FEB
17
2011

Clown Brazilian congressman messes up first vote

A clown who won a seat in Brazil´s Congress by a landslide has stayed true to his former profession by accidentally messing up his first vote.

FEB
17
2011

Mother asks for daughter with learning disorder to be sterilised

A mother yesterday made an emotional plea for her daughter to be sterilised as she told a court how their family could not cope with looking after any more of the young woman´s children.

FEB
17
2011

BBC weatherman ´brandished imitation gun´ at motorists, court hears

A BBC weatherman has appeared in court charged with brandishing an imitation shotgun in a high speed motorway road rage incident.

FEB
17
2011

Law change shows path for split Telecom

The Government has revealed the path Telecom must take if the company wins broadband contracts and splits itself in two.

FEB
17
2011

Halle Berry and ex call truce over custody battle

Halle Berry and ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry have called a truce in the custody battle over their two-year-old daughter.

FEB
17
2011

Alleged spammer taken to court

An Auckland man and his company could face penalties totaling $700,000 for allegedly sending out hundreds of thousands of spam emails and text messages.

FEB
17
2011

Prince Albert of Monaco fights corruption claims

Prince Albert of Monaco has asked a Paris court to force a former aide to remove from his blog passages accusing the prince of corruption.

FEB
17
2011

Hawaii lawmakers approve civil unions for gay couples

Hawaii state legislators on Wednesday approved civil unions for gay couples, and Gov. Neil Abercrombie said he would sign it into law.

FEB
17
2011

EU beekeepers stage win against GM crop producers

The EU´s highest court may classify honey containing traces of genetically modified material as "food produced" from modified plants. Such a ruling may enable beekeepers with hives close to GM crops to seek damages.

FEB
16
2011

Vodafone security ´not appropriate´: privacy czar

A Vodafone store employee who showed someone their own data in the telco´s Siebel management system sparked an uproar over the potential exposure of millions of customers last month, federal Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim says.

FEB
16
2011

US man in court over iPhone incident on plane

Air travellers all know the familiar message over the PA system: "Please ensure all electronic devices are switched off ...."

FEB
16
2011

Obese people banned from restaurants

Lawmakers in the state of Mississippi have created a bill to prohibit restaurants from serving food to obese people.

FEB
16
2011

The Mike and Molly show isn´t really about their size

It´s a show about an overweight couple, played by Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy, who met at an Overeaters Anonymous session. It is also, somewhat silently, a show about enormously overweight people.

FEB
16
2011

Looking for a balance in human rights tribunals

The Kafkaesque nightmare of Maxcine Telfer and the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal continues. But the biggest scandal, in my opinion, has yet to be revealed.

FEB
16
2011

Brazilian police chief quits after 35 cops arrested

The head of Rio de Janeiro state´s civil police stepped down Tuesday after a major corruption investigation resulted in the arrest of 35 policemen, including his right-hand man.

FEB
16
2011

Amanda Knox´s parents sued by Italian police over abuse claims

Parents of student convicted of killing Meredith Kercher face libel writ over claims in 2007 newspaper interview.

FEB
16
2011

Assange hires leading ´lawyer of last resort´

During a high-profile career, Alan Dershowitz has defended OJ Simpson and Claus von Bülow against murder charges and advocated the use of torture against terrorism suspects.

FEB
16
2011

Berlusconi will be judged by three women in underage prostitution trial

When Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi stands trial on charges he paid an underage girl for sex, he´ll be judged by a female panel.

FEB
16
2011

In Egypt, a panel of jurists is given the task of revising the country´s Constitution

The military officers governing Egypt on Tuesday convened a panel of jurists, including an outspoken Muslim Brotherhood politician, to revise the country´s Constitution in the first tangible evidence of a commitment to move the country toward democracy after President Hosni Mubarak´s ouster.

FEB
15
2011

French kidnapper Florence Cassez´s Mexico appeal fails

A Mexican appeals court has upheld the conviction of a French woman, Florence Cassez, whose imprisonment for kidnapping has caused friction between the two countries.

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