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Ex-PM Tymoshenko exceeded her powers-Ukraine court
By Pavel Polityuk and Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko exceeded her powers by ordering state energy firm Naftogaz to sign a gas deal with Russia in 2009, a judge ruled on Tuesday, a verdict set to
Updated: 10/11/2011 05:11A
Fights break out, dozens arrested outside Tymoshenko court hearing
Scuffles broke out and dozens of arrests were reported outside the court where a verdict is being read in the trial of ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Thousands of riot-control police were brought in to counter Tymoshenko supporters,
Updated: 10/11/2011 05:10A
Ukraine court says Tymoshenko guilty of exceeding powers
Ukrainian ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko exceeded her powers when she ordered state energy firm Naftogaz to sign a gas deal with Russia in 2009, judge Rodion Kireyev said as he delivered a verdict at Tymoshenko's trial for alleged abuse-of-office.
Updated: 10/11/2011 05:10A
Bahrain court fines newspaper editor, 3 staffers over purportedly false
The verdict was hailed by the Al Wasat newspaper because no jail time was ordered. During the trial, chief editor Mansoor al-Jamri said the articles — falsely describing abuses by Bahraini security forces — appeared to be part of a plot to discredit
Updated: 10/11/2011 05:07A
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko 'exceeded powers'
"The criminal case was fabricated and the judgement was fabricated," she told reporters during a break in the reading of her verdict. "This process and the judgement, ordered by Yanukovych, shows the weakness of the authorities.
Updated: 10/11/2011 05:05A
Tymoshenko abused power, says judge
The judge will announce his final verdict and pass any sentence later today. Prosecutors have called for Tymoshenko to serve a seven year term in prison. Tymoshenko's supporters – some of whom gathered outside the court in Kiev amid a heavy police
Updated: 10/11/2011 05:04A
Ukrainian Judge Rules Tymoshenko Exceeded Powers In 2009 Gazprom Deal
Police guard the entrance to the courthouse in Kyiv where the Tymoshenko verdict is being read. By RFE/RL A judge in Kyiv has ruled that former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko exceeded her powers when she ordered the Ukrainian energy firm Naftogaz to
Updated: 10/11/2011 05:03A
EU warns of Yulia verdict
Ukraine is expected Tuesday to give the verdict in the trial of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a decision that will have drastic implications for Kyiv's future relations with the European Union. Judge Rodion Kireyev retired to consider the verdict
Updated: 10/11/2011 04:58A
Brent libraries verdict on Thursday
The judge, Mr Justice Ouseley, will deliver his verdict in the High Court on Thursday morning. The ruling will be the first judicial review judgement on council librar closures to be delivered and will be watched keenly for its wider implications
Updated: 10/11/2011 04:58A
Pak court stays Taseer killer death sentence
PTI ISLAMABAD, 11 OCT: A Pakistani court today stayed the implementation of death sentence given to the self- confessed assassin of Governor Salmaan Taseer till it decided his appeal against the verdict. A Bench of Islamabad High Court headed by Chief
Updated: 10/11/2011 04:56A