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Nazi-Era War Criminal, 97, Arrested In Budapest

AP, AFP

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BUDAPEST - Hungarian prosecutors say they have taken into custody one of the world's last living senior-level Nazi-era criminals on Wednesday and have charged him with war crimes, the Associated Press reports.

Ninety-seven year-old Laszlo Csatary was located earlier this week by reporters from British newspaper The Sun through information from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which had placed Csatary on its most-wanted list of Nazi-era war criminals in April.

Csatary, who was arrested in the Hungarian capital, was the police chief in the Slovakian city of Kosice during World War II and is accused of helping deport more than 15,000 Jews to Auschwitz and other death camps during Nazi Germany's occupation of what was then Czechoslovakia.

Agence France Press reports that Csatary has been living in Budapest under his real name for the past 17 years, after fleeing Canada in 1995 when authorities discovered his identity. At the time, he said his responsibility in the deportations was "limited."

Hungarian prosecutors, who want to place Csatary under house arrest, say he is in good mental and physical health.

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Why The Truth On Nord Stream Sabotage Matters

A new report blames the attack last September on a pro-Ukrainian outfit. It is hardly the last word on the case, but a good sign that the truth will come out in the end, which is crucial to maintain support in the West.

Photo of workers walking by a receiving station for the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline in Lubmin, Germany

Workers at a receiving station for the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline in Lubmin, Germany

Pierre Haski

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PARIS — Who sabotaged the two Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines connecting Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea?

The famous pipelines, an absolute symbol of Germany's — now, former — dependence on Russian gas, exploded at the bottom of the sea last September. No one claimed responsibility for this act during the war in Ukraine, giving free rein to all hypotheses, speculations, and inevitable conspiracy theories.

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There is new information in the investigation, without providing a definitive answer on the identity or motivation of the perpetrators. Germany, which led the investigation, revealed yesterday that it had identified a ship that could have been used to carry out the operation. This boat had been rented by a Polish company owned by Ukrainians.

This Ukrainian lead was immediately denied by the authorities in Kyiv.

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