The lawyer who defends animals The Guardian | Are fish sentient beings? Can invertebrates suffer pain? These are the questions that regularly exercise the world's top animal lawyer, Antoine Goetschel | Antoine Goetschel: 'There is a danger we only protect animals we think are cute.' Photograph: Martin Godwin | When Patrick Giger, a 34-year-ol...
UK to restrict prosecution for war crimes abroad The Guardian | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Associated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he would move to block private groups from launching war crimes prosecutions against visiting foreign dignitaries, following a controversy inflamed by an arrest warrant was issued for for...
Attacks on Detainee Lawyers Split Conservatives The New York Times | A conservative advocacy organization in Washington, Keep America Safe, kicked up a storm last week when it released a video that questioned the loyalty of Justice Department lawyers who worked in the past on behalf of detained terrorism suspects. B...
Pakistan in Cauldron of Internal Crises World Security Network Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari | Though short history of Pakistan since independence in 1947 is riddled with crises, the horrendous storms that lurk now on the horizon of the fragile government create awe and shock among the civil society that so ...
Berlusconi's lawyers clash with judge in premier's tax fraud trial m&c | Milan, Italy - A magistrate presiding over a tax fraud trial against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday clashed with the premier's lawyers when they said their client would not attend an April 12 hearing because of his planned state...
Cranston lawyer sued by insurance company over policies The Providence Journal | PROVIDENCE - A Canadian life-insurance company is arguing that one of the state's leading estate lawyers is illegally wagering on human lives by securing policies in the name of elderly people to benefit unrelated investors. | Sun Life Assurance Co...
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We abhor torture – but that requires paying a price The Observer | is wrong because… The holding of prisoners of conscience is wrong because… The oppression of women is wrong because… If you finish these sentences with anything other than ...
Binyam Mohamed case: Torture and a question of judgment The Guardian | During the coming week three of the most senior judges in the land will have to sort out an almighty mess. In the most narrow terms they have to make a decision about a solitary ...
Tax court split on Shell's bid to stop import seizure Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines--The Court of Tax Appeals is split on whether or not to issue the suspension order sought by Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. to stop the Bureau of Customs fro...
British Child-killers Return To Jail Sparks Debate CBS News Return To Prison Of Man Who Murdered As A Child Ignites British Debate About Crime, Punishment | Font size Print E-mail Share | (AP) (AP) LONDON (AP) - The pink-cheeked 10-year-old staring from the front pages of Britain's newspapers is, some argue, ...
Obese sex abuser 'not too fat for jail' BBC News | A morbidly obese church elder who subjected a child to years of sexual abuse is to serve 12 months in jail. | The Appeal Court imposed the sentence on John William McConaghy, 67, after ruling the original two-and-a-half year suspended sentence was ...
The lawyer who defends animals The Guardian | Are fish sentient beings? Can invertebrates suffer pain? These are the questions that regularly exercise the world's top animal lawyer, Antoine Goetschel | Antoine Goetschel: 'There is a danger we only protect animals we think are cute.' Photograph...
Do students need courses on how to use bins? The Guardian | Following a recent post about in Headingley, Beeston Hill and Holbeck, guest blogger Mercia Southon looks at the wider problems with rubbish and students in the Leeds 6 area and suggests several ways forward... | Do students need lessons on how to use green bins? Photograph: John Baron/guardian.co.uk | Many students may never have emptied a bin i...
German January exports up 0.2 percent on year Philadelphia Daily News | The Associated Press | FRANKFURT - Official data shows German January exports improved 0.2 percent compared with January 2009 but declined a sharp 6.3 percent from December. | The Federal Statistical Office said Wednesday Germany exported goods valued at nearly euro64 billion ($86.76 billion) and imported goods valued at euro56 billion during the...