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'Carlos the Jackal' back in court
Self-styled international revolutionary "Carlos the Jackal" is to go on trial in Paris over four bomb attacks in the early 1980s that killed 11 people. "Carlos", a Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, is already serving a life sentence
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:27A
Texas man faces execution despite Innocence Project investigation
A Texas inmate is scheduled for execution Wednesday despite efforts by the Medill Innocence Project to force the state court to approve DNA testing that could clear him of the charges. In 1995, Henry "Hank" Skinner was convicted of the 1993 rape and
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:22A
Chinese herbalist on trial for sex assaults
Crown prosecutor Paul Leask told Judge Penelope Hock in his opening address that Zhu was not a legally qualified medical practitioner. He told the court Zhu was treating patients using Chinese medicine when he told a patient to lie down and put her
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:18A
Nguyai Evidence Fuels Ocampo Case
Nov 07, 2011 (The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The decision by the defence in Kenya's second case at the International Criminal Court to call live witnesses appears to have boosted Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's case against the
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:16A
Two due in court in connection with Massereene Barracks deaths
Two men will go on trial in the North today, charged with the murder of two British soldiers two years ago. Twenty-one-year-old Patrick Azimkar from London and 23-year-old Mark Quinsey from Birmingham were ambushed outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:15A
Pedophile jailed for toddler sex assault
The Brisbane District Court was told Craig Anthony Ellis broke into the family's Aspley home on Brisbane's northside and sexually assaulted the toddler on January 21, 2009. Ellis, then aged 29, tried to flee when the girl's parents were awoken by their
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:13A
Builder not guilty of racial bashing murder
During the trial the jury was told Dean-Willcocks racially abused Mr Alvarado then repeatedly punched him, tackled him and slammed his body into the ground. Later Dean-Willcocks allegedly said "he's Japanese, he deserved it". The court heard
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:13A
Ex-prosecutor says ex-senior health ministry official Muraki innocent
Both Otsubo and Saga pleaded not guilty to the charge of covering up evidence tampering by Maeda at the first hearing of their trial at the Osaka District Court in September. Maeda also rapped the state for putting an end to parts of her lawsuit while
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:08A
Carlos the Jackal back in French dock for 1980s bombings
Dapper Venezuelan militant Carlos the Jackal goes on trial in a Paris court on Monday charged with four deadly bombings carried out almost 30 years ago as extreme-left wing attacks ravaged Europe. The cravat-wearing Marxist-Leninist radical, 62,
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:05A
'Carlos the Jackal' to appear in court
The terrorist known as 'Carlos the Jackal' is due to appear in a Paris court today to stand trial for a series of bombings in the 1980s. The international terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal" is due to appear in a Paris court today to stand trial for
Updated: 11/07/2011 01:59A
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