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Hissene Habre: Belgian extradition case opens at ICJ
The International Court for Justice is hearing a request from Belgium to extradite Chad's ex-President Hissene Habre for trial for alleged atrocities. Mr Habre, 69, is accused of killing and torturing tens of thousands of opponents between 1982 and
Updated: 03/12/2012 06:56A
Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama's War on Whistle-Blowers
The iron doors of the corporate state are slamming shut. And a conviction of Bradley Manning, or any of the five others charged by the Obama administration under the Espionage Act of 1917 with passing on government secrets to the press,
Updated: 03/12/2012 06:31A
State Supreme Court: Employees Can't Sue After Signing Waiver
COM) – The Texas Supreme Court has ruled an employer can force a long-time worker to sign an agreement not to sue if they are fired. Then the business can fire the employee. The case comes out of Fort Worth, where Frank Kent Cadillac forced a 28-year
Updated: 03/12/2012 06:09A
Witness: Maoz racked up over NIS 300000 in debt
By Marc Israel Sellem In the second day of testimony in the trial of the double murder of Nurit and Noah Maoz in Jerusalem District Court Monday, one of defendant Daniel Maoz's friends from gambling circles testified and said he estimated Maoz had lost
Updated: 03/12/2012 06:09A
State to begin defense in Va. Tech civil suit today
But they declined to say who they'll be calling when the trial resumes today in Circuit Court in Christiansburg, less than 10 miles from the Blacksburg campus. They're expected to present expert testimony that will support campus officials who said
Updated: 03/12/2012 05:25A
MD acquitted in virginity test trial
Less than four months before the military is scheduled to hand over power to a civilian administration, Sunday's verdict was likely to lend credibility to widespread suspicions that the generals were trying to remove any legal basis for prosecution for
Updated: 03/12/2012 05:15A
Sandusky hearing to address pretrial info release
Pennsylvania state prosecutors and Jerry Sandusky's lawyers are due in court Monday, March 12, 2012 to argue before a judge about how much information the attorney general's office should have to reveal before the trial. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon,
Updated: 03/12/2012 05:15A
State to begin Va. Tech defense in shooting trial
But they declined to say who they'll be calling when the trial resumes Monday in Circuit Court in Christiansburg, less than 10 miles from the Blacksburg campus. They're expected to present expert testimony that will support campus officials who said
Updated: 03/12/2012 04:52A
Palmer 'praying' for justice for dead son, grandson
By JOANNA PARASZCZUK Military trial continues for Palestinians accused of stoning Kiryat Arba residents' car last September, causing fatal road crash. By Ben Hartman As he waited outside the Ofer Military Court near Ramallah on Sunday morning,
Updated: 03/11/2012 10:54P
Hlophe's fraud trial begins
Johannesburg - The fraud trial of Thuthuke Exton Hlophe, the son of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe, begins in Cape Town on Monday. His initial guilty plea was changed to one of not guilty by the Bellville Regional Court last year.
Updated: 03/11/2012 10:28P