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Tsunami Follows Japan's Biggest Quake
The biggest earthquake for a century has struck Japan – causing 10-metre high tsunami waves to crash into the north-eastern coast. TV pictures of Sendai show buildings, cars and shops being swept inland. A number of people have died in the Tokyo area
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:32A
Coroner rules doctors might have saved tragic back op man
After a four-day hearing, deputy coroner Eleanor McGann took the unusual step of recording a narrative verdict on the death of 51-year-old Simon Brind. She simply outlined for the record the facts of the case and what appeared to have gone wrong.
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:31A
Extras swoop for Eagle
Tatum's verdict on Scotland on a TV chat show was that the country was beautiful but “I don't think I will be going back in November any time soon”. He added: “It was by far one of the coldest places I have ever been.” As a thank-you to the extras,
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:31A
Crash blocks Highway 74 south of Palm Desert; 1 hurt
Crystal Chatham The Desert Sun A motorcyclist was seriously injured Thursday after he hit three vehicles in a fiery crash on Highway 74 south of Palm Desert. The 78-year-old man was airlifted to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs,
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:31A
Hasan Ali gets bail, ED fails to establish case
Justice ML Tahilyani said the Enforcement Directorate had failed to establish any case against Khan, who is accused of stashing away nearly $8 billion abroad. On Wednesday, the sessions co urt had also rebuked the ED for not presenting evidence to show
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:31A
Hasan Ali gets bail, ED fails to establish case
Justice ML Tahilyani said the Enforcement Directorate had failed to establish any case against Khan, who is accused of stashing away nearly $8 billion abroad. On Wednesday, the sessions co urt had also rebuked the ED for not presenting evidence to show
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:31A
Charles Taylor's war crimes trial winding up
AP LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — The three-year trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor is in its final day of hearings before international judges begin deliberating a verdict on war crimes charges. Taylor has denied charges of murder, rape,
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:31A
Bipartisan Bills Filed to Eliminate Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Judges and criminal justice advocates have long complained about the way mandatory minimums restrict the discretion of judges to craft an appropriate sentence for criminals, resulting in long-term sentences for nonviolent drug offenders.
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:30A
House Immigration Bill Clears Hurdle
The measure would allow law enforcement officers to request immigration status on suspects of criminal investigations if there was a reasonable suspicion that they may be in the country illegally. Traffic stops and other more routine encounters with
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:30A
Man lived on diet of junk food and cider, inquest told
Assistant deputy coroner Terence Moore passed a narrative verdict at the court in Flax Bourton saying that Mr John had died of pneumonia and malnutrition contributed to by self neglect. He was single, unemployed and toothless as a result of his sugary
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:29A
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