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Indonesian maid given six-year jail term for attempted murder
Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian court has sentenced an Indonesian woman to six years' jail for attempted murder after she laced her employer's coffee with poison, a news report said Tuesday. Nurhayati Ahmad, 22, from Lombok island, pleaded guilty to poiso...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Court hearing in Polanski-case scheduled for December
Los Angeles - A Los Angeles court set a December 10 date for a hearing in the case against Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski, the New York Times said in its online edition on Monday. Polanski, 76, was arrested in Zurich on September 26, based on...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-03 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Accused courtroom murderer was 'aggressive' toward Egyptian - Summary
Dresden,Germany - Alex W, on trial for the courtroom killing of a pregnant Egyptian woman in July, was described as an aggressive, lonely and unhappy man, a Dresden court heard on Monday. One witness to W's initial encounter with Marwa...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-02 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Defence calls for case against suspected Nazi killer to be dropped
Aachen,Germany - Lawyers defending a former Nazi SS trooper accused of murdering three civilians in German-occupied Netherlands during World War II called Monday for the case to be dropped. Heinrich Boere, 88, had been sentenced to death in absentia ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-02 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Karadzic expected to be absent again as war crimes trial resumes
The Hague - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is expected to absent himself again from his trial, which is due to resume at the war crimes tribunal in The Hague Monday afternoon. At the hearing, the prosecution of the International Criminal...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-02 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Second former death camp guard may face German war crime charges
Munich - As Germany prepares to try John Demjanjuk, 89, for his alleged work in a Nazi death camp, prosecutors are mulling charging a second man who was employed by the Nazi SS, the German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Sunday. It reported that t...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-01 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Malta will not probe Lockerbie star witness
Valletta, Malta - The Maltese government said on Saturday it is not prepared to investigate the testimony of the key Lockerbie trial witness, despite claims his evidence wrongly incriminated the Libyan man convicted of the bombing. The Justice Mini...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-31 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Rwandan man sentenced to life in prison for role in genocide
Montreal - A Rwandan man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years by a Canadian court for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Desire Munyaneza, 42, was the first person to be convicted under a law that allows Cana...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

France's ex-president Chirac to be tried for corruption - Summary
Paris - Former French president Jacques Chirac will be tried for abuse of public funds in an affair dating from 1983 to 1995, when he was mayor of Paris, French media reported Friday. The 76-year-old Chirac is charged with authorizing the hiring of 2...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-30 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

Russian woman sentenced 3rd time for jealosy-inspired murder
Moscow - A woman in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk was sentenced to 12 years prison by a court Thursday for stabbing her husband to death in a fit of jealosy - her third such murder conviction. Dubbed black widows in Russian parlance after the fe...

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[Posted on : 2009-10-29 ] Category : [ Legal (General) ]

New Zealand economy gets big boost from rising dairy price

Powerful quake rattles Indonesia's Sumbawa Island

Sevilla recover third place on comeback win over Villarreal - Summary

Injury-plagued Roma hold Inter Milan to home draw - Summary

Germans, Americans honoured for roles in bringing down Berlin Wall

Terry on target as Chelsea beat United - Summary

Berlin 'divided' again to mark fall of Berlin Wall - Summary

More than 90 dead in floods in El Salvador

Valencia cruise up to third by beating Zaragoza - Update

Indicted Sudanese president cancels visit to Turkey

Blake ends Santoro era in Paris

Bremen, Hamburg held, Hertha slip to another defeat - Summary

Bremen, Hamburg held, Hertha slip to another defeat - Update

EXTRA: Obama welcomes approval of Iraq election law as 'milestone'

Djokovic knocks Federer off in Basle upset - Summary

Terry on target as Chelsea beat United - 2nd Update

Senior US senator demands 'terrorism' probe into army killings

Iraq parliament approves long delayed elections law

Djokovic stuns Federer to win Basle title

Vennegoor of Hesselink throws Hull boss Brown a lifeline - Update