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Mauritania to probe ex-Gaddafi spymaster
The court also indicted Gaddafi but the ousted leader was killed by rebel fighters in October. Libyan authorities say they want to put Seif Al-Islam, one of Gaddafi's sons, on trial at home instead of turning him over him to the court.
Updated: 03/17/2012 05:33P
Mauritania to probe ex-Gaddafi spymaster
The court also indicted Gaddafi but the ousted leader was killed by rebel fighters in October. Libyan authorities say they want to put Seif Al-Islam, one of Gaddafi's sons, on trial at home instead of turning him over him to the court.
Updated: 03/17/2012 05:33P
Mother appeals to Carr
Speaking in Brisbane yesterday, where she was a special guest at a forum examining the WikiLeaks case and the court case surrounding its Australian founder, Ms Assange said Mr Carr's appointment put him in a position to promote real change.
Updated: 03/17/2012 05:29P
Spears testifies in Collings' trial, invokes 5th
Spears is to go to trial later this year in the case. Because Spears repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights, the court proved him “unavailable,” meaning he cannot be brought back to the stand for additional questioning.
Updated: 03/17/2012 05:19P
Convicted death camp guard dies
But representatives of victims, Jewish groups and others welcomed his trial as a legitimate quest for justice. "A death is always tragic. But in this case it is important to say that it was right to put him on trial and sentence him," said Dieter
Updated: 03/17/2012 05:18P
Law Commission review of the court system
The lower cost District Court option for civil litigants is hamstrung by a jurisdiction fixed at disputes of no more than $200000, with scope for defendants to transfer any matter over $50000 to the High Court. The Law Commission recommends extending
Updated: 03/17/2012 05:07P
Student Faces Trial For Wearing Army Uniform
The police on Thursday arraigned a 28-year-old student, Tijani Aliyu before an Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court for wearing a Nigerian Army uniform. The police prosecutor, Sgt. Ahmed Mohammed, told the court that the case was reported by one Ahmed Hamza
Updated: 03/17/2012 05:03P
District man sentenced to 7 years in prison for witness intimidation in
But in August, more than a year after the trial, prosecutors said Terrence J. Jones sought revenge against the two primary witnesses who testified against him and tried to run down one of them with his car. On Friday, DC Superior Court Judge Herbert B.
Updated: 03/17/2012 05:00P
Pakistani panel records statements in Mumbai attack case
MUMBAI - The eight-member Pakistani judicial commission has recorded the statements of key witnesses in the Mumbai attacks case on Saturday, including the investigating officer and two doctors who had conducted post-mortem of victims.
Updated: 03/17/2012 04:55P
'Occupy' trials bottleneck courts
(AP) — People who were arrested during Occupy Portland demonstrations are crowding the court system. Multnomah County Deputy District Attorney Amber Kinney says the system is "bottlenecked." The Oregonian reports the main holdup is the number of people
Updated: 03/17/2012 04:45P