Fed judge denies motion to stop NYC from enforcing cap on number of art vendors in parks

Fed judge upholds NYC art vendor crackdown rules

Panel: Top Texas criminal judge accused of turning away death row inmate’s appeal can keep job

Top Texas criminal judge warned but keeps job

Cyprus bans vuvuzelas

NICOSIA - Cyprus has banned the use of vuvuzelas in all sports stadiums, terming it as a “dangerous object”.

Schwarzenegger mobilizes California National Guard as part of federal effort to secure border

Clarification: Dole-Banana Workers story

Clarification: Dole-Banana Workers story

LOS ANGELES — In a July 8 story about a lawsuit against Dole Foods, The Associated Press reported that Jason Glaser testified about providing a photo of an investigator used on a flyer distributed at anti-Dole rallies in Nicaragua. The story said the photo was distributed with a message suggesting the investigator, who worked for Dole, should be beaten. The story should have specified that the flyer did not carry such language. However, threats against the investigator were made verbally at the rallies where the flyer was handed out, according to other testimony.

Guyana leader sues newspaper over column that portrayed him as racist

Guyana’s president sues over racism charge

Deaths of illegal immigrants in Arizona desert soaring in July amid unrelenting heat

Immigrant deaths in Arizona desert soaring in July

Argentine human rights leaders show support for embattled Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon

Argentina treats embattled Spanish judge as hero

Clooney says photos linking him to Italian fashion line are fake, wows courtroom in Italy

George Clooney radiates cool on witness stand

Equal monetary relief for accident victims, rules court

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday set aside the order of the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal granting excessive monetary relief to a foreign woman, ruling the victim’s social status or colour of skin is immaterial while deciding the compensation for injury in a road accident.

Former Maharashtra top cop’s plea dismissed

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition by Maharashtra’s former director general of police S.S. Virk seeking enforcement of the court’s guidelines providing for a fixed tenure of two years for the head of the police force in the states.

Kerala High Court pulled up for exceeding jurisdiction

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday wondered how Kerala High Court could pass an order, on visitation rights for a father over his daughter, that was beyond its jurisdiction.

Lockout at Birla Tyres’ Balasore unit

KOLKATA - B.K. Birla group company Kesoram Industries Friday said it has been forced to declare a lockout at the Birla Tyres plant at Balasore in Orissa.

Court to take up Tiwari paternity suit July 30

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Friday fixed July 30 for hearing the paternity suit filed by a lawyer claiming to be the biological son of former Andhra Pradesh governor N.D. Tiwari.

UK court rules that Yorkshire Ripper will die in jail

LONDON - A high court has ruled that Peter Sutcliffe, also known as the Yorkshire Ripper, will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Why does Punjab want Komagata money, ask Indians in Canada

TORONTO - The Punjab government’s decision to seek $143 million from Canada for forcibly sending back 376 passengers - mostly Sikhs - of the Komagata Maru ship in 1914, has not found much favour in the Indo-Canadian community.

Panamanian court frees jailed reporter

Panama City, July 16 (IANS/EFE) Veteran Panamanian journalist Carlos Nuñez was released from jail after spending 19 days behind bars for libel based on an article he wrote 12 years ago about a polluted river in the western province of Chiriqui.

Argentina legalises same-sex marriage

Buenos Aires, July 16 (IANS/EFE) Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalise same-sex marriage following a historic vote in the Senate that laid bare the country’s deep political and social divisions.