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Asylum, politics and international justice – a muddy cocktail
Four Congolese witnesses testifying at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, find themselves caught in a legal wrangle, which could at once set a legal precedent and make them the last of a kind to win asylum.
Updated: 12/07/2011 06:27A
'Witch hunt'? Thailand cracks down on king's online critics
David Streckfuss, a scholar who monitors lese-majeste laws, said 478 known cases had been submitted to the Thai Criminal Court since the coup, and the 397 cases between 2006 and 2009 compared with an average four or five a year in the preceding 15
Updated: 12/07/2011 05:48A
Man, 41, held in connection with hacking probe
This year has seen the killing of three wanted men, all active in politics in their own peculiar way... A 41-year-old man was arrested today in connection with phone hacking and perverting the course of justice, police said.
Updated: 12/07/2011 05:32A
Tory backbenchers speak out against drunk-driving bill
Bill 26, the Alberta Traffic Safety Amendment Act, passed its third and final reading Tuesday night. During question period Tuesday, Transportation Minister Ray Dany-luk said administrative penalties aimed at repeat offenders with a blood-alcohol
Updated: 12/07/2011 05:32A
New arrest in phone hacking probe as man, 41, is held for perverting the
'At 7am officers arrested the man at an address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice contrary to common law.
Updated: 12/07/2011 05:09A
Phone hacking: 41-year-old man arrested in Operation Weeting
'At 7am officers arrested the man at an address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice contrary to common law.
Updated: 12/07/2011 05:02A
Phone-hacking: 41-year-old man arrested in London
"At 7am officers arrested the man at an address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice contrary to common law.
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:52A
Conscientious Objector Savda in Custody
Conscientious Objector Savda was taken into custody at the airport in Istanbul when he was about to travel to Paris. His custody is allegedly based on Savda's conviction on charges of "alienating the public from the military".
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:40A
New law biggest folly since gun registry
It was the brainchild of Jean Chretien's Liberal government in Ottawa, conceived and created in the wake of one of the deadliest firearms massacres in our nation's history — the 1989 shooting at Ecole
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:40A
Man, 41, held in phone hack probe
"At 7am officers arrested the man at an address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice contrary to common law.
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:30A
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