AUG
10
2010

Japan apologizes to South Korea for decades of colonial rule

More than 50 years after Japan ended its Korean occupation at the close of World War II, many wounds have still not healed.

AUG
10
2010

Judge temporarily bars California from imposing new furloughs

An Alameda County judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday preventing California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from imposing unpaid furlough days on state workers.

AUG
10
2010

Law snuffs out mailing smokes to deployed troops

Family and friends have suddenly found themselves blocked from shipping cigarettes and other tobacco products to American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq because of a new law meant to hamper smuggling and underage sales through the mail.

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10
2010

Gol posts second-quarter loss of 51.9 million reais on currency

Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, Brazil’s second-largest airline company by market share, posted a second-quarter loss after costs rose and a decline in the real increased the value of its foreign-currency debt.

AUG
10
2010

Judge rules ´N-word´ not offensive

A Queensland judge has found the terms "nigger" and "sandnigger" are not offensive to a reasonable person.

AUG
10
2010

Sweet ending: Girl at center of lemonade stand controversy makes almost $2,000, headed to Disneyland

When Julie Murphy first decided to sell lemonade, she just wanted a little money to buy some treats. The 7-year-old´s plans are a lot grander now.

AUG
10
2010

Is the European court of justice a legal or political institution now?

Increasingly controversial rulings threaten to further erode the credibility of an institution founded on noble principles.

AUG
10
2010

Khadr´s confessions admissible, military judge rules

Decision to admit statements despite threats of torture dramatically strengthens prosecution´s case against Canadian held at Guantanamo Bay.

AUG
10
2010

Google: all web traffic should be treated equally

Internet giant Google is proposing new "net neutrality" legislation in America that would force web providers to treat all traffic equally – but not on wireless connections.

AUG
10
2010

Scientist illegally imported insect

An Auckland scientist has been sentenced to four months´ community detention and 120 hours´ community work for giving false information to a biosecurity inspector about the illegal importation of a predatory insect.

AUG
9
2010

Human rights: from Europe to the UK

Government report highlights vexed issue of implementation of European human rights judgments in domestic law

AUG
9
2010

How Paul Kagame has used the law to muzzle Rwanda´s media

Peter Noorlander on the president, certain to be re-elected today, who has turned to censorship laws to maintain his rule.

AUG
9
2010

Texas Appeals Court affirms dismissal of suit against board of law examiners

Ten years after the Texas Board of Law Examiners found Kristofer Thomas Kastner did "not possess the present good moral character required for admission to the practice of law in Texas," a three-justice panel of Austin, Texas´ 3rd Court of Appeals on July 29 unanimously affirmed a lower court decision dismissing a suit Kastner had filed against the board and others.

AUG
9
2010

Students spared amid an increase in deportations

The Obama administration, while deporting a record number of immigrants convicted of crimes, is sparing one group of illegal immigrants from expulsion: students who came to the United States without papers when they were children.

AUG
9
2010

Model´s testimony at war crimes trial is disputed

As the war crimes trial of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor blended with a celebrity spectacle, two witnesses, one of them the actress Mia Farrow, challenged testimony last week by the supermodel Naomi Campbell about whether Mr. Taylor made her a gift of diamonds after a dinner hosted by Nelson Mandela 13 years ago.

AUG
9
2010

Legal sector lost 800 jobs in july

The U.S. economy as a whole lost 131,000 jobs in July, and 800 of them were in the legal trade, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

AUG
9
2010

Disorder engulfing Maldives heats up after attorney-general resigns, Supreme Court in limbo

Political turmoil paralyzing the Maldives deepened Monday after the attorney-general resigned in frustration over parliament´s refusal to appoint a new Supreme Court.

AUG
9
2010

Justice Department says 14 charged with supporting terrorism in Somalia

The government charged 14 people Thursday with supporting "a deadly pipeline" routing money and fighters to the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia.

AUG
9
2010

Youngest Gitmo prisoner arrives in courtroom for trial

More armed guards were visible early Monday morning near where two war crimes proceedings were set to begin for two terrorism suspects at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.

AUG
9
2010

Transsexual in Hong Kong fights to marry her boyfriend

In a landmark court case in Hong Kong, a woman who used to be a man will fight for the right to marry her boyfriend.

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