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Former Philippine president charged with 'electoral sabotage'
"Mrs Arroyo is compelled to stay in the country and face the charges of electoral sabotage," Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told reporters after a Manila court issued an arrest warrant against the ex-president. "(This case) has great implications not
Updated: 11/18/2011 10:09A
N.J. Asbestos-Cancer Widow Speaks Out About Substantial Settlement Obtained
Robin Veraldo's lawyer, Leonard Feldman, Esq., leading asbestos attorney at the Cherry Hill, NJ, office of Weitz & Luxenberg, described the settlement sum as “hefty,” but declined to disclose the actual amount.
Updated: 11/18/2011 10:08A
IBF, NBA react strongly to SC's refusal to stay Bombay High Court order
Earlier, a district court in Pune had asked the channel to cough up Rs 1 billion as damages in favour of Justice (Retd) PB Sawant for alleged defamation. The channel had published the photograph of Justice Sawant in place of another Judge whose name
Updated: 11/18/2011 10:08A
Child Abuse Suspect Flees Ahead Of Verdict
The Courier reports (http://bit.ly/slbxXi ) that Judge George Larke was reviewing evidence and preparing to issue a verdict in the case at the time Dion left the courthouse. Prosecutors said Dion, a truck driver, is accused of shaking the baby and
Updated: 11/18/2011 10:06A
Aarushi case: SC defers hearing on Talwars' petition
PTI The Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing of dentists couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar's petition challenging the criminal trial proceedings against them in the twin murder case of their teenaged daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj.
Updated: 11/18/2011 10:05A
Arroyo Arrested for Vote Rigging
“Mrs. Arroyo is compelled to stay in the country and face the charges of electoral sabotage,” Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told reporters after a Manila court issued an arrest warrant against the former president. The case “has great implications
Updated: 11/18/2011 10:04A
First human trial using embryo stem cells halted
Last month the European Court of Justice ruled that scientists will no longer be able to patent stem cell work which involves the destruction of human embryos. Commentators welcomed the ruling, with one bioethics group saying it was a “triumph of
Updated: 11/18/2011 10:00A
BREAKING: Reilly to plead guilty in Register of Wills case
Bucks County Register of Wills Barbara Reilly will plead guilty today in Bucks County Court in Doylestown, her attorney confirmed Friday morning. Reilly and three of her staffers were awaiting trial in a political corruption scheme centered around
Updated: 11/18/2011 09:59A
Philippine court issues arrest warrant for ex-President
Arroyo, 64, has been recovering in a hospital since her failed attempt to leave the country Tuesday, and Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said she will remain confined to her hospital room. "They are not going to, let's say, handcuff her and take her
Updated: 11/18/2011 09:58A
Witness will describe going to slaying scene with accused, court told
Kelly Clarke, 41, is on trial for the April 2008 killings of Jol and Magdalena Labossire inside their St. Vital home. He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. On Thursday, a friend of Clarke's sister told jurors how the accused
Updated: 11/18/2011 09:58A