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Babar Awan withdraws intra-court appeal in contempt case
A three-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Jawwad S. Khwaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, accepted the request of the counsel who wanted to raise certain objections on the plea before a two-judge bench hearing
Updated: 05/16/2012 07:05A
Court shoots down $1.4M tort judgment against Navy
The Justice Department argued the federal Court of Federal Claims should take the case, not a federal district court. The matter nonetheless went to trial in district court and the plaintiffs were awarded $1.4 million. But the 5th Circuit now says the
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:45A
POLICE BRIEFS
The Violet Township Fire Department arrived on scene and found the smoke coming from an air unit on the roof above the music offices, according to Principal Zack Howard. Jim Paxton, battalion chief with the fire department, said part of the climate
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:31A
UPDATE 2-Mladic taunts survivors at start of genocide trial
* Mladic appears in court on genocide charges * Last major case arising from Yugoslav wars * Prosecution gives opening statement (Adds colour from court, reaction from Balkans) By Anthony Deutsch and Ivana Sekularac THE HAGUE, May 16 (Reuters)
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:13A
Sierra Leone Trial: Charles Taylor Set To Address Court
BBC : Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes. It is his last chance to speak at The Hague tribunal before he is sentenced later this month.
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:12A
Multi-million pound fraud trial postponed
The quartet's trial had been set to begin in September but a two-day pre-trial review at Oxford Crown Court this week resulted in the date slipping to March 2013. All four are accused of conspiracy to defraud shareholders over a £5.3m sum shown on
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:09A
Fla. drug convict may get 24-year sentence tossed
In addition, Phillips found that a former West Palm Beach police officer involved in the case was at the time also using and selling illegal drugs. If the charges are dismissed Phillips will be released from prison.
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:07A
Serb General Ratko Mladic on trial over Bosnia genocide
Mladic gave a thumbs-up and clapped to supporters in the public gallery of the court at The Hague, Holland, as the trial got under way 20 years after the opening shots of the Bosnian War. Munira Subasic, who lost 22 family members in the 1995
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:04A
16/05/2012Mladic mastermined ethnic cleansing, court told
"Ratko Mladic assumed the mantle of the criminal goal of ethnically cleansing Bosnia," prosecutor Dermot Groome told judges as the trial opened at the Yugoslav war crimes court in The Hague. Mladic, 70, has been indicted on 11 counts of genocide,
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:03A
Moyo trial moved to High Court
The robbery trial of serial escapee Bongani Moyo and three others has been transferred to the High Court in Pretoria. PRETORIA - On Wednesday, Moyo appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court along with co-accused Leon Ncube, Khumbulani Sibanda and
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:03A