Lawyer to be tried for insulting two Singapore judges
Singapore - An American lawyer is scheduled to go on trial for two weeks in September for insulting two of Singapore's High Court justices on the internet. Gopalan Nair, who used to be a Singapore citizen and opposition party member, plans to apply t...
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2008-07-09 ] Category : [
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Verdict expected in Thatcher-linked mercenary case
Nairobi/Malabo - A court in Equatorial Guinea was expected to issue a verdict Monday in the case of British mercenary Simon Mann, who is accused of plotting a 2004 coup in which the son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was also impl...
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2008-07-07 ] Category : [
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Argentine court bars German extradition for ex-dictator
Buenos Aires - Argentina's highest court Wednesday upheld a lower court decision to block Germany's request for the extradition of former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla to stand trial in the murder of a German student 30 years ago, a court spokesman sa...
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2008-07-02 ] Category : [
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EBay to appeal French counterfeit ruling
San Francisco - Online auction giant eBay said Monday that it plans to appeal a French court ruling to pay 40 million euros for internet sales of counterfeit goods. The judgement came in a lawsuit by luxury-goods conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moet Henne...
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2008-07-01 ] Category : [
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US, Belarus trade charges over jailed American lawyer
Minsk - Belarus and the United States on Friday traded accusations over an American lawyer jailed for more than three months in a KGB prison. Emmanuel Zeltser, a US national and head of a human rights NGO, was arrested by Belarusian police in mid-Mar...
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2008-06-27 ] Category : [
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British man found guilty in 2006 wife/baby slaying
Washington - Neil Entwistle, 29, of Britain, Wednesday was found guilty Wednesday of killing his American wife and baby daughter in 2006. In broadcast images on CNN, Entwistle kept a calm visage and a near smile on his face as the jury verdict was re...
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2008-06-25 ] Category : [
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