JUL
21
2010

British forces ´will leave Afghanistan next year and stop fighting by 2015´

The leaders of the Coalition Government this morning gave their firmest commitments yet about the timetable of Britain´s withdrawal from the country.

JUL
21
2010

BP agrees $7bn (£4.6bn) asset sale to fund oil clean-up

The oil giant said it had reached a $7bn (£4.6bn) deal with US-based oil production firm Apache Corp.

JUL
21
2010

Franz Kafka papers should be made public, Israeli judge rules

An Israeli judge overseeing a battle over papers once belonging to Franz Kafka has ruled that details of the documents should be made public, the Guardian has learned.

JUL
21
2010

Lesbian gets $35,000 over canceled prom

A rural school district that canceled its prom rather than allow a lesbian student to attend with her girlfriend has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit the ACLU filed on her behalf.

JUL
21
2010

New laws target workplace bullying

There are some very important things they don´t tell you on career day. Chief among them is that there is a good chance that at some point during your working adult life you will have an abusive boss — the kind who uses his or her authority to torment subordinates.

JUL
21
2010

Research: Law schools skew liberal, but liberals don´t get all the prestige jobs

Law schools hire more openly liberal professors than openly conservatives ones, but the plum jobs at the most prestigious schools don´t appear to be going solely to the liberals.

JUL
21
2010

Marijuana ´Silicon Valley´ gets go-ahead

THE city council of Oakland, California, has voted to allow industrial scale production of medical marijuana in a landmark decision which some hope will turn the city into "the Silicon Valley of pot".

JUL
21
2010

In response to SEC settlement, Goldman Sachs trader blames in-house lawyers

Fabrice Tourre, the Goldman Sachs & Co. trader, has chosen a novel defense against federal regulators accusing him of fraud. He´s blaming the in-house lawyers.

JUL
21
2010

Clinton announces new US sanctions against NKorea after symbolic visit to DMZ with Gates

The Obama administration moved Wednesday to push new sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates showed solidarity with South Korea during a visit to the area that separates it from the North.

JUL
21
2010

Access to clean water is most violated human right

On 28 July, for the first time ever, the general assembly of the United Nations will hold a historic summit on the human right to water.

JUL
21
2010

Judge Declines to ´Second-Guess´ CIA´s Refusal to Disclose Methods

The Central Intelligence Agency may still exempt from Freedom of Information Act disclosure materials that reveal intelligence sources and methods, even though they relate to the secret detention and interrogation program that has since been repudiated by the government, a federal judge has ruled.

JUL
21
2010

Lula creates new federal university and sanctions Racial Equality Statute

Without shooting down a single article, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed into law the the Racial Equality Statute on Tuesday (20). The new measure aims to promote equal opportunity as well as combat discrimination through public policy.

JUL
20
2010

Toyota subpoenaed by federal grand jury

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in New York to submit documents related to problems with steering relay rods.

JUL
20
2010

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan approved by Senate Judiciary Committee in 13-6 vote

Elena Kagan, President Obama´s Supreme Court nominee, won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee on a nearly party-line vote Tuesday, her next to last hurdle before gaining a lifetime seat on the high court.

JUL
20
2010

3rd Circuit tosses sex bias lawsuit by law firm shareholder

A woman lawyer cannot sue her firm for sex discrimination if her status as a shareholder and director gives her the ability to participate in firm governance and a percentage of firm profits, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.

JUL
20
2010

Linklaters ruling loss may raise taxes for firms serving India

Linklaters LLP, the second highest grossing U.K. law firm, was ordered to pay taxes in India on services provided by foreign lawyers in a ruling that may raise levies for overseas professional companies.

JUL
20
2010

Judge leading torture inquiry has conflict of interest, charity says

A leading legal charity has called on a senior judge to step down from the inquiry he is leading into allegations that the UK has been involved in torture, saying his impartiality is "fatally compromised" because of his relationship with the security services.

JUL
20
2010

Brazil´s mid-month consumer prices unexpectedly fall

Brazil´s consumer prices unexpectedly declined in the month through mid-July, the first monthly deflation reading in four years.

JUL
20
2010

BA cabin crew reject latest pay offer

British Airways cabin crew have rejected the airline´s latest "final" pay offer by 3,419 votes to 1,686.

JUL
20
2010

Europe considers new penalties for Iran

The European Union is considering tough new sanctions against Iran to protest its nuclear program, including banning investment in the oil and gas sector and tightening restrictions on shipping and finance.

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