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MSPs back new laws on domestic abuse
Domestic abuse has been described as a "stain" on Scotland as MSPs backed new laws to to increase victims' access to justice . Legislation was put forward by Labour MSP Rhoda Grant who said: "It's not the last word in tackling domestic abuse.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:01P
Alex Salmond accuses Labour of third U-turn and predicts poll backlash
LABOUR leader Iain Gray yesterday reversed previous party policy by pledging to keep open Scotland's closure-threatened accident and emergency units, prompting claims from Alex Salmond he will be hit in the coming election campaign by a
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:01P
Gwisai free at last
High Court judge Justice Samuel Kudya on Wednesday said the treason case against Munyaradzi Gwisai and five others could easily crumble on the state considering the weak evidence to be presented before court. “I find from the averments and contentions
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:01P
Ansell Adams, the 'lost negatives' and a $200m lawsuit
This being America, Mr Norsigian's reaction to the lawsuit was swift and uncompromising. He counter-sued, on the grounds that (according to a report in the Art Newspaper) Mr Turnage and the trust had been guilty of such crimes as "slander, defamation,
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:00P
Restorative justice for teens charged in jetski death
Speaking at the invitation of Judge Chris McGuire in the Rotorua District Court this morning, family spokesman Mana Witoko said it supported the plan to have the two youths charged in connection with the death take part in a restorative justice
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:00P
Restorative justice for teens charged in jetski death
Speaking at the invitation of Judge Chris McGuire in the Rotorua District Court this morning, family spokesman Mana Witoko said it supported the plan to have the two youths charged in connection with the death take part in a restorative justice
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:00P
Witnesses to double fatality sought
Police have appealed for witnesses to a high-speed crash which killed two men in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert early yesterday. Both men died almost instantly when their car hit a traffic light pole. Police have yet to confirm both men were wearing
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:00P
5 Dead in Plane Crash at Long Beach Airport
AP Two prominent Long Beach, Calif., real estate developers and a bicycle advocate are among five people killed in the fiery crash of a twin-engine plane at the city's airport. Mike Murchison, who's a local business consultant and spokesman for
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:00P
Hollister woman airlifted after wreck on Highway 1
By The Free Lance Staff A Hollister woman was injured in an accident on Highway 1 today and was airlifted to a Bay Area hospital, according to the California Highway Patrol. Shortly after 9:15 am, authorities responded to the two-vehicle accident on
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:59P
Middleport seeking railway land through civil action
by Brian J. Reed MIDDLEPORT — A civil lawsuit filed by the Village of Middleport against a Jacksonville, Fla. railroad is part of the village's preparations for a multi mullion-dollar sewer project, but it could benefit at least one other improvement
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:59P
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