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Debate about Senate anti-illegal immigration bill
The amendment added by the South Carolina Senate late Wednesday, the anti-illegal immigration measure. The offense will be punishable by fines of $ 25000 and up to five years in prison. Was added to a measure directing law enforcement to try to verify
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:09A
Kenya: Nation Must Comply With ICC Summons on Post-Election Violence
"Those allegedly responsible for human rights violations in Kenya in 2008 cannot continue to dodge justice," said Erwin van der Borght, Amnesty International's Africa director. "The Kenyan authorities must cooperate with the ICC, rather than persisting
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:09A
Fed attorney gave judges false information in Yellowstone grizzly case
Schwartz and US Fish & Wildlife Service grizzly bear recovery coordinator Chris Servheen were most likely the experts who told the US Justice Department attorney the Yellowstone grizzly population was growing at 4 to 7 percent a year.
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:08A
SC senate passes Arizona-style anti-immigration bill in overnight session
That's a new tax on LEGAL immigrants who work for minimum wage at jobs that are unattractive to a lot of other South Carolinians, like picking peaches, for example, and send money back home to help support their families. Automated clearinghouses for
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:08A
Birmingham seeks end to federal supervision over participation in Jefferson
The city has requested a hearing in federal court later this month, an action officials hope will end the city's role in the 37-year-old discrimination lawsuit. The request is to end federal supervision, not the city's participation in the county merit
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:08A
Doing Away with Hell? Part Two -
A second issue that has contributed to the modern denial of hell is a changed view of justice. Retributive justice has been the hallmark of human law since premodern times. This concept assumes that punishment is a natural and necessary component of
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:08A
Doing Away with Hell? Part Two
[that it] causes even men, whose theology teaches them to look upon God as a vindictive, lawless autocrat, to stigmatize as cruel and heathenish the belief that criminal law is bound to contemplate in punishment other ends beside the improvement of the
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:08A
Truck driver injured in crash
injured in a crash between two 18-wheeler trucks at an intersection near the Durban harbour. Emergency services say traffic was gridlocked at the intersection of Bayhead and Langeberg Roads after the accident, which took place at around 2.30pm.
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:08A
Richmond among Ind. schools sued for scheduling of girls basketball games
A gender discrimination lawsuit filed against Richmond and other area schools over their scheduling of girls basketball games is headed for a federal appeals court. The 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals will decide whether a district court judge erred in
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:07A
Young drivers offered money-saving insurance tips
Its comments follow the recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that stipulates car insurance prices cannot be influenced by gender - something that may see women's premiums rise in particular. Claiming there are many ways drivers can save both
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:07A
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