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Court annuls EU move on De Beers diamonds trade
Legal World 07/11/2007[##_1L|1400905466.gif|width="115" height="75" alt=""|_##]A top European court on Wednesday struck down a decision by the European Commission which forced diamond producer De Beers to stop buying rough diamonds from Alrosa of Russia, the second-larges...
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China executes former chief of food and drug agency
Legal World 07/10/2007[##_1L|1405634833.jpg|width="90" height="113" alt=""|_##]The former official, Zheng Xiaoyu, who had been sentenced to death on May 29, was executed Tuesday, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Zheng was found guilty of taking 6.49 million yuan, or about...
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China Court Plugs Bribery Loopholes
Legal World 07/09/2007China's top court closed loopholes for bribing officials, issuing rules to stem rampant graft that threatens to undermine the Communist Party's grip on power.The court and top prosecutor jointly issued the rules Sunday in an effort to "catch up with ...
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EU bans misleading "sunblock" labels
Legal World 07/08/2007There is no such thing as 100 percent protection from the sun, the European Union's consumer chief warned holidaymakers on Monday and she banned the words "sunblock" and "100 percent sun protection" on sun cream.Such labeling is misleading and contri...
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Farnham's manager pleads guilty to tax scam
Legal World 07/06/2007John Farnham's manager Glenn Wheatley has pleaded guilty to three tax-related charges.The 59-year-old admitted not declaring his $256,000 income from Farnham's Talk of the Town Tour. The court heard Wheatley paid it into a Swiss-based tax minimisatio...
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Google Loses Court Battle Over Gmail in Germany
Legal World 07/05/2007A young German entrepreneur won a legal battle Thursday against Internet behemoth Google on the use of its "Gmail" brand for free electronic mail service.The regional court in the northern city of Hamburg ruled that Google may not use the name in Ger...
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Bank of New York Fails to Appear in Russian Court
Legal World 07/05/2007The Moscow Arbitration Court heard opening arguments today regarding the Russian Federation's $22.5 billion claim against The Bank of New York, Inc., now the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation , for money laundering activities the Bank had previousl...
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US, Russia pledge to work for nuclear-arms control
Legal World 07/04/2007[##_1L|1224242898.jpg|width="100" height="112" alt=""|_##]The United States and Russia will press ahead with talks on possible new cuts in their nuclear arsenals as the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) heads for expiration in 2009, both govern...
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Three admit online terror charges at London court
Legal World 07/04/2007Three men have admitted using the internet to urge Muslims to wage holy war on non-believers, police said, in what is believed to the first prosecution of its kind in Britain.Tariq Al-Daour, Younes Tsouli and Waseem Mughal had close links with Al-Qae...
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China, North Korea discuss nuclear issue
Legal World 07/03/2007Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, today met with North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, paving way for the resumption of six-party talks on peacefully dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programmes. Apart from Kim, the Chinese Foreign Minister al...
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UK police arrest fifth suspect in weekend terror plots
Legal World 07/02/2007[##_1L|1194354453.jpg|width="150" height="116" alt=""|_##]Police searched several houses near Glasgow International Airport on Sunday in connection with a fiery attack on its main terminal and a foiled car bomb plot in London, and police arrested a f...
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U.S. Court Throws Out Lawsuit in Sibir Crash
Legal World 07/01/2007[##_1L|1361778947.jpg|width="100" height="112" alt=""|_##]A U.S. federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against Sibir filed on behalf of victims of a July 9, 2006 crash in Irkutsk on the condition the company concede liability if sued in Russian cour...