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Pistorius arrives in court to face murder charge
South Africa’s superstar sprinter Oscar “Blade Runner” Pistorius arrived in court on Friday to face charges that he murdered his model girlfriend at his luxury home on Valentine’s Day. Two police vehicles arrived at the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court, with the amputee athlete sitting in the back of one, his head…
Chevron ordered to pay $19 billion in environment damages
Chevron has been ordered to pay more than $19 billion in environmental damages, $1 billion more than originally decided, after an Ecuadoran court adjusted the amount on appeal, a source said. “Due to an involuntary calculation error, the reparations now amount to $19,021,552,000,” said a court source in the northeastern…
Israeli writer wins right to have ‘no religion’
JERUSALEM — An Israeli writer has won a historic court victory granting his request to be officially registered as “without religion” rather than “Jewish,” Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Sunday. Yoram Kaniuk turned to the courts in May after the interior ministry refused to alter his official religious status from…
Houston jury rejects rape claim by former KBR employee
In a closely-watched case, a Houston jury on Friday rejected the claim of a former employee of military contractor KBR that she had been drugged and raped by a group of co-workers in Iraq. Jamie Leigh Jones had filed suit against KBR, its former parent company Halliburton, and former co-worker…
Hezbollah rules out arrests in ‘void’ UN Hariri case
BEIRUT — Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday ruled out the arrest of four members of his militant group indicted by a UN court for the 2005 assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri. In his first reaction to the charges by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Nasrallah also…
Strauss-Kahn released without bail
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released without bail at a New York court hearing for his sexual assault case on Friday. At a hearing to seek changes to his bail conditions, prosecutors said the credibility of the hotel maid at the center of the case…
Ex-IMF chief due in court as rape case ‘unravels’
The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is reportedly collapsing, with the ex-IMF chief and French presidential hopeful due in a US court on Friday for a surprise hearing. The prominent French politician resigned from his post at the world’s crisis lender to battle charges that he sexually assaulted and…
British teenage hacker denied bail, diagnosed with autism
LONDON (AFP) – A British teenager accused of attacking websites as part of an international hacking group was remanded in custody at a court Saturday, despite being diagnosed with autism. Ryan Cleary, 19, appeared at a London court charged with offenses including hacking into the website of the Serious Organised…
Group: U.S. anti-Internet piracy campaign violates First Amendment
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged a federal court to return two domain names seized as part of the U.S. government’s “Operation in Our Sites,” an ongoing campaign against websites that illegally provide access to copyrighted material. “This misguided intellectual property enforcement effort is causing serious collateral damage to free…
Jewish court sentences dog to death by stoning
JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a dog it suspects is the reincarnation of a secular lawyer who insulted the court’s judges 20 years ago, Ynet website reported Friday. According to Ynet, the large dog made its way into the Monetary Affairs Court in the…
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