UK to restrict prosecution for war crimes abroad The Guardian | RAPHAEL G. SATTER | Associated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he would move to block private groups from launching war crimes prosecutions against visiting foreign dignitaries, following a controversy inflamed by an arrest warrant was issued for for...
Solicitors conspired to extort £4.2m for Leonardo da Vinci painting, court told The Guardian | Five deny plotting over Duke of Buccleuch's stolen masterpiece Madonna of the Yarnwinder, Edinburgh trial hears | Detail from The Madonna of the Yarnwinder, the Leonardo da Vinci painting stolen from Drumlanrig castle in 2003. Photograph: PA | One of Britain's richest aristocrats was deeply upset ...
UK court to rule on Russian tycoon's libel claim Newsvine | LONDON — Britain's High Court is due to rule on a libel claim brought by self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster. | The 63-year-old tycoon sued the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting ...
UK Court To Rule On Russian Tycoon's Libel Claim CBS News British Court To Rule On Boris Berezovsky's Libel Claim Against Russian Broadcaster | Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) LONDON (AP) - Britain's High Court is due to rule on a libel claim brought by self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky agains...
UK court to rule on Russian tycoon's libel claim The Press Democrat | The 63-year-old tycoon sued the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR) for a show that accused him of masterminding the death of renegade Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko in London. | Litvinenko died in November 2006 af...
UK court to rule on Russian tycoon's libel claim Seattle Times LONDON - | Britain's High Court is due to rule on a libel claim brought by self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster. | The 63-year-old tycoon sued the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Compan...
UK court to rule on Russian tycoon's libel claim Houston Chronicle | LONDON - Britain's High Court is due to rule on a libel claim brought by self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster. | The 63-year-old tycoon sued the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Compan...
UK court to rule on Russian tycoon's libel claim Denver Post | LONDON—Britain's High Court is due to rule on a libel claim brought by self-exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky against a Kremlin-owned broadcaster. | The 63-year-old tycoon sued the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Co...
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Brown outlines plans for fight against crime The Independent | Gordon Brown today set out new measures to tackle anti-social behaviour, as he put the fight against the fear of crime and yobbery at the heart of the general election battle. | ...
Drivers still using mobile phones despite law The Independent | Three years on from the introduction of tougher in-car mobile phone rules, many motorists are still flouting the law, according to a survey today. | Drivers are illegally using h...
Court To Move Quickly On Pratt & Whitney's Appeal On Plant Closures Hartford Courant A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted Pratt & Whitney an expedited review for its challenge of a lower-court decision barring company plans to close its factory. | The order from the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in renews the possibility th...
Crime rehab failure 'costs £10bn' The Guardian | The failure to rehabilitate tens of thousands of serial criminals is costing the country up to £10 billion a year, a report has said. | Prisoners on short-term sentences are being left idle in their cells for much of the day, the National Aud...
Labour's scramble to launch £11bn spree The Independent | Labour was accused yesterday of rushing through £11bn of spending before the general election in a "scorched earth" policy to prevent its pet projects being scrapped by an incoming Conservative government. | Despite the looming squeeze on public spending, ministers are trying to push through several massive computer contracts before ballot day, w...
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UK Budget Due in 2 Weeks, Paving Way for Election The New York Times | Filed at 4:51 a.m. ET | LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that his government will lay out its budget plans on March 24, paving the way for a national election. | The election must be held by early June at the latest, but the budget date suggests it will be held earlier. | Brown, whose government is under intense p...
