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ConCourt rules in favour of defamed deputy headmaster
Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo read out the court's order. “The defendants are ordered jointly and severally to pay the plaintiff R25,000 as compensation. In addition the defendants are ordered to tender an unconditional apology,” said Ngcobo.
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:29A
No City Payoff from Hercules' Victoria by the Bay Gamble
After more than two years in court and a $1 million legal bill, which the city paid out of the 2007 bond proceeds, the lawsuit was settled last April – leaving the city on the hook for payments over the next 33 years. Assuming Victoria by the Bay's
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:29A
On 100th Women's Day, EU hails N. Africa, E. Timor
"Amidst violence, women have joined the struggle for change," said the two women vice-presidents of the European Commission, foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and justice and rights commissioner Viviane Reding. "We hope that the key role that women
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:28A
Kenyans in US to protest against delay of ICC trials
“We'll push for a veto of the motion seeking to delay justice for post-election violence victims. Kenyans in the diaspora stand with their brothers and sisters in Kenya,” said New Jersey-based Daphne Ogega, one of the organisers. According to Ms Ogega,
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:28A
Car insurance scam rumbled by Facebook
A group of car insurance scammers in the Wirral were rumbled after fraud investigators found the two drivers involved in an alleged accident were linked via Facebook friends. Daniel Locke had claimed to be the victim after his Vauxhall Astra was hit by
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:28A
4 killed, 37 injured in separate road mishaps in Jammu
The accident occurred when the victims were returning from a marriage function, they said. The deceased have been identified as Rampal (driver), Khem Raj and his wife Parmila, they said. In another accident, Vijay Kumar died on the spot and 35 others
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:27A
DoJ, DILG panel clears LTO chief of car-registration fraud
Robredo said the joint panel of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Justice (DoJ) also absolved President Aquino's shooting range buddy of allegations that she had been facilitating the registration of stolen
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:27A
Rs 20 crore spent on T committee
Minister of State for Home Gurudas Kamat said the Central government set up the Committee for Consultations on the Situation in Andhra Pradesh (CCSAP) headed by Justice (retd) BN Srikrishna on February 3, 2010. "The total expenditure incurred on the
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:27A
Central Bank fraud convictions overturned
The verdicts at the time were handed down by Chief Justice Abdulhafiz Zidan, who took over the cases after the previous panel stepped down amid “untruthful” media reports. Chief Justice Saeed Abdul Baseer and two colleagues were to announce a verdict
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:26A
Crime-lab 'DWI' tossed
Erin Marino, 30, of Hicksville, will get a new trial because Margaret Fisher, the crime-lab analyst who found that Marino was drunk with a .18 blood-alcohol reading during the June 2009 accident, "mislabeled" nine other DWI results, Judge George Peck
Updated: 03/08/2011 04:25A
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