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DIOKNO QUITS
Bureau of Corrections chief Ernesto Diokno yesterday stepped down from his post even though the Department of Justice cleared him of any criminal liability over the escape of former Batangas Governor Antonio Leviste from the National Bilibid Prison.
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:09P
Nigeria hit by multiple blasts after inauguration
The most powerful of the blasts tore through a bar in a military barracks in the northern city of Bauchi on Sunday, killing 15 people just hours after the swearing-in ceremony, said an official who participated in the rescue efforts.
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:09P
Divorce bill to spark new 'war'
The House of Representatives is bracing for a new “war” with the Catholic Church as congressmen start deliberating tomorrow the proposed law legalizing divorce. Speaker Feliciano Belmonte said that just like the RH bill, they expect the divorce measure
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:09P
Diana man dies in one-vehicle crash
GILMER — A 45-year-old Diana man was killed when his pickup struck a tree on Texas Highway 154 east of Gilmer on Saturday night, Upshur County Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Rhonda Welch said. Justice of the Peace Welch said she pronounced James
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:08P
Chiquita faces 4000-plus Colombians in lawsuits over payments to violent
"A company that pays a terrorist organization that kills thousands of people should get the capital punishment of civil liability and be put out of business by punitive damages," said attorney Terry Collingsworth, who filed one of the first lawsuits on
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:08P
Chiquita faces 4000-plus Colombians in lawsuits over payments to violent
"A company that pays a terrorist organization that kills thousands of people should get the capital punishment of civil liability and be put out of business by punitive damages," said attorney Terry Collingsworth, who filed one of the first lawsuits on
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:08P
Court stays fine imposed on Delhi airport operator
'The CIC should not take fine from DIAL till the matter is pending before this court,' said Justice S. Muralidhar. Meanwhile, the court has fixed Sep 1 as the next date for hearing the petition filed by DIAL challenging the CIC order which had declared
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:08P
Apex court declines plea against Delhi varsity semester system
The apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice CK Prasad said: 'We are not inclined to stay the notification.' Justice Singhvi told senior counsel Jayant Bhushan, appearing for petitioner lecturers, that if there was anything improper with the
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:08P
Lebanon: Crisis between president and police chief over secret telecoms network
The Lebanese police chief is facing legal action over an alleged secret telecoms network after the country's president referred the case to the justice ministry on Monday. According to AFP, President Michel Sleiman asked the justice minister to take
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:07P
Cannot defend Saeed in US lawsuit: Pak govt
Deputy Attorney General Naseem Kashmiri, in a written reply submitted on behalf of Foreign Ministry to Justice Umar Ata Bandial of the Lahore High Court, said, "The government is defending the ISI before the US court being an institute of the
Updated: 05/30/2011 12:07P
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