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Hurt Lokayukta cautions media against 'malicious campaign'
By IANS, Bangalore : Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice (Retd) Shivaraj V. Patil, who resigned Monday following a row over his buying a housing plot, cautioned the media against malicious campaign on people who spend a lifetime with integrity and build a
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:29A
Psychiatric supervision for killer mum
South Australian Supreme Court Justice John Sulan found Beverley May Eitzen, 48, not fit to be tried because she was so depressed when she killed her 16-year-old son Peter in 2009. Today he released her into the community on a restricted mental health
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:29A
Last Chadwick's to close door in Taunton
Boston Apparel this summer filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, which eventually was converted to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. An affiliate of Blackstreet Capital Management LLC, a Maryland-based private equity firm, reached a deal to buy Boston
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:29A
Aust shares close down 1pc
under a western Sydney bridge yesterday said her son's death was an accident, as he had a mental disability and "a fascination with putting things around his neck". 'Reality hits hard, bro': Crash witness web starA car crash victim in Phoenix,
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:28A
A new iPhone, a new Samsung lawsuit
The South Korean electronics maker is reported to be seeking to ban the sale of Apple's iPhone 5, before it is even released, in the latest stage of a tit-for-tat intellectual property battle which has
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:28A
Law firm claims R150 000 from Tshwane metro
During this time, the firm could not conduct its business. This created the impression that the firm could not meet its financial obligations to pay due rates, Blom argues, which he said constituted defamation. Tshwane alleged at the time that the
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:26A
Court told Ekurhuleni councillor is dead
He was testifying in the trial of Vusimuzi Landford Twala (36), Simphiwe Dennis Zwane (50) and Christopher Mbatha (37). The three have pleaded not guilty to murdering, kidnapping and robbing the 43-year-old Mbethe of cash, his bank card and cellphone
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:26A
Dewani incident used as example in stalker trial
The honeymoon murder of Anni Dewani prompted British photo-journalist Shumsheer Singh Ghumman to travel to SA, the Cape Town Regional Court heard yesterday, according to a report on the IoL site. He told the court he intended doing a photo-story on
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:26A
Foley to take stand in assault trial
His defence counsel, Martin Anders, yesterday called for the case to be thrown out of court after the key prosecution witness, Jacob Garvie, claimed to have lost his memory from a car accident. But deputy chief magistrate Andrew Cannon dismissed the
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:26A
Foley to take stand in assault trial
His defence counsel, Martin Anders, yesterday called for the case to be thrown out of court after the key prosecution witness, Jacob Garvie, claimed to have lost his memory from a car accident. But deputy chief magistrate Andrew Cannon dismissed the
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:26A