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Amnesty demands deeper probe of Egypt's violence
CAIRO - Egypt's Government must reveal the truth about attacks on demonstrators during an uprising against president Hosni Mubarak, compensate the victims and bring their attackers to justice, Amnesty International said.
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:52A
Aussie coppers return journalist's iPad
It seems that criminal law specialists have warned them that seizure of an iPad as evidence of a potential crime is the same as taking a shorthand notebook, only the iPad could not do as much. A journalist's shorthand notebooks is considered sacred
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:52A
The Palestinians' Existential Struggle
The murdered Palestinians on May 14 by Israeli sharpshooters were unarmed disparate refugees seeking justice, and Israel lived up to its brutal belligerence. On the sixty-third anniversary of the Palestinians' catastrophe, the story of the
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:52A
A Capacity for Farce
Law and order may be a state subject, but who rules in Mumbai? Congress and NCP. Mumbai has become a well-organised jungle, with defined territories. Literally around the corner from Nagpada is the visible paraphernalia of a modern city: an imposing
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:51A
People Want Help, Not a Jail: Minister
The justice department has since begun a review of some incarceration facilities in the province. However, Justice Minister Felix Collins says there is no appetite for another type of remand or incarceration facility in Labrador.
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:51A
Mukhtar Mai files review petition in Pak Supreme Court against her rapists
The petition filed by Mukhtar Mai''s advocate Aitzaz Ahsan sought the constitution of a larger bench for the petition hearing and said the verdict was a travesty of justice as it stemmed from misreading and non-reading of material evidence,
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:51A
Mukhtar Mai files review petition in Pak Supreme Court against her rapists
The petition filed by Mukhtar Mai''s advocate Aitzaz Ahsan sought the constitution of a larger bench for the petition hearing and said the verdict was a travesty of justice as it stemmed from misreading and non-reading of material evidence,
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:51A
Lawsuit Claims Marsh Used Company To Fund Trips With Women
INDIANAPOLIS -- Attorneys who represent Marsh Supermarkets in a lawsuit against the grocery chain's former owner claim Don Marsh used the chain as his "personal checkbook" to fund extramarital relationships. A federal lawsuit filed Thursday in
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:50A
Blooming bonus for victim support
Victim Support is £500 better off thanks to a cheque from the Council's Criminal Justice Section. The section won two awards at last year's Ayr Flower Show - The Silver Gilt Medal (£150) and the Most Innovative Display (£350) - and decided to donate
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:49A
Opus settles suit over subsidiary, family trusts
Opus Corp. has settled a lawsuit that claimed it stripped millions of dollars from Opus West, its onetime subsidiary, to funnel cash into family trusts and local charities. The Star Tribune reported that Minnetonka-based Opus quietly paid $45 million
Updated: 05/20/2011 07:49A