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Police seek witnesses to RWC opening night crash
Auckland police are seeking witnesses to the Rugby World Cup opening night crash that left a 12-year-old rugby fan seriously injured. They want to hear from passengers on a North Star bus heading to North Harbour when it crashed into
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:05A
Troy Davis executed in Georgia after US Supreme Court rejects appeal
Though Davis' lawyers said seven of nine key witnesses against him disputed all or parts of their testimony, state and federal judges repeatedly ruled against granting him a new trial. As the court losses piled up on Wednesday, his offer to take a
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:05A
Txting may have contributed to fatal crash
A Coroner says inattention, probably because of txting, is likely to have caused a fatal head on crash near Tariki in Taranaki. Courier Driver Mathan Dodkin died when his van veered into the middle of the road and collided with a truck in January.
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:05A
Ala. suit bad omen for Arizona Voting Rights Act lawsuit
Instead, he said, it is designed solely to give state and local police more power to enforce laws against illegal immigration. Horne said one of the best pieces of evidence he has that Arizona does not discriminate against Hispanics is the fact that
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:04A
Ala. suit bad omen for Arizona Voting Rights Act lawsuit
Instead, he said, it is designed solely to give state and local police more power to enforce laws against illegal immigration. Horne said one of the best pieces of evidence he has that Arizona does not discriminate against Hispanics is the fact that
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:04A
Class Warfare: American Communists of 1928 Compared to Barack Obama
They also favored a “graduated inheritance and gift taxes on great fortunes.” Back in 1928, the communists were even calling for the government to end home foreclosures on farms and “a five year moratorium on farm mortgage debts, including debts on
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:04A
Bus accident sparks protest from Telangana groups
By IANS, Hyderabad : The death of a person here in an accident involving a bus of Road Transport Corporation (RTC) triggered tension Wednesday with Telangana groups blaming the government for the mishap. Police arrested Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:04A
Fukushima disaster can't be cited to stop Kudankulam: Scientist
The accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is related to a tsunami and not nuclear related," SC Chetal, director at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), told reporters after inaugurating a seminar at SRM University,
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:04A
Court allows arms dealer Nanda to go abroad
"The trial court is directed to permit the petitioner to go to London for a period of two weeks on furnishing a fresh itinerary and his address where he would be staying in the UK," the court said. "The petitioner is also directed to submit the
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:04A
Council 'hopelessly inadequate': Judge
The District Court was told that neither speed or alcohol were a factor in the crash, rather that the stop sign at the intersection was obscured to oncoming traffic by a light pole and the stop line had been eroded by road works but never re-painted.
Updated: 09/22/2011 02:04A
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