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Appeals Court rules against Wakaya Limited
Fiji Court of Appeal Judge, Justice Izaz Khan ruled this morning that the granting of the injunction to stop the burial was wrong and he cannot find any basis upon which Wakaya Limited could have applied for such an injunction.
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:24P
GUTIERREZ RESIGNED TO HER IMPEACHMENT BY HOUSE
MANILA, MARCH 15, 2011 (STAR) By Pia Lee-Brago - Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez is resigned to her fate in the House committee on justice, which, she claimed, has “railroaded” the impeachment complaints against her and is rushing their transmittal to
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:23P
Busload of Mainers to attend NYC anti-war rally
A group of Mainers will travel to New York City in April for a demonstration against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the hope of breathing new life into an anti-war movement. The rally, which is expected to
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:22P
Abused Animal Sanctuary Owner Convicted
The verdict is in for a Wisconsin woman the FOX 9 Investigators told you about nearly two years ago -- Jennifer Petkus has been convicted of six of 17 counts in her animal neglect and mistreatment trial. For years, Petkus ran what she called a
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:21P
Settlement Indicates Widespread Abuse of SBA Preference Programs
Summary: Last month, the US Department of Justice settled a case with a Maryland company that shows, yet again, how common it is for companies to abuse the preference programs that the Small Business Administration runs. In this case, it was the SBA's
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:20P
PHC grants bail to 18 accused
A single bench of the PHC headed by Justice Shahjehan Khan issued the release order of 18 persons, asking them to furnish two sureties of Rs100,000 each. Baacha Mir and 17 others had filed the bail petition in the high court.
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:20P
Adarsh probe to cost state exchequer Rs 30 L per month
Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan had, on January 8, declared that a commission, comprising Justice JA Patil, a former judge of the Bombay high court and P Subrahmanyam, was being set up to probe into the multi-crore housing scam.
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:20P
Rep. Collins to fill vacancy in Ill. Senate
She has worked in corrections and probation agencies, and has a master's degree in criminal justice. Local Democratic committeemen picked her unanimously for the seat previously held by Rickey Hendon. Hendon resigned last month after 18 years and said
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:19P
Date set for NFL court battle
Battling NFL players and the football league will face each other in court on April 6 in a hearing on a players' lawsuit seeking to bar owners from locking them out of work. The players, led by superstar quarterbacks Drew Brees, Tom Brady and Peyton
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:19P
Five additional PHC judges relieved
The Judicial Commission on January 22, 2011, relieved five additional judges of the PHC including Justice Ziaur Rehman Khan, Justice Sardar Shaukat Hayat, Justice Abdul Samad Khan, Justice Sher Mohammad Khan and Justice Imtiaz Ali.
Updated: 03/14/2011 09:19P
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