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US retains AAA rating, but threat of downgrade remains
Now investors await Standard & Poor's verdict. By News Wires (text) REUTERS - The United States had its triple-A rating confirmed by two key ratings agencies on Tuesday after Washington struck a last-minute deal to avoid a debt default, but threats of
Updated: 08/03/2011 04:17A
Court: Two priests jailed for child abuse
“Justice was done… now I am feeling a bit better,” a buoyant Lawrence Grech told the press, hands held out in a victory sign, outside the Law Courts with the other victims, following the guilty verdict of the priests. Leaving the Law Courts after Fr
Updated: 08/03/2011 04:03A
Three months jail for swindler
A court had earlier sentenced the unnamed man to three months in jail on three counts including breach of trust, embezzlement and forgery of company documents, prompting him to appeal the verdict. The Federal Supreme Court upheld that sentence although
Updated: 08/03/2011 03:57A
Bruce Redman's movie reviews
Each week he gives his verdict on the latest releases. Under the microscope this week are The Beaver with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster, Aussie movie Red Dog and science fiction film Rise of the Planet of the Apes. You can follow this conversation by
Updated: 08/03/2011 03:46A
70 acquitted in Muthanga case
The court postponed pronouncing the verdict on the remaining 44 accused as they failed to seek bail after the completion of the trial as per a recent amendment (CRPC 437A), according to legal experts. Nine accused had died during the trial period.
Updated: 08/03/2011 03:39A
NHS must consider scrapping National Programme for IT – MPs
The Department of Health must “urgently review” whether or not to scrap the remainder of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT), according to the dire verdict of a report by the Public Accounts Committee. The Department of Health must "urgently
Updated: 08/03/2011 03:32A
Werder Bremen 1 Everton 0: Greg O'Keeffe's verdict
by Greg O'Keeffe, DPW West EVERTON were sunk by a rare defensive lapse in the port town of Bremen, as a self-inflicted calamity marred an otherwise solid pre-season work-out. The Blues lost 1-0 to opponents further along in their summer preparations,
Updated: 08/03/2011 03:25A
Question For Congress Members: What About Jobs?
In other words, it's the jobs, stupid. And that has to be the mantra this month, when members of Congress are in their districts and will have to account for the decisions they have made in the past few weeks. President Obama and Democratic
Updated: 08/03/2011 03:25A
Reed guilty verdict is closure to Lassiter's grief
Robert Lassiter attended the murder trial, which lasted four days beginning with jury selection on Monday and ending with Thursday's guilty verdict. “Justice has been served, and there were no surprises,” said Lassiter, who had learned of Dickey's
Updated: 08/03/2011 03:11A
Composers, lyricists at loss: Javed Akhtar
The royalty doesn't come to the writer and their composers alone, but the producer and music company also claim their shares on it. “So according to this verdict, not only we are in loss but the producers and the music company are partially affected
Updated: 08/03/2011 03:09A