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Demjanjuk pronounced fit for war-crimes trial - Summary
Munich - Doctors believe John Demjanjuk, 89, is physically and mentally able to stand trial for his alleged role in killing 29,000 Jews at a Nazi concentration camp, German prosecutors said Friday. But he would not be able to stand more than two dail...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

German bar-owner jailed over fatal drink duel with teen
Berlin - A German bar-owner was sent to prison for 41 months Friday for a drinking duel with a teenaged boy which plunged the schoolboy into a fatal coma. The Berlin bar owner cheated, mainly pouring himself water, while 16-year-old Lukas drank at le...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Demjanjuk deemed able to stand trial
Munich - John Demjanjuk, 89, is deemed physically and mentally able to stand trial for his alleged role in killing 29,000 Jews at a Nazi concentration camp in 1943, German prosecutors said Friday, quoting a medical report. Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk, a...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Judge dismisses charges in MySpace hoax death
Los Angeles - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a criminal case against a woman who was charged with computer fraud for signing up for a false MySpace account and using it to badger a 13- year-old girl, who later committed suicide. Lori Drew, 50,...

[Posted on : 2009-07-02 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Medics arrested in Latvian murder probe
Riga - Latvian police said Thursday they had arrested three men, including two medics, as part of an investigation into a murder ring. According to the Baltic News Service, police chief Andrejs Grisins said a paramedic, a medical student and a third ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-02 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Court decriminalizes gay sex in India - Summary
New Delhi - A court in New Delhi on Thursday decriminalized gay sex between consenting adults by striking down a nearly 150-year-old law that made homosexuality a crime. In its landmark judgement, the Delhi High Court said the law violated the Indian...

[Posted on : 2009-07-02 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

EU court rules 'Bavarian' beer must come from Bavaria
Luxembourg - A European court ruled Thursday that Bavarian beer can only come from the southern German region, in a move that could force one Dutch producer to change the name of its brew. The case was referred to the Luxembourg-based European Cour...

[Posted on : 2009-07-02 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Khmer Rouge child prisoner describes last time he saw his mother
Phnom Penh - A former child prisoner at a notorious Khmer Rouge torture facility wept Thursday as he described to Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal the last time he saw his mother before she was murdered by the Maoist regime. Norng Chan Phal, ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-02 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Defendant kills witness in German courtroom
Dresden,Germany - A defendant killed a female witness in a stabbing drama at a German courtroom on Wednesday, police said. The 28-year-old man was overpowered by police after the knife attack in the east German city of Dresden. A gunshot was fired du...

[Posted on : 2009-07-01 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Khmer Rouge survivor tells court of wife's death in torture prison
Phnom Penh - A survivor of a notorious Khmer Rouge torture prison wept Wednesday as he told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal how the Maoist regime murdered his wife after accusing the couple of being CIA and KGB spies. Bou Meng, 68, who is on...

[Posted on : 2009-07-01 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

 

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