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Can The Hague deliver justice for Srebrenica?
But will justice really be served? And, how long will it take? Will Mladi's health hold out long enough for him to be sentenced, if he is found guilty? We know that Radovan Karadzic was caught three years ago and yet his trial only started 12 months
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:38A
No fatal crashes in Vermont over holiday weekend
Lt. John Flannigan, of the traffic safety unit, says there were 42 crashes over the four-day period, 10 of them alcohol-related. There were 662 speeding tickets written and 63 safety belt violations. Vermont State Police troopers conducted
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:37A
Ampatuan Sr. to be finally arraigned for massacre
Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes ordered the arraignment for multiple murder charges of former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. at 9 am today. The proceedings will be held at the heavily guarded Quezon City
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:37A
Ex-school bus driver enters plea on DUI rap
Rogers pleaded Tuesday to the Tier III DUI offense, her first offense, as well as damaging the shrubs and sign. Defense attorney Mark Much told Mallon he would provide copies of sobriety treatment records from Mirmont Treatment Center,
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:37A
Six Charged With DUI During Checkpoint
1034 motorists were interviewed during the DUI checkpoint and four people were arrested and charged with DUI. Shelton Police have more DUI checkpoints planned this year. In addition, officers will still be out strictly enforcing the motor vehicle laws,
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:37A
Aquino's lack of political will
It looks like the Catholic Church has another battle coming up, this time against the proponents of the divorce bill. Not even the fact that the Philippines is about the only Catholic country without a divorce law can convince the Church and its true
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:37A
Aquino's lack of political will
It looks like the Catholic Church has another battle coming up, this time against the proponents of the divorce bill. Not even the fact that the Philippines is about the only Catholic country without a divorce law can convince the Church and its true
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:37A
First Amendment Column: Web challenges free-speech precedents
For public figures such as politicians and entertainers, the legal bar for a successful lawsuit is set higher in libel law than for private individuals, so that vigorous and robust debate on public issues is not chilled. Then there's the rare instance
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:35A
Donna Seidel Column: GOP crime plan is no reform
Wisconsin's Republican legislators recently repealed almost all of the criminal justice reforms implemented in 2009 by legislative Democrats and former Gov. Jim Doyle. I voted against this Republican proposal because it wastes taxpayer dollars and
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:35A
President has no stand on divorce—yet
But she assured stakeholders they would be consulted before the President decided whether or not divorce was acceptable in the Philippines, now the only country without a divorce law. Valte said she believed the President would take a stand on the
Updated: 06/01/2011 05:34A
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