APR
1
2011

Spanish privacy officials battle Google in court

The Spanish Data Protection Agency is representing 80 privacy cases against Google.

APR
1
2011

´We need the death penalty to deter criminals´

The latest statistics on the death penalty published by Amnesty International confirm that no country executes more people than China.

MAR
31
2011

Google reaches privacy settlement over Buzz bungle

Google has agreed to adopt a comprehensive privacy program to settle federal charges that it deceived users and violated its own privacy policy when it launched a social networking service called Buzz last year.

MAR
31
2011

Berlusconi team calls for Clooney, Ronaldo as witnesses in sex trial

Actor George Clooney and footballer Cristiano Ronaldo appear on a list of defense witnesses on behalf of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

MAR
31
2011

Breeder sues over lost frozen semen of German Olympic stallion

A horse breeder is suing a veterinarian 60,000 euros for failing to return the frozen semen of top German Olympic stallion Carthago. A judge is to rule on the case on May 2.

MAR
31
2011

Website pays nearly $1m for piracy of Beatles hits

A website that illegally sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents each has agreed to pay record companies almost $1m (£625,000) to settle a legal case

MAR
31
2011

3 mexican brothers face death by hanging if convicted in Malaysia drug trafficking trial

Three Mexican brothers held on suspicion of producing methamphetamine in Malaysia face the death penalty if convicted of drug trafficking, a government lawyer said Wednesday.

MAR
31
2011

Beijing couple fight to give up son, stage reverse custody auction

In Beijing, a couple who is getting divorced is in a custody battle, instead of fighting to win the custody of their 4 year-old son, they fight to lose it.

MAR
31
2011

Lindsay Lohan cleared of battery charges

Lindsay Lohan has been cleared of all charges after she was accused of hitting a member of staff at the Betty Ford Center last December.

MAR
30
2011

No iPhone 5 at Apple´s Summer Conference

Apple has traditionally debuted new iPhones at its annual software developers conference, but this year´s event in June will be 100 percent software news, according to a report.

MAR
30
2011

Former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice to form presidential exploratory committee

Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who garnered attention and lost his job after building a Ten Commandments monument outside Alabama´s judicial building, is considering seeking the Republican presidential nomination, his top aide confirmed to CNN.

MAR
30
2011

Tech firms hiring White House staffers

The Obama administration brought Facebook and Twitter to politics. And now it´s giving back, as staffers leave the White House and take key jobs at Silicon Valley firms.

MAR
30
2011

With new filing, Nokia ramps up patent war against Apple

Over the past 10 years, Apple has outpaced just about everyone, including Nokia, with its string of wildly successful products.

MAR
30
2011

G.E.´s strategies let it avoid taxes altogether

General Electric, the nation´s largest corporation, had a very good year in 2010.

MAR
30
2011

Egypt to announce new working constitution

Egypt´s ruling military leadership will announce Wednesday a constitutional declaration that will operate as a working constitution in the current political transitional period, state-run news media MENA reported.

MAR
29
2011

Rapist Delroy Grant jailed after 17-year reign of terror

Night Stalker Delroy Grant was convicted today of being one of the most prolific and depraved sex attackers in British history.

MAR
29
2011

News Corp. said to approach Vevo.com about Myspace joint venture

News Corp. is in talks to hand over control of Myspace to Vevo.com, the online music website partly owned by the world´s biggest record companies, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.

MAR
29
2011

Wal-Mart asks Supreme Court to deny class-action suit by female workers

Like the retail behemoth at its center, everything about the Supreme Court extravaganza known as Wal-Mart v. Dukes is super-sized.

MAR
29
2011

Lawyer, firm file suit over "false review"

Bellaire lawyer Michael W. Weston and his firm, Weston & Associates, have filed a defamation suit alleging a "false review" about the firm was posted online on Citysearch.com. They seek more than $1.25 million in damages.

MAR
29
2011

Jury finds D.C. cops unlawfully arrested woman for questioning authority

After a jury sided Friday with a woman who had sued Washington police officers for arresting her after she publicly criticized them, attorney Jeffrey Skinner of Goodwin Procter said he hopes the verdict will prompt a full investigation into the extent of "contempt-of-cop" arrests in the city.

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