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Will justice be served, finally?
THE long-drawn Kapar landgrab controversy may be over after nearly six years of exasperating inaction and slow progress. Two years since its formation, the Selangor government's special task force to resolve landgrab issues in Kampung Perepat has
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:11A
Man Found Not Guilty In Century Bar Stabbing
An Escambia County jury took 51 minutes to return the not guilty verdict for Dennis Clyde Mathis, 32, on a felony charge of aggravated battery. A then 27-year old male was stabbed in the neck outside the bar in the 9500 block of North Century Boulevard
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:11A
Man punched after argument over woman
Defence counsel John Holdaway said restorative justice had been discussed with the victim before he died. Judge John Walker ordered Acton-Adams to pay $200 reparation for damage to a table. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Graham Single,
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:11A
Canada open to selling Chrysler stake to Fiat
Fiat took operational control of Chrysler as part of the Detroit-based automaker's US and Canadian-backed bankruptcy restructuring in 2009. It is in the process of exercising an option to buy the US Treasury's six per cent stake and the two sides are
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:11A
HC vacates earlier order on training of shiksha mitras
The order was passed by a bench consisting of Justice RK Agarwal and Justice Bharti Sapru on a special appeal filed by state of UP and two others. The UP Prathamik Shiksha Mitra association had also filed a special appeal challenging the (earlier)
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:09A
Homen: Mladic's extradition procedure to last at the least two and up to four days
Serbian government's coordinator for public relations and State Secretary in the Justice Ministry Slobodan Homen stated Monday that the extradition of Ratko Mladic to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will last at
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:09A
ABOR bans marijuana on campus
Air traffic management senior John Burgmeier, like many ASU students, has received federal grants through the university in the past. “I know that medical marijuana can be healing for some people, but it's still in violation of federal law,” he said.
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:09A
Kirkland & Ellis' profits surge, trumping Chicago's biggest law firms
Riding the bankruptcy and restructuring boom, Kirkland has represented units of General Growth Properties Inc. (submitting a bill for $26.5 million), Japan Airlines Co. Ltd. and other huge debtors. With economic recovery shrinking the bankruptcy pie,
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:08A
Uchumi of Kenya Says Shares to Resume Trading at 17.50 Shillings
By Eric Ombok May 31 (Bloomberg) -- Uchumi Supermarkets Ltd., a Kenyan retailer that has emerged from bankruptcy, said its shares would resume trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange today at 17.50 shillings (20 cents) each. The company, based in Nairobi
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:08A
Suo motu case: SC to determine legality of loan write-off law
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, presiding over a three-member bench hearing a suo motu case against the SBP, castigated the central bank for writing off the loans of defaulters whose factories are still running. He contrasted this with the
Updated: 05/31/2011 01:08A
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