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Nepal: No Justice for Gang-Rape Victim
The medical report, which Human Rights Watch obtained, confirms that Yadav was hospitalized for nine days and that the hospital staff reported the case to the eastern regional police office in Biratnagar, who then transferred the case to the district
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:42A
Opening this week - March 17
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy and Josh Lucas In the gripping thriller “The Lincoln Lawyer,” Matthew McConaughey stars as Michael “Mick” Haller, a slick, charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:42A
Investigation ordered into corporal punishment
of complaints against corporal punishment in schools, the Karnataka State Commission for the Protection of Child Rights on Monday initiated an inquiry through the deputy director of public instruction and block education officers across the state.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:41A
Labor union to file suit against 'The Age', 'SMH'
The state-owned enterprises labor union (FSP BUMN Bersatu) has announced plans to file a lawsuit against two Australian newspapers, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, at Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, following their publication of
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:41A
Small increase in radiation detected in Tokyo
The impact of the earthquake and tsunami on the world's third-largest economy helped drag down the share markets Monday, the first business day since the disasters. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average for a second day Tuesday, by 6.5 percent to
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:40A
Obama Asks for Appellate Court to Hear Health Care Lawsuit
The Obama administration says the Supreme Court should not permit Virginia to sidestep a federal appeals court in the state's challenge to the health care law. In court papers filed with the justices Monday, the federal government says there is no
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:40A
BUSINESS: New choices for women in business
Asian Development Bank and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) are funding some business law reforms in Solomon Islands, benefitting women who may use the new, modernised laws to boost their businesses. Mermaid Company Limited
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:39A
The Price of 'Diversity'
The US Department of Justice has directed the Dayton, Ohio, Police Department to lower the standards for applicants because the number of blacks who passed the qualifying exams was deemed insufficient. Where applicants once had to score a 66 on one
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:39A
Lawyers' tirade contempt of court, Supreme Court says
An outburst from the lawyers of firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir during his trial on Monday was considered contempt of court, a Supreme Court justice says. “Not only did they intimidate the judges, they also dishonored judges and the court,” Djoko
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:39A
Lawyers' tirade contempt of court, Supreme Court says
An outburst from the lawyers of firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir during his trial on Monday was considered contempt of court, a Supreme Court justice says. “Not only did they intimidate the judges, they also dishonored judges and the court,” Djoko
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:39A
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