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State secrets privilege: Time for Congress to end the rubber stamp
By Editorial, IN 2007, FIVE MEN sued Jeppesen Dataplan, claiming that the Boeing subsidiary had worked with the US government to carry out “extraordinary renditions” that sent them to foreign countries where they were tortured.
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:43P
DUI arrests up in crackdown
MARYSVILLE, CA - Twenty-one people have been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in Yuba, Sutter, and Colusa counties since Friday, says Marysville traffic Officer Richard Seghieri. According Seghieri, six of those arrests were
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:42P
DUI arrests up in crackdown
MARYSVILLE, CA - Twenty-one people have been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in Yuba, Sutter, and Colusa counties since Friday, says Marysville traffic Officer Richard Seghieri. According Seghieri, six of those arrests were
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:42P
Armenia releases 274 in amnesty
Sargsyan, RIA Novosti reported quoting the press secretary of the Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Justice Arsen Babayan. The National Assembly of Armenia on May 26 accepted the proposal of President Sargsyan to declare an amnesty in
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:41P
Mladic to be sent to war crimes court in days as pro-Mladic rallies continue
BELGRADE: Serbia may send Ratko Mladic to face genocide charges in The Hague within four days, a justice official said yesterdat, despite rallies by nationalists angry at the Bosnian Serb general's capture after 16 years on the run.
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:38P
Sanitary district liable in sewage spills
In a partial resolution of a lawsuit by San Francisco Baykeeper against the West Bay Sanitary District, a federal court judge has found the district liable for 21 sewage overflows, each of more than 100 gallons, that entered Peninsula
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:38P
Set up special courts for kids: HC to govt
A division bench headed by chief justice JS Khehar on Monday directed the state to submit the details by June 30. Maya CP, a social worker, had filed a public interest litigation before the high court, demanding special courts in the city to protect
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:38P
Venezuelan authorities arrest Colombian man on cocaine-related charges
Venezuelan Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says the suspect, 37-year-old Ruberney Vergara Sanabria, is wanted on drug-related charges in Colombia. The suspect was purportedly overseeing work at cocaine processing labs located in a lawless region
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:37P
The nightmare is over, says Indian actress's ex-husband
KUWAIT: Nischal Chandra, an employee with the National Bank of Kuwait and former husband of Indian film star Kavya Madhavan is 'happy that it's all over.' He was commenting on the legal settlement of his divorce with the
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:35P
STEPHEN GLOVER: How can a career criminal's right to a family life count more
However inoffensive it may seem, it is running a coach and horses through English law and threatening to make a nonsense of justice. It is Article Eight that lies behind the dozens of privacy orders dished out by judges over recent years,
Updated: 05/30/2011 06:35P