Baby RB: heartbreak in Court 50 as life of a one-year-old hangs in the balance The Guardian | A judge in the Royal Courts of Justice must decide the fate of Baby RB, who has a rare genetic condition. His mother believes he should be allowed to die; his father disagrees | It is an unceremonious setting for a decision of life or death. Court 50 in the Royal Courts of Justice is a draughty, m...
Courts told get tough on polluters The Guardian | The courts have been urged by a watchdog to issue tougher fines for environmental pollution. | The Environment Agency said bigger fines would send out a strong message to polluters that their behaviour would not be tolerated. | Its latest pollution statistics reveal that the number of cases of ser...
Iraq electoral law passes, sets up national vote The Guardian | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Associated Press Writer= BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's parliament passed on Sunday a long-delayed law in a crucial step to setting up nationwide elections, which the head of the electoral commission expected would still be held in...
Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq The Guardian | WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling the Iraqi parliament's passage of a much-delayed election law an a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future. | The president said in a Rose Garden statement Sunday that the n...
Iraqi parliament passes key election law The Guardian | BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's parliament has passed a long-delayed electoral law, paving the way for nationwide elections. | The key hurdle to the law's passage was how to apportion votes in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a city claimed by both Arabs an...
US attorney general: Gitmo reviews under way The Guardian | DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The U.S. attorney general says reviews are under way to decide which Guantanamo Bay detainees could face trial in American courts or special military tribunals. | Eric Holder said Sunday the decisions on some detainees could...
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Change law on organ donation, doctors say The Independent | Every adult in the UK would be legally required to decide whether to donate their organs after death, under a radical solution to the critical shortage of organs for transplant p...
Corzine Courts Obama Backers in All-Out Push The New York Times | NEWARK - In the final hours of this intensely fought campaign, supporters of Gov. Jon S. Corzine are knocking on doors here with a message for people who voted for Barack Obama: ...
Denver Broncos add Law to roster Ohio | Associated Press | Ty Law spent the first half of the season waiting for the right team to come calling. Now that it has, he doesn't want to waste any more time getting back on the field. | Law came out of what he called ''semiretirement'' Saturday...
Baby RB: heartbreak in Court 50 as life of a one-year-old hangs in the balance The Observer | It is an unceremonious setting for a decision of life or death. Court 50 in the Royal Courts of Justice is a draughty, medium-sized room with wood-panelled walls and harsh strip-lighting. Thick lever-arch files, stuffed full of notes, are stacked u...
Plans for third runway at Heathrow hang in balance The Observer | In 1998, the government began a review of its policy on airports. It took five years and 13 months of consultation to conclude what everyone knew already: that the UK's airports, and those in the south-east in particular, were bursting at the seams. The resulting white paper said that additional runways should be built at and Stansted to ease the...
Zuma will surprise us - McCauley Independent online | Pastor Ray McCauley, who heads the Rhema Bible Church, believes President Jacob Zuma will surprise South Africans. | "He will go down in history as the president who has made a difference; he will produce results with his different, new leadership style." | McCauley admits he did not always see Zuma as a presidential candidate: "I did have fears ...
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