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Deportation set for today
Ian Demers, counsel for Justice Canada, argued at the hearing that halting the proceedings "takes for granted" that Ortiz would not receive protection from her allegedly abusive ex-spouse and that her children would not receive proper medical care in
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:59A
Trial of ex-customs agent set to begin Tuesday
Bliveau, 31, is alleged to have plotted to help Mobtied traffickers smuggle drugs into Canada. She was among more than 60 people sought on warrants in the fall of 2006 as part of Project Colise, an investigation into the Mafia in Montreal and its
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:59A
Victims of crimes should know they also have rights
Crime in SA was perceived as an offence against the state and as a result, real victims were chiefly excluded from the criminal justice process, area communication manager of the Department of Correctional Services Josial Ramokoena said during an anti
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:58A
Decades after massacres, Guatemala seeks genocide trial against former army
This week, 29 years after her brother's death, Matom hopes to find a measure of justice: A judge is expected to decide Wednesday whether a former army general should be tried for genocide in connection with 635 massacres of indigenous people that
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:58A
Husband prefers divorce to life with father-in-law (9/19/11)
I told her I'd rather divorce her than have him sponging off me, which he's done plenty of already. We've been married for 14 years and she had a grandpa come live with us, but times were different then. My wife doesn't have a nickel to her name now.
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:58A
Vic drug trafficker jailed
But Victorian Supreme Court Justice Simon Whelan found his family circumstances were not extreme enough to warrant a reduced sentence. El-Hage had supplied chemicals to drug manufacturers who set up a secret lab at a house in the Victorian seaside
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:58A
Ravalomanana denies arrest risk
Madagascar's exiled President Marc Ravalomanana has rubbished reports, attributed to Justice Minister Christine Razanamahasoa that he will be arrested if he returns to the Indian Ocean island. President Ravalomanana said that in terms of the Roadmap
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:57A
Raps loom for 'tix fix' cops
“There is lightning focus on traffic court,” the source added. “They have Internal Affairs sergeants sitting in traffic court. They are making sure that traffic cops go to the court date and testify properly to the point of obsession.
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:56A
Public's help sought in shooting incident
The Hutchinson County sheriff's office and the Division of Criminal Investigation are seeking information about an incident July 31 in rural Hutchinson County that involved multiple rounds being discharge from a rifle, according to the South Dakota
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:56A
Johnson killed Williams to save family
Matthew Charles Johnson told the jury in his murder trial he was aware when he decided to kill Williams that he would spend a long time in jail. "I knew I would spend the next 30 to 40 years in jail," Johnson told the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:56A
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