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Federico Fuentes // Venezuela: Rural killers enjoy impunity
Since then, the government and peasants have faced a campaign of intimidation and violence every time they tried to implement a law whose purpose is to bring justice to the countryside. In January, the government decreed the expropriation of idle lands
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:21A
Federico Fuentes // Venezuela's battle for food sovereignty
With an initial loan from the government, savings from some cooperative members, and the commitment of some local dairy farmers to sell their milk to the cooperative, Prolesa was born in 2004. To assist the creation of cooperatives, the government
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:21A
Man sentenced to death in murder, kidnapping
John Freeland Jr. makes his way to the witness stand to testify during his sentencing hearing for the murder of Carolyn Ward on Monday morning at the Criminal Justice Complex in Jackson. / KATIE BRAKE/The Jackson Sun John T. Freeland Jr. will be
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:21A
Binayak Sen demands repeal of sedition law, AFSPA
Noted civil rights activist Binayak Sen has demanded the repeal of the sedition law and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Sen was granted bail on April 15 by the Supreme Court after being sentenced to life imprisonment by a trial court in
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:20A
G20 death PC will be prosecuted
An inquest earlier this month returned a verdict of unlawful death on Mr Tomlinson. Mr Starmer said Pc Harwood would appear before magistrates on 20 June, but he reminded the media he was innocent until proven guilty.
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:20A
Witness: Intel service aided Mumbai attack
David Coleman Headley, a Pakistani-American who has pleaded guilty to doing scouting work prior to the terror carnage in India's financial capital, testified in the US federal court trial of his alleged accomplice, The Washington Post reported.
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:20A
The 10th annual Click It or Ticket campaign began Monday and will continue ...
Click It or Ticket, a national campaign coordinated annually by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to increase the proper use of seat belts, takes place May 23--June 5, 2011. Law enforcement agencies across the nation will
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:19A
Game Of Thrones 1.06 “A Golden Crown”
What Works: What with Daenerys's horse heart-eating initiation, Ned's heavy-handed deliverance of justice from the Iron Throne, Tyrion's trial (Peter Dinklage continues to impress) and Viserys's brutal 'crowning' at the hands of Khal Drogo,
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:19A
Harry & David plans to exit bankruptcy
Fruit basket and gifts retailer Harry & David Holdings Inc. plans to exit bankruptcy protection in late summer, the company said in a reorganization plan filed Monday. The company entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March.
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:19A
PC to be prosecuted for death of Ian Tomlinson
An inquest earlier this month returned a verdict of unlawful death on Mr Tomlinson. Mr Starmer said Pc Harwood would appear before magistrates on 20 June, but he reminded the media he was innocent until proven guilty.
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:19A
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