Lawyer for alleged victims in Assange case denies Pentagon involvement CNN | (CNN) -- Rumors that the Pentagon or CIA were somehow involved in the sex crime accusations against WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange in Sweden are "complete nonsense," the attorney for the alleged victims said Tuesday. | Claes Borgstrom of the Swedish law firm Borgstrom and Bostrom said...
MI6 worker jailed for a year for trying to sell secrets to Dutch agents for £2m The Daily Mail | An MI6 worker who tried to sell secrets for £2 million was given a 12-month jail sentence today for his 'act of betrayal'. | But Daniel Houghton, 25, will be released almost immediately because he has already served half the term while on remand. |...
Lord Lyell of Markyate: Lawyer and MP who endured a turbulent time as Attorney General ... The Independent | During the long years of Margaret Thatcher's dominance of Conservative and national politics, Nicholas Lyell occupied a somewhat anomalous position on the political spectrum and never gained the advancement which, his friends believed, his talents ...
Kenya pushes back over war crimes suspect's visit CNN | Nairobi, Kenya -- The Kenyan government Thursday defended its decision not to arrest Sudan's visiting head of state -- wanted on charges of war crimes and genocide -- saying Kenya's first obligation was to the African Union, not the International C...
The constitutional crisis in Iraq: What can the Federal Supreme Court do? Daily Star Lebanon | Wisdom suggests the FSC should not get dragged into breaking the government deadlock | By Chibli Mallat | Thursday, September 02, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Contemplate the ongoing deadlock in Iraq following French historian Fernand Braudel’...
Detainee torture cases proceed overseas as U.S. stonewalls The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- In June, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Canadian man who contends that U.S. authorities mistook him for an al-Qaida operative in 2002 and shipped him to a secret prison in Syria, where he was beaten with electrical ca...
Detainee torture cases proceed overseas as U.S. stonewalls Kansas City Star More News | In June, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Canadian man who contends that U.S. authorities mistook him for an al-Qaida operative in 2002 and shipped him to a secret prison in Syria, where he was beaten with electrical cables...
Detainee torture cases proceed overseas as U.S. stonewalls The State | WASHINGTON - In June, the Supreme Court refused to hear the case of a Canadian man who contends that U.S. authorities mistook him for an al-Qaida operative in 2002 and shipped him to a secret prison in Syria, where he was beaten with electrical cab...
Six jail terms in Portugal child abuse trial Inquirer | LISBON—A Portuguese court sentenced six men to jail on Friday for sexually abusing dozens of children at a state-run care home and procuring boys to be raped at orgies, at the end of a marathon abuse trial. | The convicts included a star television presenter, a former ambassador, a doctor, a lawyer and a former administrator at the Casa Pia child...
Briefing.com: Hourly In Play (R) - 17:00 ET Insurance Newsnet | Aug 31, 2010 (Briefing.com via COMTEX) -- Hourly In Play (R) | Updated: 31-Aug-10 17:00 ET | 16:56 | CWBS Commonwealth Bankshares announces sale of non-performing loans and purchase of performing residential mortgage loans (2.25 +0.15) | Co announced that on August 25, 2010, Bank of the Commonwealth, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, ente...
