AUG
9
2010

Lula ´clones´ cash in on president´s popularity in Brazil´s election race

Four candidates who have registered under leader´s name, believe that ´borrowing´ his identity will give them boost in polls.

AUG
9
2010

Two tobacco companies settle charges over foreign bribes

Two American tobacco companies are paying nearly $30 million to settle charges that they bribed foreign officials to win lucrative overseas tobacco sales contracts, government officials said.

AUG
9
2010

Making a Supreme Court Case for gay marriage

Attorney David Boies knows what it´s like to argue a historic case before the U.S. Supreme Court, and he knows what it´s like to lose.

AUG
9
2010

Barnardo´s says court delays damage children

Vulnerable children are being "damaged" by delays in care proceedings in England and Wales, a charity has said.

AUG
9
2010

AstraZeneca in $198m claim payout

Drug giant AstraZeneca is to pay $198m to settle 17,500 US personal injury claims related to its schizophrenia and bipolar disorder drug Seroquel.

AUG
9
2010

German pharmacies accused of peddling illegal medication

Investigators in northern Germany are reportedly looking into allegations that up to 100 pharmacies in the region are buying and selling illegal ingredients to make antibiotics, painkillers and cancer treatment drugs.

AUG
9
2010

No smoking in school: China fights against tobacco

In China, tobacco companies sponsor schools. Almost half of all male doctors smoke. And one wedding dinner ritual involves the bride lighting cigarettes for each of her male guests.

AUG
9
2010

Food poisoning case In Sakhalin ´criminal´

The country´s top sanitary doctor said Friday that he was seeking criminal charges against a firm providing food services at the ExxonMobil-led Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project after 70 people suffered mild to moderate food poisoning.

AUG
6
2010

Brazil presidential rivals hold first televised debate

The four main candidates in Brazil´s presidential election have taken part in the first televised debate.

AUG
6
2010

Gome sues billionaire founder Huang, shares tumble

Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd. sued its founder Huang Guangyu, once China’s richest man, over share repurchases in 2008 and breach of trust. The company’s shares dropped the most in almost two years.

AUG
6
2010

Discovery Rule for Libel Doesn´t Apply to Blogs, Says Federal Judge

Aviation lawyer and seasoned pilot Arthur Alan Wolk knows quite a bit about the stratosphere and the troposphere, but he may have learned something new this week about the blogosphere when a federal judge tossed out his libel suit against the bloggers at Overlawyered.com.

AUG
6
2010

Controversial Islamic school may challenge Germany´s constitution

Security agencies are watching with concern as a controversial Islamic school attempts to move to another location in Germany.

AUG
6
2010

´Save my wife,´ stoning lawyer Mohammad Mostafaie pleads

The human rights lawyer forced to flee Iran for defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning has appealed for international pressure to save his client and end his own wife´s imprisonment.

AUG
6
2010

Howard´s changes to the Electoral Act ruled unconstitutional by High Court

UP to 100,000 more Australians could be allowed to vote in the August 21 election after the High Court ruled parts of the Electoral Act were unconstitutional.

AUG
6
2010

6 Countries Join Russian Firefighters

Firefighters battling the worst blazes that Russia has seen in decades got a welcome boost Thursday when aircraft, firetrucks and personnel arrived to help from Italy and five former Soviet republics.

AUG
6
2010

Utah may offer a better model than Arizona for dealing with illegal immigrants

As Arizona´s lawyers prepare to enter more federal courtrooms to defend SB1070, the state´s new law against illegal immigrants and the harshest of its kind, the other 49 states are watching for clues.

AUG
6
2010

Should Brazil use discrimination against deprivation?

Brazil´s Supreme Court is wrestling with one of the toughest dilemmas in politics: which is preferable, absolute equality before the law or discrimination in favour of disadvantaged races? This is a surprise, for until recently Brazil liked to see itself as a true melting pot.

AUG
6
2010

US attends first Hiroshima atomic bomb anniversary

Representatives from 74 nations - including the US, for the first time - gathered to mark the moment the bomb was dropped

AUG
6
2010

Severe Russian drought forces grain export ban

As Russia reels from the worst drought in nearly 40 years, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ban on grain exports.

AUG
6
2010

Top QC feared judge would bring down Chief Justice

One of the country´s top QCs feared Supreme Court judge Bill Wilson would bring down the Chief Justice with him if he was forced to resign.

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