between Bangkok and Los Angeles. Prasoprat fought the extradition, saying among other things that the...