Official: Immigration fallout could cost Phoenix about $90M in lost hotel, convention business

Phoenix could lose $90M from immigration fallout

Palestinian children living in poverty

JERUSALEM - Three out of four Palestinian children in East Jerusalem live below the poverty line, a report has said.

Investigation begins into Gulf of Mexico oil spill

WASHINGTON - Energy company BP grappled with containing a massive oil leak on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico as officials prepared to open investigations Tuesday into the cause and long-term political affects of the spill.

Iran to issue visas for mothers of detained US hikers

TEHRAN - Iran Monday declared its readiness to issue visas for the mothers of the three detained US hikers, state media reported.

Attorneys for Nancy Grace say mom who killed herself after appearing on show wasn’t ambushed

Grace attorneys: Mom wasn’t ambushed by interview

ACLU and Anchorage can’t agree, lawsuit goes forward on destruction of homeless camps

ACLU going forward with homeless camp lawsuit

NY judge refuses to dismiss indictment against Guantanamo detainee who said he was tortured

NY judge: Torture no grounds to dismiss indictment

Calif. judge considers dismissing suit claiming Dole banana workers sterilized by pesticides

Calif. judge considers dismissing Dole banana suit

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Hearing begins in US relay team’s appeal to regain medals stripped in Marion Jones case

US relay team appeals to CAS in Marion Jones case

Gujarat High Court pulls up its own registry

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Monday came down heavily on its own registry for not complying with the court’s own rules.

Court tells civic body to open park within three months

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Monday ordered the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to open a park to the public within three months after a citizen approached it contending that the civic body was not doing because it could not get a minister to inaugurate it.

Cook County judge orders Dwyane Wade’s wife to court in divorce case

Judge orders Dwyane Wade’s wife to court

CHICAGO — A judge in Chicago says if basketball star Dwyane Wade’s wife doesn’t show up for her divorce hearing, she will order law enforcement to take her to court.

British Airways fuel price-fixing trial collapses after prosecutors drop case

British Airways fuel price-fixing trial collapses

Supreme Court allows Reddy brothers to resume mining

NEW DELHI - In a relief to mining barons Reddy brothers, the Supreme Court Monday permitted them to resume their mining activities in the undisputed area in Andhra Pradesh’s Obulapuram.

Obama nominates top lawyer Kagan to US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama Monday nominated the administration’s chief lawyer, Elena Kagan, to serve on the highest US court.

Court permits minor rape victim to undergo abortion

GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat High Court Monday allowed a minor rape victim’s pregnancy to be terminated in Surendranagar district.

Apex court bans forced DNA test, okays suit against Tiwari

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday said that no one could be forced to undergo a DNA test and asked the Delhi High Court to go ahead with a paternity suit against veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari.

Supreme Court asks judge to frame issues in N.D. Tiwari paternity suit

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Monday asked a trial judge to frame issues in a paternity suit filed against former Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari.

Mizoram to take back 2,000 refugees from Tripura

AGARTALA/AIZAWL - Mizoram has decided to take back 2,000 tribal refugees who had sought shelter in Tripura last year. But thousands are reluctant to go back without security and money to start life anew.

Miniscule corruption in judiciary, but I feel sad: CJI

NEW DELHI - Emphasizing that there is ‘miniscule’ corruption in the higher judiciary, outgoing Chief Justice of India (CJI) K.G. Balakrishnan Monday said he felt sad that motive had been attributed to him in chief justice P.D. Dinakaran’s case even though all norms had been followed.

Kashmir lawyers allege maltreatment of political prisoners

SRINAGAR - The Bar Association of High Court of Kashmir on Monday called for a shutdown in the valley over what they alleged the ‘collapse of judiciary, maltreatment meted out to political prisoners and veiled attempts to change the demographics’ in the state.

Sarah Ferguson in 20K pounds legal battle

LONDON - Sarah Ferguson is facing a 20,000-pound lawsuit for failing to stop a controversial book from hitting bookstores.

Judge acquits Roy Bennett, aide to Zimbabwe prime minister, in case that strained coalition

Judge acquits top aide to Zimbabwe prime minister

Green signal for paternity suit against Tiwari

NEW DELHI - In an apparent setback to former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari, the Supreme Court Monday asked the Delhi High Court to go ahead with the paternity suit against him.

Supreme Court allows Reddy brothers to mine in undisputed areas

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Monday gave permission to the Reddy brothers to mine in undisputed areas, but said it should not be within 150 metres of the Karnataka border.

Supreme Court to hear N.D. Tiwari’s paternity suit appeal

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court will hear former Andhra Pradesh Governor N D Tiwari’s petition challenging the paternity case filed against him by Rohit Shekhar who claims to be his biological son.

Apex court allows Reddy brothers to resume mining

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday permitted magnates Reddy brothers to resume mining in Andhra Pradesh’s Obulapurum on the condition that it would only be in undisputed areas.

Indian environment activist wins Sydney Peace Prize

MELBOURNE - Indian physicist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva has won the 2010 Sydney Peace Prize for her efforts towards women empowerment in developing nations and her scientific contribution to climate conservation.

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