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Zenani scholarship launched
The granddaughter of former South African President Nelson Mandela, Zoleka Mandela, centre, and her mother Zindzi, rightm at the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety in memory of Zoleka s daughter, Zenani, 13, who died in a car crash.
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:51A
TEPCO shares surge on compensation share report
Shares in TEPCO plunged to historic lows last week on doubts about the firm's ability to manage the crisis at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the worst atomic accident since Chernobyl in 1986. The utility has yet to fully determine costs
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:51A
Ameriprise to pay most of $150M+ settlement to brokerage's clients
Ameriprise will pay most of the $150 million a subsidiary has agreed to pay to settle a lawsuit. Ameriprise Financial Inc. and a subsidiary have agreed to pay $180 million to hundreds of investors who say they lost $400 million in deals that turned out
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:51A
Kenya: Suspected Pirates Remain in Custody
Justice Ibrahim directed that the nine piracy suspects be remanded at the civil jail and be accorded all the rights and facilities given to people in that group."I still consider the Somali men as free men since I have declared them as such and that
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:51A
Mandatory repatriation ordered for Filipinos in Japan due to widespread radiation
MANILA, April 13 (PIA)--The Philippine government will repatriate Filipinos in Japan as the crisis level of the Fukushima Da-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident reached its peak as a result of the widespread accumulation of radiation leaks.
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:51A
Teens to stand trial for murder of 74-year-old man
Three teenagers have been committed for trial at the High Court in Hamilton for the murder of a 74-year-old Wellington man. Donald Stewart was found dead with head injuries near a public toilet in the central city on June 27 last year.
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:49A
Newton attorney re-nominated for municipal court judge
Several towns in Sussex and Warren counties, where Dana has been serving as municipal court justice, have rearranged their agreements with neighboring towns, creating new shared municipal courts. As a matter of state law, it is the governor's
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:49A
Remap suit assigned to Lee
US District Court Judge Carlton Reeves has recused himself from hearing a legislative redistricting lawsuit filed by the NAACP, an organization he had acquired a life membership to several years prior to his appointment. Now the issue is back in the
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:49A
Federal court gives disability rights group access to juvenile jail
Disability Rights, a nonprofit group, filed a lawsuit against the county March 7 in federal court over access to the facility. The lawsuit argued the group needs to investigate potential abuse of disabled juveniles inside. The group maintained it has a
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:49A
Justice Dept. files brief in Miss. mental health lawsuit
AP The US Justice Department has filed a court brief in support of a lawsuit that accuses Mississippi of funding costly mental health institutions at the expense of community-based services. The brief was filed Friday in US District Court in Jackson.
Updated: 04/13/2011 02:49A
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