MAR
11
2011

Charlie Sheen sues Warner Bros. for $100 million

Charlie Sheen struck back on Thursday at the makers of the hit TV sitcom "Two And A Half Men," suing them for $100 million and claiming they fired him from the show after he criticized producers.

MAR
11
2011

Brazil´s labour laws: Employer, beware

An archaic labour code penalises businesses and workers alike.

MAR
11
2011

Judge shelves US Air Force plane case after reviewing Customs report

According to judicial sources, after carefully reviewing reports from the Customs agency, judge Marcelo Aguinsky has decided to file the case involving the seizing of "sensitive material" from a US Air Force plane that landed in the Ezeiza airport last month.

MAR
11
2011

ICC prosecutor wants to hear Gaddafi on probe

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, investigating Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his inner circle for possible war crimes, said he would welcome hearing Gaddafi´s version of events as part of his probe.

MAR
11
2011

Dalai´s plan to retire nonsense: Tibet top official

The Dalai Lama´s announcement of his plan to step down as political head of the "exiled Tibetan government" is "absolutely meaningless", said a top legislator of the Tibet autonomous region on Thursday.

MAR
10
2011

Ambassador Ana Paula Zacarias appointed Head of the EU Delegation in Brasília

In representation of the Portuguese government, the Secretary of State for European Affairs Pedro Lourtie welcomes the appointment, by High Representative Catherine Ashton of Ambassador Ana Paula Zacarias as Head of the EU Delegation to Brazil.

MAR
10
2011

Tunisia court dissolves ousted president´s party

A Tunisian court ruled on Wednesday that the party of former President Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali be dissolved, triggering street celebrations as one of the last vestiges of the ousted leader´s era was dismantled.

MAR
10
2011

Northwestern University defends after-class live sex demonstration

More than 100 Northwestern University students watched as a naked 25-year-old woman was penetrated by a sex toy wielded by her fiancee during an after-class session of the school´s popular "Human Sexuality" class.

MAR
10
2011

Civil action to come in Hey Dad scandal

Former child-star Sarah Monahan says she plans to launch civil action against Seven Network executives and the man she claims acted inappropriately towards her on the set of TV show Hey Dad.

MAR
10
2011

Attorney: Mel Gibson approaches prosecutors with a proposal

Under investigation for possible domestic violence against his ex-girlfriend, actor Mel Gibson has approached Los Angeles County prosecutors "with a proposal that would bring all of this to an immediate end," his attorney, Blair Berk, said in a statement Wednesday.

MAR
9
2011

Jacques Chirac corruption trial delayed for three months

Jacques Chirac´s corruption trial, which has taken more than 15 years to reach court, has been suspended until June, on the day the former French president was due to appear in court.

MAR
9
2011

In Galleon trial, a case for greed vs. a picture of diligence

"Greed and corruption — that´s what this case is all about," a federal prosecutor said on Wednesday at the trial of Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire hedge fund manager accused of being at the center of a huge insider trading ring.

MAR
9
2011

Dilma Rousseff: Top 100 women

The teenage socialist guerilla withstood imprisonment and torture and went on to become the first female president of Brazil.

MAR
9
2011

Ex-security chief hauled to court as Egyptians storm his compound

Egypt´s once-powerful and feared interior minister, Habib el-Adly, pleaded not guilty Saturday to corruption charges in the first of an expected series of speedy, high-profile cases against ministers ousted with former President Hosni Mubarak.

MAR
4
2011

Blockbuster creditors agree to standstill on opposition to sale proposal

Blockbuster Inc.´s creditors agreed to a standstill on their opposition to a sale process for the bankrupt movie renter that a judge called "aggressive."

MAR
4
2011

Delta flight attendants sue airline alleging discrimination

Delta Air Lines Inc. - DAL was sued by flight attendants claiming the carrier is punishing them for their union membership while working for Northwest Airlines Corp. before its acquisition in 2008.

MAR
4
2011

Injured by the NHS? Prepare for further pain

Justice ministry hopes to remove clinical negligence from legal aid and make claimants pay fees and premiums out of damages.

MAR
4
2011

In the Dock, in Paris – The judgment

On March 3, 2011, the Tribunal de Grand Instance de Paris issued its decision in the criminal libel case brought against me based on a complaint by Dr Karine Calvo-Goller. It would appear that the court ruled in our favor on all issues.

MAR
4
2011

Proposed rules on taming swaps markets are proving controversial

Seven is a lucky number in some cultures, but for regulators tasked with fleshing out America´s Dodd-Frank act on financial reform it is more curse than blessing.

MAR
3
2011

Top prosecutor signals crack down on disability hate crime

Yobs who name call and verbally abuse disabled people can expect to be prosecuted for hate crime, the country´s top prosecutor said yesterday.

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