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U.N. seeks details on employees sentenced in Myanmar
Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT
Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is seeking information on three people working for the world body who were sentenced by a Myanmar court in connection with sectarian violence there earlier this year, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday. "The country team in Yangon has received information that a court in Maungdaw has sentenced three people - one from the U.N. refugee agency, one from the World Food Program and a third person who works for a partner organization of the refugee agency," spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters. ... Full Story | Top |
New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013
Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:32 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The broadest legal challenge to the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk" will head to trial in March, a U.S. judge ruled on Monday. The case stems from a class action lawsuit filed in 2008 by four black men claiming they were improperly targeted by police because of their race. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan granted class action status to the lawsuit in March, saying the plaintiffs had established their cases were emblematic of a city-wide problem. ... Full Story | Top |
San Francisco archbishop-elect arrested for drunk driving
Mon,27 Aug 2012 02:42 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Archbishop-elect Salvatore Cordileone, known for a conservative stance on same-sex marriage, has been arrested in his native San Diego for drunk driving, police said on Monday. Cordileone, 56, was stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence on Saturday near the San Diego State University campus, the San Diego Police Department said. Further details of his arrest were not immediately available. ... Full Story | Top |
U.N. chief Ban shocked by Syria massacre, condemns crime
Mon,27 Aug 2012 09:55 AM PDT
Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was shocked by reports of a massacre in a town close to Syria's capital and condemned it as "an appalling and brutal crime" that should be independently investigated immediately, his spokesman said on Monday. Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army on Sunday of massacring hundreds of people in the town of Daraya, which government forces recaptured from rebels. ... Full Story | Top |
Apple jurors grappled with complex patent issues
Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:27 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The youngest juror, a 24-year-old whose favorite court attire was T-shirts bearing names of rock bands, chose a Beatles sweatshirt for Friday's dramatic unveiling of the $1.05 billion verdict in favor of computer titan Apple Inc. One of the oldest was a retired electrical engineer who, as foreman, signed the unanimous verdict that Samsung Electronics Co. copied Apple's patented technology for the iPhone and iPad. Among the other seven jurors were a homemaker, a bicycle shop manager and a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Soccer-Man arrested over racist tweets to West Ham's Cole
Sun,26 Aug 2012 07:19 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A man has been arrested in connection with racist Twitter messages sent to West Ham United footballer Carlton Cole, Essex Police confirmed on Sunday. The 22-year-old man from Southend, Essex, wrote two posts on Saturday following West Ham's 3-0 Premier League defeat at Swansea City. The tweets questioned Cole's performance and used a racist term to describe him. The 28-year-old forward retweeted the comments from his @CarltonCole1 account. ... Full Story | Top |
Top ally of former Ivorian president arrested in Ghana
Sun,26 Aug 2012 01:14 AM PDT
Reuters -  ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ghana has arrested a top ally of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo after weeks of deadly attacks on Ivorian police and military installations, officials from the two neighbouring West African countries said on Saturday. Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity committed during a brief 2011 civil war. ...
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Former Chicago Cubs player Mark Grace arrested for drunken driving
Fri,24 Aug 2012 06:08 PM PDT
Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Former Chicago Cubs standout Mark Grace, a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star selection, was arrested in Arizona for driving under the influence, police said on Friday. Police said Grace, who was pulled over on Thursday night in Scottsdale just outside Phoenix, was driving with a suspended license stemming from a prior driving under the influence arrest in the same town in May 2011. In his most recent arrest Grace, 48, was stopped for having an expired registration plate, said Scottsdale police spokesman Sergeant Mark Clark. "After speaking to Mr. ... Full Story | Top |
Former CFO of Philadelphia archdiocese sentenced to 7 years
Fri,24 Aug 2012 02:35 PM PDT
Reuters - PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The former chief financial officer of the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia was sentenced on Friday to two to seven years in prison for stealing more than $900,000 from the church. After she serves her prison term, Anita Guzzardi, 43, of Camden County, New Jersey, will remain on probation for seven years, Common Pleas Court Judge Ellen Ceisler said at the sentencing. Guzzardi had pleaded guilty to theft by deception, forgery and unlawful use of a computer. ... Full Story | Top |
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