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Japan Tries to Cool Reactors, Avert 'Three Mile Island'
(Updates with condition of second reactor in first paragraph. See EXT2 for more news on the earthquake.) March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co., battling to prevent a meltdown of two reactors
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:15P
Drumlanrig: Justice Secretary on familiar ground
This form of the disease has particular relevance to the justice secretary - who has spent a large chunk of his period in office ruminating on his decision to let sufferer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi return home. "You don't need to tell me anything about
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:14P
Warrants served by county sheriff's department listed
• Roberta J. Jones, 31, of West Main Street, was arrested Monday at 7:10 pm on a Caldwell County warrant for being a fugitive from justice. • Christina B. Deason, 44, of Eddyville, was arrested at 4:50 pm Thursday on a Caldwell County warrant for being
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:14P
'No joy this March 8 because of increased violence against women'
“According to records released by the Ministry of Justice, the number of women who have been killed by men in their immediate circle has risen 1400 percent in the past decade,” said i?dem Ayd?n, chairwoman of the Association for Education and
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:13P
DEEPCUT PROBE BOTCHED, SAYS POLICE
A coroner recorded a verdict of suicide against Private Benton, 20, from Hastings, East Sussex, but inquests into the other deaths returned open verdicts. Devon and Cornwall police reviewed the Surrey force's investigations and discovered strong leads
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:13P
Poppy nut cries 'help'
Emdadur Choudhury has been flooded with death threats after his home address and telephone number were leaked onto the internet. There were suspicions too last night that 26-year-old Choudhury, who receives nearly £800 in benefits a month,
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:10P
SNP conference: Fighting funds and fighting talk
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said the "needless bureaucracy" of eight individual police forces could not be justified at a time of cuts. "We can't afford to do things eight times over in a country our size," he said. But Martin Greig, convener of
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:09P
Euthanasia: cost factor is a worry
The media debate on the Supreme Court's verdict in the Aruna Shanbaug case has proceeded along predictable lines — the same as in the rest of the world. These are decadeold questions —the right of terminally ill patients and their families to seek a
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:09P
Abuses cannot be grounds for dismissal: HC
Quizzing a jawan as to where was he going, it is not uncommon to hear him say, "behanc**d kahan ja raha hai", or when a jawan returns, the other saying "behanc**d aa gaya", a division bench comprising Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Suresh Kait
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:09P
Justice Minister to Meet Chande
By Staff Writer Khartoum- The UN Independent Human Rights Experts for Sudan, Mohamed Chande Othman concludes this week a visit to the country by meeting with the Minister of Justice, Mohamed Bushara Dossa after his return from Abyei area.
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:08P