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George W Bush Bush,Tony Blair found 'guilty' for 'crimes against peace'
Announcing the verdict, Abdul Kadir said Bush and Blair had acted with deceit, selectively manipulated international law and committed an unlawful act of aggression and an international crime by invading Iraq in 2003. The tribunal found that both the
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:36A
Retail detail: retailers with facilities in MA and NJ: beware of new
As such, Retailers with transgender employees will now be subject to discrimination lawsuits under state law. The bill also affords transgender employees and customers protection under existing hate crime laws. The bill, entitled, An Act Relative to
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:34A
BC court prepares to rule on polygamy law
Allegations of abuse and child brides in Bountiful dominated a trial that ended in April, with the federal and provincial governments arguing polygamy is always harmful and must be outlawed. Critics of the law, including Bountiful residents,
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:31A
Lower receives body armor grant
Lower's grant was part of nearly $3.6 million in distributions made by New Jersey's Division of Criminal Justice. In all, 13 Cape May County agencies received $47655 in the distributions. City council signed off on the revenue item at its first meeting
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:29A
Anti-drug service sponsors bill to reinstate drug prison time
Russia's Federal Service for Drug Control has proposed reinstating a Criminal Code article requiring jail time for illicit drug users, a punishment used in Soviet times. Anti-drug chief Viktor Ivanov said he hoped the Alternative Responsibility Bill
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:01A
Phone Scammers Posing as Law Enforcement
State police say that they've received several complaints from residents of Virginia and elsewhere about callers identifying themselves as representatives from the Bureau of Criminal Investigation or from the Judicial Support Bureau.
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:57A
Man sentenced to 20 years for insulting Thai queen by text message
The court found Amphon Tangnoppaku guilty on four counts under the country's lese majeste and computer crime laws, sentencing him to five years imprisonment for each charge. Lese majeste is the crime of insulting a monarch, and Thailand's laws against
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:49A
Bush, Blair found guilty of war crimes in Malaysia Tribunal: Complete Text of
The five panel tribunal unanimously decided that Bush and Blair committed genocide and crimes against peace and humanity when they invaded Iraq in 2003 in blatant violation of international law. The judges ruled that war against Iraq by both the former
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:44A
Petition against Facebook for hurting religious, national sentiment
The couple in their FIRs had incorporated various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) related to instigating communal passion, threat to law and order, insulting a national icon and hurting public sentiments. The petitioner has requested the court to
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:43A
PIC AND PUB PLS Man sentenced to 20 years for insulting Thai queen by text message
The court found Amphon Tangnoppaku guilty on four counts under the country's lese majeste and computer crime laws, sentencing him to five years imprisonment for each charge. Lese majeste is the crime of insulting a monarch, and Thailand's laws against
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:42A
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