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Interfaith dialogue is key to strengthening communication
Interfaith dialogue can play a key role in strengthening the right to communicate and tackling questions of social justice, General Secretary of the World Association of Christian Communicators (WACC) said on 12 March. Rev.
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:48P
Muslim defendant can sue over hijab removal
The 11-0 decision by the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit by Souhair Khatib against Orange County, where officers made her take off her hijab for security reasons while she was held in the cell to await a court hearing.
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:48P
Guatemalans sue US for deliberately spreading illness in 1940s experiment (The
Mexico City – An apology is not enough for Guatemalans deliberately infected with syphilis by a US medical team in the 1940s. Five months after the American taxpayer-funded medical experiment came to light, victims have brought a class-action lawsuit
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:48P
Marni Yang guilty in murder of ex-Bear Shaun Gayle's girlfriend
Yang stood between her attorneys as the verdicts were being read but showed no emotion. Gayle also showed no emotion. A couple of Reuter's relatives wiped tears from their eyes. Reuter, 42, was nearly seven months pregnant with Gayle's daughter — a
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:47P
Texas prison chief wants to see if cell phone jamming equipment can halt
HOUSTON — Texas' corrections chief says he wants to see if cell phone jamming equipment can be effective in preventing another inmate from escaping prison. Executive Director Brad Livingston of the Texas Department of Criminal
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:46P
Fenger beating juror tells defense: I struggled with case
A juror who helped convict a South Side man involved in Derrion Albert's infamous fatal beating outside Fenger High School contacted defense attorneys over the weekend, indicating he struggled in reaching a guilty verdict, according to a court filing
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:46P
Former Sask. jail guard has additional charges adjourned till September
Lawyer Aaron Fox, appearing Tuesday on behalf of Brent Miles Taylor in Regina Provincial Court, asked that the charges be adjourned to Sept. 15 while Taylor awaits trial at Court of Queen's Bench. The 49-year-old faces two firearms charges,
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:46P
Judge reserves decision in chief of Carry the Kettle First Nation's trial
The judge is to give his verdict in Regina Provincial Court on April 18. Thomson, the 38-year-old who became CTK's chief about a year ago, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault against his spouse. Thomson was charged in connection with
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:46P
Judge reserves decision in chief of Carry the Kettle First Nation's trial
The judge is to give his verdict in Regina Provincial Court on April 18. Thomson, the 38-year-old who became CTK's chief about a year ago, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault against his spouse. Thomson was charged in connection with
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:46P
Court extends stay in Auqaf land case
A two-member bench comprising Justice Shahjehan Khan Yousafzai and Justice Yahya Afridi directed that till next order the impugned notification issued by the administrator, Auqaf department, in Oct last should remain suspended.
Updated: 03/15/2011 08:45P
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