Journalist accuses Ecuador’s Correa of orchestrating his prosecution on slander charges

Journalist: Ecuador’s Correa targeting critics

Calif.-based Christian broadcast network TBN settles gay harassment case, amount undisclosed

Christian network TBN settles harassment lawsuit

Lead plaintiff in Indian trust suit says tribes must urge Congress to sign off on settlement

Indian suit plaintiff: Settlement a stepping stone

August trial set for McCourt divorce case; proceedings could determine who owns LA Dodgers

August trial slated in McCourt divorce case

UK lawmakers block quick reform to libel laws, say more consultation is needed on changes

UK lawmakers delay reform of tough libel laws

3 financial advisers file gender discrimination suit against Bank of America, Merrill Lynch

3 sue Bank of America alleging discrimination

Credit Suisse says plaintiffs in $24 billion predatory lending lawsuit have no claims

Credit Suisse says lending lawsuit without merit

Utah jury decides ownership battle for Unix computer systems in favor of Novell Inc.

Utah jury decides Unix battle in favor of Novell

Court nails police lie on ’surrendered Maoists’

BHUBANESWAR - The Orissa High Court Tuesday nailed a lie of the state police who had held two tribal youth of the state’s Kandhamal district as “surrendered Maoists”, and ordered the duo’s release.

Rights group condemns detention of activists

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat unit of the People’s Union for Civil liberties and the Adivasi Mahasabha of the state have strongly condemned the illegal detention of two activists on “false grounds” and demanded their release.

Jailed Texas financier Allen Stanford asks for new attorneys again in $7 billion fraud case

Texas financier Stanford again wants new attorneys

Poor man asked to pay for treatment, hospital denies claim

NEW DELHI - Bhram Pal Singh, a horse-cart driver from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur town, claimed a private hospital here denied him treatment for lack of money, despite the Delhi High Court’s direction to give free treatment to the economically weaker sections of the society. The hospital has denied the allegations.

Kamaz Vectra working to get factory licence

CHENNAI - Heavy truck makers Kamaz Vectra Motors Tuesday said it is taking steps to restart its Hosur plant that has been shut down by Tamil Nadu Factories Inspectorate for operating without a licence.

No relief to Paramount Airways from apex court

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday sought responses from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and two British firms to a Paramount Airways suit, opposing the DGCA de-registering and grounding its fleet for non-payment of dues to the British firms from which it had leased three planes.

EU to introduce streamlined Schengen visa system

BRUSSELS - European Union (EU) officials Tuesday hailed a streamlined new system for issuing visas to enter the Schengen zone, saying that it would make travel easier when it comes into force April 5.

Court allows Adani to go to Goa for CBI questioning

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Tuesday allowed businessman Rajesh Adani, charged with custom duty evasion, four days’ relaxation in his conditional bail to permit him to go to Goa and depose before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials.

Supreme Court rejects petition for withdrawal of Bofors case

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Central Government’s decision for the withdrawal of Bofors pay-off case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi.

Retired employees to get medical reimbursement: Court

NEW DELHI - Ruling that all government employees, even those retired, are entitled for medical reimbursement, the Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Delhi government to pay the medical bills of a man who retired from a government enterprise in 2002.

Court stays transfer of official probing Koda scam

RANCHI - Jharkhand High Court Tuesday stayed the transfer of Income Tax (IT) official Ujjwal Chaudhary, the main investigator of the Madhu Koda scam, till the probe in the case is completely.

Jury to hear arguments in Colorado case by woman who says Easter decorations got her evicted

Jury to hear arguments over Easter decor eviction

Dutch appeals judges rule that Srebrenica victims’ relatives cannot sue UN in Hague court

Dutch court upholds UN immunity in Srebrenica case

China begins trial of activist who sought help for children sickened in tainted milk scandal

Tainted milk activist goes on trial in China

Lawyers for Dodgers owner, wife to argue on date for trial that will determine club ownership

Trial date arguments due in Dodgers divorce case

Dr. Death’s claim that dead patient’s bowel was cancerous not true, says pathologist

BRISBANE - A pathologist has told the Brisbane Supreme Court that a section of a bowel removed from a patient by Indian-born surgeon Dr. Jayant Patel failed to reveal any sign of cancer or a reason for his rectal bleeding.

War crimes trial: Dhaka drops lawmakers from panel

DHAKA - The Bangladesh government has dropped two ruling party lawmakers from a panel of public prosecutors aiding the “war crimes trial” to avoid criticism of the process being considered partisan.

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