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His capture in Serbia hastens the belated exercise of justice against the perpetrators of the most barbarous crimes committed in Europe since the defeat of Nazism. A recent poll indicated alarming support for Mladic within Serbia, with 40 per cent
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:58P
FriendFinder Won't Reveal Affiliate Data to Facebook
In a suit filed in April, Facebook says the name of FriendFinder's Traffic Cat site, FacebookOfSex.com, is too similar to its own trademarked name and it seeks expedited discovery to accelerate a more complete evidentiary record relative to alleged
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:57P
Govt denies plan for local debt write-off
Authorities denied media reports that China is going to write off trillions of yuan in local government debt to reduce mounting risks of local government bankruptcy. A report by Reuters on Wednesday said Chinese central authorities are
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:56P
Staffer's $435k payout
In the NSW Supreme Court today, Justice Derek Price handed down his decision in the case of Gillian Sneddon, 53. Ms Sneddon had sued her employer - the Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly - and the state of NSW. Milton Orkopoulos ... jailed for at
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:56P
State Attorney General Sues Federal Agency Over Hydrofracking
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman could stall the onset of hydrofracking in the Delaware River Basin, an area that supplies drinking water to more than nine million
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:56P
Murderers to be moved soon
22, Fernando Juarez, 18, and Ruben Hernandez, 19, convicted Friday in 40th Judicial District Court of the April 2010 murder, will initially be sent to Huntsville for admission into the Texas Department of Criminal Justice jail system.
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:55P
ACLU Challenges Drug Testing Of State Workers
MIAMI -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to halt Gov. Rick Scott's executive order mandating drug testing for state employees regardless of suspicion in what the organization called an extreme overreach of
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:54P
Mistrial declared in robbery case against ex-Seton Hall player
NEWARK, NJ -- A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the armed robbery prosecution of a former Seton Hall basketball player after jurors were unable to reach a verdict. Kelly Whitney was accused of robbing several students in an off-campus apartment
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:53P
NC House backs drug-maker lawsuit protections
The GOP is seeking to make the state's courts more business-friendly, Rhyne said previously. But Republicans changed the measure by opening the door to lawsuits if lawyers can persuade a judge or jury that the drug was not safe and effective despite
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:53P
MBIA fraud claim against Credit Suisse dismissed
In the 2009 lawsuit, MBIA said that since the transaction closed in April 2007, loans accounting for more than half of the original total loan balance had defaulted, requiring it to make about $296 million in claim payments. MBIA accuses the banking
Updated: 06/01/2011 08:51P
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