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Gaddafi's captured son holds Western secrets
After several days of a tussle over the venue of the trial, it seems clear now that Saif, 39, will be tried in Libya rather than at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But on Wednesday, The Times newspaper reported his captors have chopped
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:17P
Libyan Tribes Protest at New Govt Line-up
The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, said during a visit to Tripoli that the trial of Gaddafi's captured son, Saif al-Islam, could take place inside Libya as long as certain conditions were met.
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:17P
2G: 5 corporate executives get bail, Tihar trial stayed
New Delhi, Nov 23: The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to five executives who were accused in the second generation (2G) spectrum allocation case, seven months after they were jailed, even as a stay was granted on shifting the trial to Tihar
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:16P
Eugene N. Hamilton (1933-2011)
Eugene N. Hamilton, a Harvard Law School Lecturer on Law and former chief judge of the DC Superior Court, who was revered as a great trial advocacy teacher, mentor and advocate for children, died Saturday, Nov. 19. Hamilton lectured at Harvard Law
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:16P
STL Trial Chamber awaits Lebanese response on arrest efforts
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon published a statement on its website that the court's Trial Chamber decided on Wednesday “to await a response from the Lebanese authorities on their efforts to arrest the accused before deciding whether to begin
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:16P
Man charged with mutilating body competent to stand trial
The case for James Thomas Bommer was bound over to Wayne County Circuit Wednesday after an appearance before Judge Michael McNally in 33rd District Court. The forensic center found Bommer competent to stand trial, officials said.
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:15P
HC rejects plea to scrap case
"It [the case] involves public interest," the HC observed in its verdict and asked the trial court to complete the trial within six months after receiving a copy of the judgment. The accused are Prof Mahbub Ahmed of accounting department,
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:14P
Netflix Antitrust Lawsuit Tossed By Judge
The dismissal cuts short a trial that was tentatively scheduled for January. The plaintiffs brought their claims to federal court in 2009, pointing to an agreement made between Netflix and Walmart four years earlier. At the time, Blockbuster had just
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:12P
Judge affirms Canadian polygamy ban
Some of that evidence would later be used in Jeffs' trial on two counts of sexual assault of a child in Texas, where he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Attorneys seeking to strike down the law argued it violates the country's guarantee
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:10P
Forensic questions at Stephen Lawrence murder trial
Previously the court has heard that clothes seized from the homes of Dobson and Norris were stored in a disused police cell which had previously held the clothes Stephen was wearing on the night he was murdered. The case rests on fragments of forensic
Updated: 11/23/2011 01:09P