Of the 21 people arrested on charges relating to the Madrid train bombings in 2004, four people have now been acquitted, which overturns a 2007 Spanish court ruling that had found three of the men guilty."A Spanish...
Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...
According to Rasmussen Reports, "the United States Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on the Second Amendment last week did more than clarify an important Constitutional principle—it also improved public perceptions...
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska. The...
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" BARMY Law Lords were last night accused of unleashing anarchy by barring anonymous witnesses in court trials. Worried police warned that dozens of terrorists and murderers will walk free unless the judges’...
Mengistu Haile Mariam, Ethiopia's former ruler, has been sentenced to death in absentia by the country's Supreme Court."It overturned on appeal last year's ruling by the High Court sentencing Mengistu and 18 of his most senior aides to life in prison. The judge said he had...
Fighting has been reported in Tripoli between Hezbollah sympathisers and supporters of the government."Machine-guns and rocket-propelled grenades are being used and people have been fleeing their homes,...
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UPDATE: 12:52 a.m. EDT Severe storms tore through US southNo injuries have been reported but numerous homes and businesses have incurred damages."An apparent tornado wrecked a shopping area in Mississippi...
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" Colombia extradited one of the country's most feared paramilitary warlords to the United States early Wednesday to face drug trafficking charges, the government said. Carlos Mario Jimenez was flown to...
UPDATE: 9:25 PM EST - May 1The Assoicated Press is now reporting that 18 people died and 44 were injured in the bus crash in Hong Kong yesterday. The bus was carrying 61 passengers on a Christian May Day outing.A...
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UPDATE: 2:44 AM ESTThe BBC is reporting that eight people have died in the bus crash."Eight people have died after a bus carrying North American and European tourists crashed and caught fire in Egypt's Sinai...
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"SEOUL, April 7 (UPI) -- The Korean coast guard Monday reported six Chinese crewmen missing in a collision between a Chinese fishing boat and a South Korean freighter.The fishing boat, Lujiao Yu, capsized about 100 miles south of the South Korean island of Jeju, the South...
Residents in the Waterbury/Middlebury area have been evacuated from their homes after a tractor trailer carrying hydrogen gas crashed on Interstate 84. The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get...
Squealing swine stalled traffic Sunday on the Pomono (60) in California. Thankfully the apocalypse did not ensue."INDUSTRY, Calif. A big rig overturned on the Pomona (60) freeway Sunday, forcing live pigs to...
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