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Chinese democracy activist sentenced to 6 years
Legal World 01/08/2009A 65-year-old democracy activist who tried to set up an opposition party in China has been sentenced to six years in jail, a human rights group said Thursday.A court in Hangzhou, a prosperous city in eastern Zhejiang province, sentenced Wang Rongqing...
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Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist's trial postponed
Legal World 12/30/2008The trial of a journalist who has been hailed as a hero in the Arab world after throwing his shoes at President George W. Bush was postponed on Tuesday pending a review of the case by a higher court, a spokesman for Iraq's Higher Judicial Council sai...
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Trials open for 9 over China tainted milk scandal
Legal World 12/29/2008Nine people went on trial Monday in connection with China's tainted milk scandal, state media reported, following the announcement of steps to compensate the families of hundreds of thousands of children harmed by contaminated infant formula.The tain...
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SKorean actress found guilty of adultery
Legal World 12/18/2008One of South Korea's most famous actresses was convicted of adultery Wednesday in a high-profile case that drew renewed attention to a decades-old law prohibiting extramarital affairs.Ok So-ri, who was handed a suspended jail term, had lost a battle ...
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EU court fines France 10 million euros
Legal World 12/09/2008An EU court has ordered France to pay a euro10 million (US$12.85 million) fine over a six-year refusal to implement European rules on growing genetically altered crops.France had repeatedly refused to apply a 2002 EU law that set out rules by which b...
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Russian court grants bail to ill ex-Yukos lawyer
Legal World 12/08/2008A jailed former executive of dismantled oil giant Yukos who suffers from AIDS and tuberculosis and has almost completely lost his eyesight was ordered freed on bail Monday, a court official said.The Moscow City Court set bail for Vasily Aleksanian, w...
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China court refuses to accept tainted milk lawsuit
Legal World 12/08/2008A court on Monday refused to accept a lawsuit filed against a Chinese dairy by dozens of families who said their children were sickened or killed by tainted milk, lawyers involved in the case said.The 63 defendants in the first-known group lawsuit st...
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SKorean court grants coma patient right to die
Legal World 11/28/2008A South Korean court ordered the removal of a respirator from a comatose patient Friday, saying the "meaningless" extension of life was against the patient's right to die with dignity.The decision marks the first court ruling of its kind in South Kor...
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Russian court to resume Politkovskaya murder trial
Legal World 11/25/2008A Moscow court says the trial of three men accused of murdering journalist Anna Politkovskaya will resume a week earlier than had been announced.Judge Yevgeny Zubov had adjourned the case Thursday for 10 days. He cited a defense lawyer's scheduling c...
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German court OKs release of ex-leftist terrorist
Legal World 11/22/2008A former top member of the leftist Red Army Faction terrorist group can be released from prison in January after having served the minimum 26 years of a life sentence for multiple murders, a German court ruled Monday.The Red Army Faction, which emerg...
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Int'l court prosecutor seeks Darfur rebels' arrest
Legal World 11/20/2008After accusing Sudan's president of genocide, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sought arrest warrants Thursday for three anti-government rebel leaders accused of a deadly attack on African Union peacekeepers in northern Darfur...
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Former Taiwanese president led to court in cuffs
Legal World 11/11/2008Taiwan television stations have broadcast pictures of former President Chen Shui-bian being led from a prosecutor's office in handcuffs.The stations report that Chen is being taken to Taipei district court, where prosecutors are seeking an arrest ord...