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'Martyr Politics' Option Closes for Anwar as Malaysia Election Fight Looms
Detention Without Trial Malaysian Information, Communications and Culture Minister Rais Yatim said yesterday the verdict was proof of an independent judiciary and that the government planned to “extend this transparency to all areas of Malaysian life.
Updated: 01/09/2012 11:18A
'Martyr Politics' Option Closes for Anwar as Malaysia Election Fight Looms
Detention Without Trial Malaysian Information, Communications and Culture Minister Rais Yatim said yesterday the verdict was proof of an independent judiciary and that the government planned to “extend this transparency to all areas of Malaysian life.
Updated: 01/09/2012 11:18A
BMW vs. Mercedes: Who's really top in Canada?
After a months-long slugfest worthy of Marcus Aurelius versus the Gauls in Roman times, or Marvin Hagler versus Tommy Hearns in the boxing ring, the verdict is in: BMW bested Mercedes-Benz for the title of No. 1 seller of luxury vehicles.
Updated: 01/09/2012 11:14A
Malaysia's Anwar acquitted, eyes polls
The ruling came as a surprise to many, including Anwar, who had said Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak had fixed the verdict to remove him as a political threat and shore up the coalition's five-decade grip on power. Najib faces a deadline of early
Updated: 01/09/2012 11:00A
The end of Sodomy 2.0
AFTER more than two years of sordid revelations in the media, legal wrangling and political point-scoring, on January 9th the High Court in Malaysia's capital finally handed down a verdict in Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy case: not guilty.
Updated: 01/09/2012 10:47A
Bahrain court overturns death terms of two Shiites
The verdicts against those at large were not appealed. "This is a positive verdict. We are optimistic," said Alawi, pointing out that a new witness, a policeman, has surfaced since the appeal verdict was announced, claiming the charges were "fabricated
Updated: 01/09/2012 10:47A
Albums of the week: 9/1/2012
VERDICT: The death of British guitar music has been long predicted but never has it seemed more likely than now. With Coldplay the only vaguely 'rock' act in the top 10 best-sellers of last year, it seems that Dick 'the man who turned down the Beatles'
Updated: 01/09/2012 10:34A
Personal Injury Law News
A Mississippi judge has overturned a massive asbestos verdict, the largest ever for a single plaintiff (though as the Pop Tort points out--see below--Mississippi's damage caps kicked in). The judge who presided over the original case apparently failed
Updated: 01/09/2012 10:27A
Sentencing today in cold case shooting
Robert Lee Gaines II during the reading of his guilty verdict for the 1993 murder of Lativia Johnson. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) -- A man is returning to court in Grand Rapids for his sentence in the 1993 fatal shooting of an 8-year-old girl in her
Updated: 01/09/2012 10:09A
McGILL v. CLAY
Helen Ogata McGill appeals from an order of the Clark Circuit Court which denied her motion for a new trial following an adverse jury verdict. McGill argues that the instructions should have explained that it had directed a verdict of liability against
Updated: 01/09/2012 09:25A
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