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Roger Hollister sentenced for Brown County wreck
A judge sentenced Roger Hollister to nearly six years in prison for charges connected to a traffic accident in Brown County that seriously injured his wife. The sentence comes on an amended charge of aggravated battery and aggravated intimidation of a
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:45P
WTOL.com - Toledo's News Leader | High court to Calif: Cut prison inmates by 33000
Justice Samuel Alito, in a dissent along with Chief Justice John Roberts, said he feared that the decision, "like prior prisoner release orders, will lead to a grim roster of victims. I hope that I am wrong. In a few years, we will see.
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:43P
Workers Struggles: The Americas
The teachers, members of the Santa Cruz Teachers Association (Adosac) and the Technical Education Teachers Association (AMET) walked out April 15 after successive partial strike actions of 24, 48 and 72 hours failed to budge the government.
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:43P
Kenya: Residents Threaten to Snub TJRC Sessions
RESIDENTS of Cheptais in Mt Elgon region have threatened to boycott the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission hearings starting today in Kapsokwony. The residents say they have been short- changed by the truth team for a second time in a row,
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:43P
Kenya: Kajembe to Rally MPs in Mutunga Support
Changamwe MP Ramadhan Kajembe has said he will rally his colleagues to support the appointment of Willy Mutunga and Nancy Baraza as Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice respectively. Kajembe said the process that led to the nomination of the two
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:43P
Limbless swimmer set to cross five continents
Philippe Croizon, 43, who lost both his arms and legs in an electrical accident 17 years ago, has begun preparing one year ahead to swim hundreds of kilometres in waters connecting five continents from May to August. "My crossing of the Channel was a
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:43P
HOAP rejects increase in Hajj fares
Peshawr—Hajj Organizers Association of Pakistan (HOAP) Khyber Pukhtunkwa chapter and FATA have rejected the decision of increasing fare for private pilgrims by Pakistan International Airline (PIA) and appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan to take sou
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:43P
SC asks CS Balochistan to submit detailed report
The two-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the petition filed by Balochistan High Court Bar Association president Shakeel Adil advocate about increasing target killing, kidnapping of two lawyers and
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:42P
BHC for immediate start of Bugti murder probe
A two-member division bench of the BHC comprising Chief Justice Qazi Faaiz Essa and Muhammad Hashim Khan heard the constitutional petition filed by Jamil Bugti, son of Akbar Bugti. The court was told by the Crimes Branch that the file of the case could
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:42P
Nation grieved over PNS Mehran fiasco
Addressing a press conference, he expressed his sympathy with families of those who embraced martyrdom in PNS Mehran attack and demanded to bring culprits involved in the attack to justice. Sadiqul Farooq said the committee would investigate both
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:42P
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