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ROME - Police on Wednesday captured one of Italy's most-wanted fugitive mobsters, a man considered the financial brains of the bloodiest of the Camorra crime-syndicate clans.

Antonio Iovine, 46, nicknamed o ninno ("the baby") for his youthful looks, grinned at crowds outside Naples police headquarters as he was hustled from a squad car into the building. A convicted boss of the Casalesi crime family, Iovine had been on the run for 14 years.

He was found in a crawl space in an apartment in Casal di Principe, a town near Caserta, the Casalesi stronghold, police said. "A real boss never leaves his territory," Naples Police Chief Santi Giuffre told Sky TG24 TV in Naples.

The Casalesi family runs a lucrative illegal business in transporting and disposing of toxic waste, investigators say. Police have seized $2.7 billion in assets allegedly illegally gained by family members. - AP

OSLO, Norway - A government investigation didn't find anything illegal about surveillance of Norwegian citizens set up by the U.S. Embassy, the Justice Ministry said.

The "investigation hasn't uncovered any illegal surveillance, but it's up to the prosecuting authorities to make a closer assessment," Justice Minister Knut Storberget said in a statement.

Norway opened an investigation this month after a media report that former Norwegian police officials were involved in domestic surveillance on behalf of the United States to protect its embassy.

Marit Andersen, a spokeswoman, said the embassy had no immediate comment.

- Bloomberg News

BERLIN - Germany sent hundreds of police officers into railway stations, airports, and other public places Wednesday, after the nation's top security official warned of an increased threat from Islamic extremists.

The move came after new, tangible intelligence came to light over recent weeks and months, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said. Germans will notice a visible response to the threat, including an increased police presence at airports and railway stations, he said.

"These measures are aimed at prevention and deterrence," de Maiziere said. "We are showing force, that we will not be bullied."

Despite the heightened security presence, de Maiziere urged calm. Officials did not offer details about the threat.

- AP

China ordered campaigns to remove fire hazards in shopping malls, hotels, hospitals, schools, high-rises, and public entertainment sites after a blaze in a Shanghai apartment building killed 53.

Kyrgyzstan put deposed and exiled President Kurmanbek Bakiyev on trial in his absence, on charges he ordered troops to fire on demonstrators in April, killing 78.

A border dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, sparked by a Google Map error, should be resolved at the United Nations, former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace laureate Oscar Arias said.