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International student recruitment and Ucas' PQA verdict: first or fail?
Losing stock? Home Office figures report a drop in international student numbers. Photograph: Itsuo Inouye/AP With so much interest in university applications, news this week from Ucas that its review of university admissions, concluding that the
Updated: 11/03/2011 03:00A
No verdict yet in Bordelon trial
The jury in the federal bribery trial of Steve Bordelon deliberated all day Wednesday without reaching a verdict. It will return at 9 am today to try again. Bordelon, a Rapides Parish police juror from 2002 through 2007, did not testify in the trial,
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:48A
Freznoza found guilt of 7 of 12 drug charges
The verdict was read this afternoon and jurors found Fresnoza guilty of seven charges, including conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to import meth, possession of the drug as well as four counts of money laundering.
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:46A
Moscow to push for Bout's return – Foreign Ministry
Lukashevich also said that the guilty verdict against Bout was made under unprecedented pressure from Washington. “It is outrageous that Bout's case was deliberately surrounded by negative background coming directly from US legislators…it puts into
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:39A
"Bout case" biased, will press for his return to Russia - Foreign Ministry
The Russian Foreign Ministry has said the trial in the case of convicted Russian businessman Viktor Bout and the environment surrounding it undermines the prosecution case and casts doubt on the jury's verdict. The jury found Bout guilty on all four
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:38A
US court convicts Russian arms dealer
The verdict closed the door on a 5-year-old sting operation, led by the Drug Enforcement Administration and spanning three continents, that lured Bout out of Russia to a Bangkok hotel where Thai police arrested him in March 2008 as he tried to close a
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:38A
No verdict, mistrial in ex-teacher sex case
An Allen Superior Court jury couldn't reach a verdict late Wednesday in a trial for a former schoolteacher accused of having sex with a neighbor boy. Jurors began deliberating about 2:30 pm Wednesday. Judge Fran Gull declared a mistrial after they
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:17A
Russia 'doubts fairness' of Bout trial verdict: ministry
The foreign ministry said alleged pressure from US authorities and poor prison conditions "put in doubt the very basis on which the charge was made and, accordingly, the fairness of the verdict itself." "Our goal is to ensure his return home," the
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:17A
Conviction likely to bring changes at department
The conviction of Officer Karl Thompson could mean a significant shift in the running and politics of the Spokane Police Department, some city officials and police accountability advocates said after Wednesday's verdict. Jeffry Finer, a civil rights
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:04A
'Merchant of Death' convicted in US
He accepts the verdict and is hopeful." For nearly two decades, the former Soviet military officer built a worldwide air cargo operation, amassing a fleet of more than 60 transport planes, hundreds of companies and a fortune reportedly in excess of $6
Updated: 11/03/2011 02:04A
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