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Saudi jails Islamist for 8 years for Twitter protest call

A Saudi court Sunday jailed an Islamist for eight years on charges of inciting protests, mocking the monarch and criticising the security services on Twitter.

Saudi jails Islamist for 8 years for Twitter protest call
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Yemen upholds 10-year jail for 11 Somali pirates

An appeals court in the southern port of Aden upheld a 10-year jail term Sunday for 11 Somali pirates convicted of trying to hijack a ship in Yemeni waters.

Yemen upholds 10-year jail for 11 Somali pirates
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British widow wins battle for husband's frozen sperm

A British woman won a High Court battle to preserve her late husband's sperm for at least another decade so that she can bear his children.

British widow wins battle for husband's frozen sperm
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Cisco cleared in rights case, as tech sector watches

A US court has cleared Cisco Systems over liability for human rights abuses in China, in a case closely watched by the global technology sector and activists.

Cisco cleared in rights case, as tech sector watches
Celestino Cordova, a 27-year-old indigenous Mapuche healer known as "machi". ©Reuters/Jose Luis
Chile indigenous leader gets 18 years for murders

A Chilean court sentenced a leader of the country's Mapuche population to 18 years in jail on Friday for a fire that killed an elderly farmer and his wife.

Chile indigenous leader gets 18 years for murders
Turkey frees all suspects in corruption probe

A Turkish court on Friday released the last five suspects, including the sons of two ministers, detained in a corruption probe that has struck at the heart of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government.

Turkey frees all suspects in corruption probe
UK tabloid ex-editor tells of payments to public officials

Rebekah Brooks, who edited Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids, told her trial Thursday that she had sanctioned payments to public officials for stories with an "overwhelming public interest".

UK tabloid ex-editor tells of payments to public officials
The fire at the flea market Ayan. ©Rosa Yessenkulova
Almaty flea market fire case hits court

Hearings of the criminal case over Almaty flea market fire started on February 25.

Almaty flea market fire case hits court
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US court orders Google to pull YouTube anti-Islam film

A US appeals court on Wednesday ordered YouTube to take down an anti-Islamic movie that triggered protests in the Muslim world, after an actress alleged she had been duped into appearing in it.

US court orders Google to pull YouTube anti-Islam film
Mukhtar Ablyazov. ©Yaroslav Radlovsky
Hong Kong freezes assets of Ablyazov's affiliates

Hong Kong Court has ruled to freeze assets of companies that are believes to be owned by the fugitive ex-head Kazakhstan banker Mukhtar Ablyazov.

Hong Kong freezes assets of Ablyazov's affiliates
US top court refuses to review youth gun restrictions

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to review restrictions on handguns for young people, dealing a blow to arms activists.

US top court refuses to review youth gun restrictions
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Philippine Supreme Court says law on online libel constitutional

The Philippine Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a controversial cybercrime law penalising online libel is constitutional, amid claims it is intended to curb Internet freedom in one of Asia's most freewheeling democracies.

Philippine Supreme Court says law on online libel constitutional
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No release on bail for British corruptor of minors in Kazakhstan

The Criminal Appeals Board of Western Kazakhstan Oblast has dismissed a motion of Peter Baruch’s lawyer.

No release on bail for British corruptor of minors in Kazakhstan
International court to hear Croatia, Serbia genocide claims

The UN's highest International Court of Justice is to hear arguments next month in a long-running genocide case that threatens to sour relations between Croatia and Serbia.

International court to hear Croatia, Serbia genocide claims
Mukhtar Ablyazov. ©RIA Novosti
Ablyazov cannot buy French justice: Advocate General

Being an multi-billionaire Ablyazov can afford to buy anything he wanted, fund opposition political parties and create a committee of international human rights watchdogs to defend him, but he cannot buy the French Justice.

Ablyazov cannot buy French justice: Advocate General
Mukhtar Ablyazov. ©Yaroslav Radlovsky
Fugitive banker Ablyazov eyeing political asylum in France

Fugitive ex-chairman of Kazakhstan-based BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov intends to request a political asylum in France.

Fugitive banker Ablyazov eyeing political asylum in France
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Court backs Apple e-book monitor, within limits

A US appeals court on Monday shot down Apple's bid to derail a court-ordered monitor in its e-book price-fixing case.

Court backs Apple e-book monitor, within limits
PEter Baruch. ©uralskweek.kz/Raul Uporov
City court decision overruled: British corruption of minors case in force

The Criminal Board of Appeals of the West Kazakhstan Regional Court has satisfied the prosecutor’s protests and recognized the actions of the police as lawful.

City court decision overruled: British corruption of minors case in force
Peter Baruch. Photo ©uralskweek.kz/Raul Uporov
No punishment for British corruptor of minors in Uralsk?

Peter Baruch accused of corrupting minors while living in Kazakhstan might escape punishment.

No punishment for British corruptor of minors in Uralsk?
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega. ©Reuters/Oswaldo Rivas
Costa Rica to sue Nicaragua over territorial sea rights

Costa Rica said Tuesday it will take Nicaragua to the International Court of Justice over what San Jose alleges is Managua's seeking to have oil exploration work done in Costa Rican waters.

Costa Rica to sue Nicaragua over territorial sea rights