APR
30
2008

Dungeon children speak in animal language

The Austrian children kept in a cellar for their entire lives speak their own language using animalistic noises rather than words.

APR
30
2008

Wanted Colombia drug lord killed

Colombian police killed one of the country´s most wanted drug traffickers Tuesday, the government said.

APR
30
2008

Zimbabwe police release opposition activists detained after raids

Zimbabwean police Tuesday released several hundred opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters detained after police raids last week.

APR
29
2008

Porsche wins case filed by Volkswagen labor leaders

Porsche SE won the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Volkswagen AG labor leaders as part of their effort to gain more seats on the sports-car maker´s supervisory board.

APR
29
2008

HSBC extends KEB buyout deadline

HSBC is extending the 30 April deadline on its $6.3bn (£3.18bn) offer to buy a 51% controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank from a Texas-based company.

APR
29
2008

EU "to sign Serbia deal" on ties

The EU will sign a pact on closer ties with Serbia on Tuesday, according to the Slovenian EU presidency.

APR
29
2008

Michigan to vote on legalizing marijuana for medical use

If voters approve it, Michigan would become the 13th state to legalize medical marijuana for the treatment of a host of health problems such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, hepatitis C and Alzheimer´s disease.

APR
29
2008

Televisa-Univision trial delayed

The Spanish-language broadcasters´ court date over a programming agreement is rescheduled until July. A federal judge agreed Monday to delay a much-anticipated trial that would pit one giant of Spanish-language television, Mexico´s Grupo Televisa, against another, Univision Communications Inc.

APR
29
2008

Pfizer resumes settlement talks with Nigeria state over drug trial lawsuit

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer resumed settlement negotiations with the Nigerian state of Kano for allegedly illegal clinical trials conducted by the drug company, Kano state Justice Commissioner Aliyu Umar said Monday.

APR
29
2008

Court releases Venezuelan assets

The High Court in London has suspended an order that froze $12bn (£6bn) of the assets of Venezuela´s state oil firm, PDVSA, in a dispute with ExxonMobil.

APR
29
2008

Spain rejects Peron extradition

A court in Spain has rejected a request from Buenos Aires to extradite former Argentine President Isabel Peron who is wanted for alleged human rights abuses.

APR
28
2008

“House of Horror” children never saw daylight

Three children freed from a cellar in which their mother had been imprisoned and raped by her own father for 24 years had never seen daylight, police in Austria have confirmed.

APR
28
2008

Voter-identification law upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court gave Republicans an election-year victory, ruling in an Indiana case that states can require photo identification from voters to combat fraud.

APR
28
2008

UN defends DR Congo investigation

The head of United Nations operations in DR Congo has defended the UN against charges of a cover-up.

APR
28
2008

Vietnam to end US adoption scheme

The Vietnamese government has said it will end an adoption agreement with the US, amid accusations of corruption.

APR
28
2008

Gene disorder complicates sect custody fight

Lawyers for the mothers of 462 children taken from a polygamist ranch in West Texas will ask a state appeals court for relief, but the process is slowed by problems in determining the children´s parentage.

APR
28
2008

Mistakenly revealed logbook has lawyers convinced they are monitored

Lawyers in Oregon and Washington, D.C., who represent a Saudi charity believe they have proof that the government improperly monitored their conversations with clients accused of financing terrorism.

APR
28
2008

Senate judiciary panel advances bill curbing state secrets privilege

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the State Secrets Protection Act, sending the legislation to the Senate floor for consideration. The legislation, approved by a 11-8 vote on Thursday, would place restrictions on when the executive can assert the so-called state secrets privilege in lawsuits involving the federal government.

APR
28
2008

DOJ says terror threat could excuse abusive interrogation

The US Justice Department told a member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee that abusive or humiliating interrogations of terror suspects ostensibly prohibited by the common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions on "outrages upon personal dignity"

APR
28
2008

OFT in new supermarket crackdown

Britain´s four biggest supermarkets are under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for fixing prices of health, beauty and grocery products.

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