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Women's affairs tackled in Warsaw
In this edition of Eurofile, we interview Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding on the professional problems women face in the EU. EU Commissioner for Justice, Viviane Reding at the 3rd European Congress of Women in Warsaw on 17.09.2011.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:34P
Crime and forgiveness
Should we include three retired judges of the Supreme Court in the list of “Modi-baiters” who are keeping the “ghost of 2002” alive: Justices VR Krishna Iyer and PB Sawant, who headed the Concerned Citizens Tribunal, and Justice JS Verma, retired Chief
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:34P
Discoverer of "Pacific Garbage Patch" Supports Ban on Plastic Bags
The in-fighting to which Moore refers is exemplified locally by the lawsuit being brought against Long Beach by the Save The Plastic Bag Coalition, an ad hoc organization formed in June 2008 by attorney Stephen L. Joseph under the "belie[f] that
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:34P
Norfolk firm gets id to build bridge
Commissioner Steve Downer said county crews are upgrading the county road to the east to handle increased traffic on it during construction of the bridge. County surveyor Gary Dicenta told commissioners that the contractor will build a shoe-fly at the
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:33P
School takes blame in strip search
So says a two-sentence press release Tuesday from the lawyer for the Atlantic, Iowa, school district involved in a lawsuit over the Aug. 21, 2009, strip searches of at least four female students. "After the investigation of all the facts involving the
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:33P
Remitting the Remittal of Joel Tenenbaum's Remittitur Motion
The district court had found Tenenbaum guilty on thirty counts, but it had reduced the jury's verdict of $675000 in statutory damages to $67500 because it was so excessive so as to unconstitutionally violate due process. The First Circuit agreed that
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:33P
Has Jefferson County found its debt crisis solution? Chat about it live at 1
By The Birmingham News Settlement or bankruptcy? That was the $3.14 billion question, and the Jefferson County Commission answered it last Friday by voting to settle the county's $3.14 billion sewer debt with creditors, mostly New York bankers.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:32P
World Cup verdict - we're an international success
The verdict from the Economist magazine was that New Zealand had lived up to claims that it was a "stadium of four million". Even Stephen Jones, rugby writer for British newspaper the Sunday Times and infamous for his anti-All Blacks sentiment,
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:32P
Sears Hometown Store opens in northeast Grand Rapids
His day job is selling cars at Sparta Chevy, a business owned by his uncle, Dave Vanderhyde. Customer service is something he's learned from his entrepreneurial family. “You have to take care of the customer,” Vanderhyde said.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:32P
Joanna Yeates's parents encounter killer Vincent Tabak in court
The parents of landscape architect Joanna Yeates have come face to face for the first time in court with their daughter's killer. David and Teresa Yeates were at Bristol crown court for a pre-trial hearing for Vincent Tabak.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:32P
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