Police cordoned off streets around the U.S. Embassy in Athens early today after an explosion inside the embassy compound that a senior police official said was an “act of terrorism.” The blast smashed glass in the front of the building near the U.S. emblem of the embassy. “This is an act of terrorism. We don’t know where from,” Attica’s police chief said. “There was a shell that exploded in the toilets of the building … It was fired from street level.” Police did not report any injuries and embassy officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
France: Police arrest billionaire
One of Russia’s wealthiest men, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, was taken into custody by French police in a crackdown on a suspected prostitution ring at a swank Alpine ski resort, officials said Thursday. Investigators suspect Russian call girls were brought to the resort in Courchevel, a favored playground of Russia’s rich, to work during the winter holidays, authorities said. Clients allegedly paid the women with gifts from luxury boutiques. Prokhorov, 41, is ranked No. 89 on Forbes magazine’s 2006 list of the world’s richest people.
From Herald news services
Talk to us
> Give us your news tips.
> Send us a letter to the editor.
> More Herald contact information.
