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2G case in a twist over definition of associate
New Delhi: A key charge made by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its criminal case against Reliance Telecom Ltd and Swan Telecom (now Etisalat DB Telecom India Pvt. Ltd) hangs in the balance and it has to do with a definition.
Updated: 09/15/2011 03:34P
State publishes Bill to amend polls law
From left, Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura and his lawyer at the International Criminal Court. [PHOTO: FILE/STA Despair: Saadia Shariff prepares a meal for her children in Dadaab. Being a refugee makes one forego rights.
Updated: 09/15/2011 03:31P
Crime and law
'Crime and law in media culture' begins with a premise that the whole society, including crime and criminal justice, is engulfed by media culture. The 'media' are viewed not as a set of institutions, but a myriad of communicative forms or expressive
Updated: 09/15/2011 03:28P
US Tax Deal Must Comply With Swiss Law, Bank Group Says
5 (Bloomberg) -- Switzerland and the US must agree on a tax deal that complies with Swiss law, according to Patrick Odier, chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association. “The solution must be globally applicable, be definitive and correspond to existing
Updated: 09/15/2011 03:07P
UK amends law to protect Israelis from prosecution
The law amends legislation which Israel had protested about, saying it exposed its high-profile officials to the threat of arrest for alleged offenses if they visited Britain. Under the old law, private individuals could start criminal prosecutions,
Updated: 09/15/2011 03:02P
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigates deputy-involved shooting
Law enforcement from the sheriff's office and police department located Kolstad on a nearby bridge where he was pointing a weapon at himself. Kolstad then pointed the weapon at the responding officers. After repeated attempts to get him to drop the
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:23P
West Vancouver police to release results of child-tasering probe
2011 West Vancouver police are not recommending any criminal charges against the Mounties who tasered an 11-year-old boy in Prince George. The Prince George Mounties who tasered an 11-year-old boy last spring acted within the bounds of the law,
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:20P
Comment: put Pope in the dock?
at the International Criminal Court alleging that the Pope and several Senior Cardinals are guilty of 'Crimes Against Humanity'. Lawyer Neil Addison has sent us his comments on the subject, which can also be found on his blog on religion and law.
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:16P
US fines Bridgestone $28 million for corrupt deals
Bridgestone agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges that it used illegal practices to gain millions of dollars in sales of marine hoses, used mainly to transfer oil, between 1999 and 2007, the US Department of Justice said. Under the plea deal,
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:15P
$48 million in criminal assets seized
New Zealand police have seized $48 million worth of criminal assets and cash since new legislation came into force less than two years ago. The Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act became law in December 2009, allowing the police to take assets believed to
Updated: 09/15/2011 02:05P
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