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SC chief Puno admits legal bias vs women, kids
Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno acknowledged the legal roadblocks faced by women and children who are victims of violence and abuse, as he slammed society’s “deep-rooted prejudices and bigotry” about gender and children issues.
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Legal strategy meeting over Good Friday drink bid
LIMERICK publicans will meet today to decide on their legal strategy to get court permission to open on Good Friday for the big Munster v Leinster Magners League game at Thomond Park.
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Critics: Military trial of terror suspects could open cases to legal uncertainty
Using a military commission to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants for their alleged role in the Sept. 11 attacks could open the case to significant legal uncertainty and expose fresh details of detainee abuse in a proceeding that might not get underway for two years or longer, national...
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Critics: Military trial of terror suspects could open cases to legal uncertainty
Using a military commission to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants for their alleged role in the Sept. 11 attacks could open the case to significant legal uncertainty and expose fresh details of detainee abuse in a proceeding that might not get underway for two years or longer, national security experts and plan critics say.
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Legal threat over police searches
Police forces have been threatened with legal action as the Government's equality watchdog said black and Asian Britons were still being unfairly targeted for stop and searches.
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Business Diary: Are these legal eagles embarrassed?
Now it has been revealed that Linklaters provided the advice that allowed Lehman Brothers to use a highly controversial accounting technique to conceal as much as $50bn (£33bn) in debt – all perfectly legal, to be fair – perhaps it might want to remove the page of associate Matthew Honeyben from the recruitment section of its website. In it he waxes lyrical about his work on the administration ...
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Attorney Said Bond Was Within Legal Right
An attorney announced that former Ogden Mayor Jimmy Bond was within his legal right to shut down the town pool last year.
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Johnson City friction escalates legal spending
JOHNSON CITY -- With 3 1/2 months left in its fiscal year, Johnson City's legal expenses are $85,000 over budget and still counting. The reason depends upon who explains the overspending.
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Beckham is likely out of World Cup
David Beckham will like likely miss the World Cup after tearing his Achilles tendon.
AP source: Beckham to miss World Cup
David Beckham will miss the World Cup and most if not all the Los Angeles Galaxy season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon Sunday while playing for AC Milan.
NKoreans helping to spruce up World Cup stadiums
North Korean laborers are working on football stadiums across South Africa, including the venue where their national team will play Ivory Coast in June in its first World Cup appearance since 1966. Some 1,000 construction workers from reclusive North Korea, which maintains strict control on its citizens' travels, have been sent to help renovate stadiums across South Africa, the Seoul-based...
AP: Beckham out of World Cup after tearing Achilles' tendon
David Beckham's dream of becoming the first English player to appear in four World Cups looks to be over after he tore his left Achilles' tendon in AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo. The former England captain injured himself in the closing minutes of the match Sunday.
AP source: Beckham to miss World Cup
David Beckham will miss the World Cup and most if not all the Los Angeles Galaxy season after tearing his left Achilles' tendon Sunday while playing for AC Milan. His international career for England is all but over. It remains to be seen how much he'll have left for the Galaxy and Major League Soccer.
Oregon's Eaton breaks heptathlon world mark
Oregon senior Ashton Eaton broke Dan O'Brien's heptathlon world record at the NCAA indoor track and field championships.
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