SEP
20
2010

Divorce insurance: get unhitched, get a payout

Ever had that sinking feeling that the person your friend is marrying is perfectly awful?

SEP
20
2010

French banks fined 385m euros for fixing cheque fees

France´s competition authority has fined 11 French banks 384.9m euros ($504m; £323m) for colluding to fix the price they charge for handling cheques.

SEP
20
2010

Quality of legal aid is as important as access to a lawyer

Justice for vulnerable clients can be frustrated when lawyers are not up to the job.

SEP
20
2010

´Cash cow´ or valuable credential?

Watch out, juris doctor. The master of laws is coming up.

SEP
20
2010

Court rules selling land to Israel is capital offense

A Palestinian court in Jerusalem ruled Thursday that selling land to Israel was a capital offense.

SEP
20
2010

Basque separatist group wants international mediators

The armed Basque separatist group ETA on Sunday offered to meet with international mediators to discuss ways to end decades of violence, according to a statement issued two weeks after the group declared a unilateral cease-fire.

SEP
20
2010

The former Marxist guerrilla who is set to become Brazil´s first woman president.

She is a former Marxist guerrilla whose organisation once stole $2.5 million from the safe of the governor of São Paulo.

SEP
20
2010

Passengers to sue Airbus

Passengers on a Qantas flight from Singapore to Perth that twice plunged hundreds of metres - injuring more than 100 people - will sue manufacturer Airbus over a computer malfunction that caused the mishap.

SEP
20
2010

Wacky election candidates reveal problems at heart of Brazil politics

"What does a federal deputy do? Truly, I don´t know. But vote for me and I will find out for you."

SEP
20
2010

Manatee man´s suit could be bellwether for smokers

A civil lawsuit seeking millions of dollars in damages from the nation´s largest tobacco companies will be heard in a Manatee County courtroom this week and could be a bellwether case for other smokers who claim cigarettes caused their cancers and that manufacturers should be held liable.

SEP
20
2010

EU legislation puts herbal medicine under threat

With strict European legislation due to come into force next April, will some age-old herbal remedies on sale in health food stores today become, quite literally, a thing of the past?

SEP
17
2010

Restorative justice can reach the parts that criminal justice can´t

Research shows that these meetings between victims and offenders cut crime.

SEP
17
2010

Legal system slammed for failing families

At one of the most stressful periods of their lives, separating couples are driven to the poorhouse by a family law system that fails to deliver workable solutions while their children are often hurt by a system that doesn´t take their opinions into account, a report by the Law Commission of Ontario says.

SEP
17
2010

Craigslist comes clean: no more ´adult services,´ ever

Many advocates of Web freedom were convinced that Craigslist hadn´t really surrendered. They were certain that the website only appeared to have thrown in the towel last week in its long-running legal battle over the ads that appeared on its pages under the heading "adult services."

SEP
17
2010

Thailand mobile-phone stocks fall as court halts auction of 3G licenses

Thai mobile-phone companies slumped in Bangkok trading after a court issued an injunction to stop an auction of licenses to provide high-speed mobile-phone services.

SEP
17
2010

Lawyer facing divorce gets suspended for sending ´hostile´ messages

An attorney who hurled "hostile, obscene and derogatory" missives at his wife and professionals involved in their divorce, has been suspended for two years by the Appellate Division, 1st Department, which rejected a three-year censure requested by court´s disciplinary staff.

SEP
17
2010

DNA evidence clears two men who served 30 years each for rape

A judge in Hattiesburg, Mississippi today threw out the guilty pleas of two men who had spent three decades in prison for rape and murder after DNA tests showed they were innocent. The decision comes too late, however, for a third man who died in prison eight years ago.

SEP
16
2010

Brazil´s huge new port highlights China´s drive into South America

Investments guarantee Chinese access to soy, oil and other badly needed resources.

SEP
16
2010

Cambodia tribunal indicts four ex-Khmer Rouge leaders

Cambodia´s UN-backed war crimes tribunal has indicted four former Khmer Rouge leaders.

SEP
16
2010

After 40 years of talks, Russia and Norway sign border agreement

Russia and Norway signed a deal Wednesday that defines their maritime border, settling a long-running dispute that has affected commercial fishing and energy interests.

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