MAY
11
2010

Iran says Brazil and Turkey have offered new proposal for a nuclear fuel deal

Iran said Tuesday that Brazil and Turkey have offered a promising new proposal for a nuclear fuel deal as Tehran steps up a diplomatic push to stave off new U.N. sanctions over its disputed nuclear program.

MAY
11
2010

‘Prince of Pot’ Marc Emery to be extradited to U.S.

Canada´s self-proclaimed Prince of Pot was ordered extradited Monday to face drug and money-laundering charges in the United States.

MAY
11
2010

Fifa approved extra World Cup cash for South Africa

The man running the 2010 World Cup for Fifa has admitted an extra £67m ($100m) had to be injected into the project to ensure hosts South Africa were ready.

MAY
11
2010

UN rights experts criticize Arizona law

Arizona´s new law on illegal immigration could violate international standards that are binding in the United States, six U.N. human rights experts said Tuesday.

MAY
11
2010

Reshaping court’s culture, a woman at a time

In her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1993, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted that she would eventually be one of “three, four, perhaps even more women on the high court bench.”

MAY
11
2010

Goldman Sachs says it expects even more lawsuits

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. disclosed Monday that it has received notices of investigations from FINRA and from the United Kingdom Financial Services Authority regarding its subprime mortgage dealings.

MAY
11
2010

Florida suit poses a challenge to health care law

As they constructed the requirement that Americans have health insurance, Democrats in Congress took pains to make their bill as constitutionally impregnable as possible.

MAY
10
2010

Lula: good, bad, ugly

Time magazine has just included Luis Inácio “Lula” da Silva on a list of the planet’s most influential people. Certainly his actions have affected the lives of millions of people and, in the case of his compatriots, very positively. But Lula does not only merit applause. Some aspects of his record are shameful. Let’s look.

MAY
10
2010

FDA: Tylenol factory conditions unacceptable

Johnson & Johnson is under fire after a recent FDA report highlighted multiple serious concerns about the conditions at one of their drug factories.

MAY
10
2010

Gulf coast oil rig disaster sets off gusher of work for attorneys

From Texas to Florida, the litigation rush is on, as thousands of gallons of oil spill into the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the April 20 explosion of a drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana.

MAY
10
2010

U.K. man convicted for Twitter ‘threat’ to blow up airport

A British man has been found guilty of sending a “menacing electronic communication” for jokingly threatening to blow up an airport on Twitter.

MAY
10
2010

Drilling opponents push for ban in constitution

The oil rig disaster off Louisiana has already slowed the political momentum of groups seeking to allow oil drilling closer to Florida.

MAY
10
2010

Costa Rica inaugurates first female president

Costa Rica´s first female president pledged to reach out to citizens and not favor special interest groups during her swearing-in ceremony.

MAY
10
2010

In bid to save government, PM Brown will quit

UK leader backs party´s negotiations on coalition with Liberal Democrats

MAY
10
2010

Sued over unpaid legal fees, client hits squire sanders with malpractice suit

After suing a client for $1.2 million in unpaid legal fees, Squire Sanders & Dempsey has been slapped with a legal malpractice lawsuit and is running up its own bills by hiring an outside law firm to defend itself.

MAY
10
2010

Volcanic ash from Eyafjallajokull shuts down European flights – again

A PLUME of volcanic ash snaked its way through southern France, Switzerland and northern Italy on Sunday, shutting down airports and disrupting flights across Europe.

MAY
10
2010

Nokia sues Apple for alleged iPad, iPhone patent infringements

Finnish telecommunications company Nokia announced Friday that it has filed a complaint in the US District Court in the Western District for Wisconsin alleging that Apple iPad and iPhone 3G products infringe five Nokia patents.

MAY
10
2010

BP wrestles with oil spill hitch in Gulf of Mexico

Engineers from the British oil firm BP are scrambling to find a way to contain oil leaking from a blown-out well on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

MAY
10
2010

Uganda panel gives setback to antigay bill

A special committee organized by the president of Uganda has recommended that a harsh antihomosexuality bill that has drawn the ire of Western governments be withdrawn from Parliament, a senior government official said Saturday.

MAY
10
2010

Spain´s super judge falls from grace

As a young man Baltasar Garzon pumped gas to work his way through law school. Decades later, as a crusading judge, he went after the likes of Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden and was nominated for the Nobel peace prize.

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