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International jurist to head CCJ
While there, Sir Dennis led the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Judicial Reform Programme, which included the establishment of a Code of Ethics for Judges, the implementation of new Civil Procedure Rules and the establishment of a Judicial Education
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:11A
Rig collision rips hole in truck trailer
To read more about the accident, see Page 3. FRACKVILLE - Two truck drivers were injured when one rig slammed into another Wednesday on Interstate 81 in Ryan Township. State police Trooper John Minalda of the Frackville station said the crash occurred
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:11A
Expert: Reversal of Shenandoah cop's conviction unlikely
MARK MORAN/Staff Photographer Former Shenandoah police officer Matthew Nestor arrives for his recent trial on federal charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice. One juror has come forward stating
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:11A
Expert: Reversal of Shenandoah cop's conviction unlikely
MARK MORAN/Staff Photographer Former Shenandoah police officer Matthew Nestor arrives for his recent trial on federal charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice. One juror has come forward stating
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:11A
Gunshot victim found at Butler Twp. crash scene
Troopers said they have linked a fight in Freeland to a crash that happened later in Upper Lehigh. Emergency personnel who responded to the crash found a Butler Township man with a gunshot wound in the shoulder and his vehicle hit by bullets,
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:11A
Bailout verdict is mixed
WASHINGTON - The government's bailout of banks, automakers and insurers helped prevent a more severe economic crisis, but might have sowed the seeds of the next one, a congressional watchdog group said Wednesday in its final report.
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:11A
Iraq: Iraqi court sentences Tariq Aziz to life imprisonment
"The Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court issued a verdict of life imprisonment for the defendant Tariq Aziz and Sadoun Shakir for their role in the case of liquidating clerics during Saddam regime, " the state-run television of Iraqia said.
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:10A
Texas beauty queen asking jurors to restore title
AP Testimony begins Thursday in the trial of a lawsuit brought by a 17-year-old Texas beauty queen who accused pageant organizers of harassing her about her weight before stripping her of this year's Miss San Antonio title. Domonique Ramirez is suing
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:10A
Your eyes and ears needed to stop human trafficking
But it won't be any easy thing considering how even Philippine immigration officials have been accused as being part of the HT trade. In a system as corrupt as the Philippines, it's not hard to see how some immigration officials could “look the other
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:10A
Bungling, cover-ups define Japanese nuclear power
And it unsettles him the information about radiation is all over the Internet, hours before officials make their announcements. Tokyo Electric Power Co. official Takeshi Makigami says experts are doing their utmost to get the reactors under control.
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:10A
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