A Californian judge dealing with the ´three strikes´ law has questioned whether such policies actually work, saying they can result in unfair sentences, have a limited deterrent effect and make it too easy to ignore rehabilitation in favour of simply keeping criminals locked up.
The Portugal Telecom board said late Monday that it had rejected an “unsolicited, binding and unconditional offer” from a partner, Telefónica, to buy its interest in their Brazilian joint venture, Vivo, for 5.7 billion euros ($7.3 billion).
The company behind a A$5 billion ($6.2 billion) class action lawsuit against a number of Australian banks says it would also consider launching a suit in New Zealand if the laws permitted and there was enough interest from aggrieved banking customers.
The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that it was seeking public comment on a plan that would require wireless phone companies to notify customers when they are running up unusually high charges for data usage, roaming or other uses beyond what is covered by regular monthly fees.
More than 200 patients are preparing to sue Liverpool Women´s Hospital over the poor treatment they allege they received from a doctor.
New pact comes after seven-year-old was returned to Moscow alone by adoptive American mother.
Google may have gotten some help from its rival Apple in its attempt to acquire the mobile advertising start-up AdMob.
Spain´s PM has outlined a plan to tackle the country´s budget crisis, amid concerns that problems afflicting Greece may spread across the eurozone.
The federal government is taking a stronger hand in regulating how airlines treat passengers, and new rules limiting long tarmac delays are just the first step.
The details of a long-awaited US bill on climate change are to be made public later, but analysts are warning it faces a tough battle to be made law.
He became a Gallic hero when he drove off with €11.6 million (£10 million), and his aura continued to shine even after he had turned himself in.
After years of the government’s promising to end Egypt’s state of emergency, Parliament on Tuesday approved a government request to extend for two years its right to arrest people without charge, detain prisoners indefinitely, limit freedom of expression and assembly, and maintain a special security court.
A passenger plane has crashed in Libya, killing more than 100 people on board, officials in the capital Tripoli say.
Labour´s Gordon Brown has resigned as UK prime minister after three years.
Changing the legal age for purchasing alcohol would not have saved the life of a boy who drank himself to death at the weekend, Prime Minister John Key says.
The Rudd Government won´t ban alcohol advertising during children´s TV shows or sport broadcasts, or immediately introduce health warning on alcohol packaging similar to that on cigarette packs.
Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman´s presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found.
The two proposed referendum drives challenging Arizona´s new sweeping law targeting illegal immigration are being abandoned, organizers said Monday.
The former captain of Canada´s world junior hockey team will face criminal charges in addition to a suspension for a hit to an opposing player in January
A Chinese man who spent almost 10 years in jail for murder has been freed after his supposed victim was found alive.
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