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Nigeria: UK Court Jails Ibori for 13 Years
By Abiodun Oluwarotimi, 17 April 2012 Chief James Ibori, former Governor of Delta State and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was standing trial for corruption and multiple frauds has been jailed for 13 years by a United Kingdom Court
Updated: 04/17/2012 11:05P
Nigeria: UK Court Jails Ibori for 13 Years
By Abiodun Oluwarotimi, 17 April 2012 Chief James Ibori, former Governor of Delta State and Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was standing trial for corruption and multiple frauds has been jailed for 13 years by a United Kingdom Court
Updated: 04/17/2012 11:05P
Britain rearrests cleric Qatada, plans deportation
Jordanian preacher Abu Qatada had been under virtual house arrest at his family home in London since February, when he was freed from a British prison after a court said his detention without trial was unlawful. The court's decision followed a ruling
Updated: 04/17/2012 11:01P
Britain rearrests cleric Qatada, plans deportation
Jordanian preacher Abu Qatada had been under virtual house arrest at his family home in London since February, when he was freed from a British prison after a court said his detention without trial was unlawful. The court's decision followed a ruling
Updated: 04/17/2012 11:01P
Lawsuit claims Phenix City School District slow to act on teacher-student affair
The lawsuit, filed this month in US District Court, says Young lured the girl into the relationship with numerous gifts -- including a Rolex watch -- and that the ordeal prompted the student to attempt suicide. According to the lawsuit, Young sent the
Updated: 04/17/2012 10:55P
4 Minn. nonprofits win key victory to get $41M from Wells Fargo
The Minnesota Appeals Court on Monday upheld a 2010 jury verdict that Wells Fargo committed consumer fraud and breached its fiduciary duty to three charitable foundations and a state-chartered insurer. During the 2008 financial crisis, the groups got
Updated: 04/17/2012 10:55P
Bihar protests erupt after 23 people are acquitted
Even as the Patna high court's acquittal order in the infamous 1996 massacre case on Monday brought unease in public perceptions about the criminal investigation and judicial trials in Bihar, a trial court's acquittal on Tuesday of RJD MP Umashankar
Updated: 04/17/2012 10:53P
Mo. court: Boy can sue for sex discrimination
(WTW) — A panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals has ruled that a boy may file a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Kansas City School District for alleged sexual assaults by a fellow elementary student. Tuesday's ruling marked the first time the
Updated: 04/17/2012 10:50P
Eight facing trial over men's deaths
Ryan Goodwin, 21; Shaun Flynn, 26; Juan Ruiz-Gaviria, 31; Joshua Donald, 27; Everton Graham, 30; Adam King, 24; Ian Beckford, 30; and a youth who cannot be named for legal reasons, will today go on trial at Birmingham Crown Court charged with their
Updated: 04/17/2012 10:49P
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF: Norway killer given the chance to explain his actions
The anti-Muslim fanatic who admitted to killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shooting massacre is set to take the stand in his terror trial. Anders Behring Breivik will have five days to explain why he set off a bomb in Oslo's government district,
Updated: 04/17/2012 10:45P