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Italian court convicts 2 in asbestos-related deaths near Turin
Relatives of the victims react following the verdict of the trial in asbestos-linked deaths in Turin, Italy, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. An Italian court Monday convicted two European men of negligence in hundreds of asbestos-related deaths blamed on
Updated: 02/13/2012 11:16A
South Canterbury Finance five ready to fight
The five were to appear in Timaru District Court yesterday. However, the registrar received applications to remand the defendants to Monday, May 28 for a post committal conference. All defendants have issued press releases through their lawyers denying
Updated: 02/13/2012 11:06A
Shareholders jailed 16 years for 2000 asbestos deaths in Italy
them to pay millions in what officials called a historic case. Italian Health Minister Renato Balduzzi hailed the verdict by the three-judge Turin court as “without exaggeration, truly historic,” noting that it came after a long battle for justice.
Updated: 02/13/2012 11:05A
CWG scam: CBI opposes bail pleas of 3 accused
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court today reserved its order till Wednesday on the bail pleas of three businessmen arrested for their alleged role in Commonwealth Games related graft case involving sacked Organising Committee (OC) Chairman Suresh Kalmadi after
Updated: 02/13/2012 10:14A
Marathon hearings setto oust Justice Castillo
THE House justice committee is expected to rush an impeachment case against another member of the Supreme Court even if the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona is still going on. Committee chairman Niel Tupas Jr., who is also the lead
Updated: 02/13/2012 10:14A
Stryker 'kill team' trials left some soldiers' families deeply in debt
At Lewis-McChord, soldiers and infantry units connected to the kill team can finally start putting the trials and the spotlight behind them. The series of courts-martial kept lives in limbo even for soldiers who resolved their cases early on.
Updated: 02/13/2012 09:44A
Evans man names 59 defendants in asbestos case
20 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Hickman claims he was exposed to asbestos and/or asbestos-containing products during his career as a millwright, pipefitter, mechanic and electrician from 1957 until 2008. The defendants knew or should have known that
Updated: 02/13/2012 09:34A
Pakistan PM indicted for contempt
It means Gilani, the first Pakistani prime minister to be charged while in office, will face a trial that could endanger his political future. Gilani has "willfully flouted, disregarded and disobeyed the direction given by this court," said Justice
Updated: 02/13/2012 09:24A
Italy court sentences two in asbestos trial
Hundreds of relatives of victims had waited anxiously for the verdict in a trial which was closely watched as a potential precedent around the world, and they wept, cheered and clapped when the sentence was read aloud. "It's a fair verdict which
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:59A
For legal teams in historic $25B mortgage settlement, little sleep at the end
Forty-nine states—excluding Oklahoma—participated in the settlement, which will be filed as a consent judgment in US District Court for the District of Columbia in the coming weeks. The $5 billion payment includes $1 billion from Bank of America to
Updated: 02/13/2012 08:53A
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