Clergy sex abuse victims have gone to the Interntional Criminal Court, seeking an investigation of the Pope and top Vatican cardinals for possible crimes against humanity.
Posts Tagged ‘court’
Abuse victims seek court inquiry of Pope
Posted: September 13, 2011 in WorldTags: abuse, court, inquiry, Pope, seek, victims'
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Supreme Court cases may delay copyright bill
Posted: September 9, 2011 in TechTags: bill, cases, copyright, court, delay, Supreme
Heritage Minister James Moore says he’s hoping for long-languishing amendments to the Copyright Act to pass by Christmas, but the Supreme Court of Canada could wind up forcing more tinkering with the law.
Clemens's legal team violated court orders: judge
Posted: September 7, 2011 in SportsTags: Clemens's, court, Judge, legal, orders, team, violated
A judge says ex-baseball star Roger Clemens’s defence team violated court orders by contacting jurors after his mistrial.
German court approves bailout funds
Posted: September 7, 2011 in BusinessTags: approves, bailout, court, funds, German
Germany’s high court on Wednesday upheld the country’s participation in eurozone bailout funds, but ruled that parliament should be more involved in such decisions.
Karlheinz Schreiber to get retrial, German court rules
Posted: September 6, 2011 in PoliticsTags: court, German, Karlheinz, retrial, rules, Schreiber
Germany’s top criminal court has ordered a retrial of former arms-industry lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber, saying errors were made in the original 2010 process.
UN war crimes court jails former Yugoslav army chief
Posted: September 6, 2011 in WorldTags: army, chief, court, crimes, Former, jails, Yugoslav
The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal sentenced the former chief of the Yugoslav army to 27 years imprisonment for providing crucial military aid to Bosnian Serb forces responsible for the Srebrenica massacre and for a deadly four-year campaign of shelling and sniping in Sarajevo.
Appeals court acquits Greek sprinters in 2004 crash
Posted: September 6, 2011 in SportsTags: 2004, acquits, Appeals, court, crash, Greek, sprinters
Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were acquitted Tuesday by an Athens appeals court of faking a motorcycle crash following missed doping tests prior to the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Turkey could take Israel to court over Gaza blockade
Posted: September 3, 2011 in WorldTags: blockade, could, court, Gaza, Israel, over, take, Turkey
Turkey is preparing to challenge Israel’s blockade on Gaza at the International Court of Justice, the foreign minister said Saturday, racheting up tensions between the once close allies.
Accused art fraudsters face German court
Posted: September 1, 2011 in EntertainmentTags: accused, court, face, fraudsters, German
Four suspected art fraudsters appeared in a German courtroom on Thursday, accused of running a high-profile forgery scam that may be the largest of its kind in German history.
Australian court rejects plan to return boat people
Posted: August 31, 2011 in WorldTags: Australian, boat, court, people, plan, rejects, return
Australia’s highest court rules that asylum seekers can’t be sent to Malaysia, a major blow to the government’s plan to stem an influx of people attempting to reach Australia by boat.
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