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China sentences mining tycoon to death A Chinese court on Friday convicted a mining billionaire said to have links with former security tsar Zhou Yongkang of murder and sentenced him to death.
23 May 2014 11:48
Bolivian ex-president can face rights trial in US A judge in the state of Florida has given a green light for a human rights abuses trial to move forward in the United States against Bolivian ex-president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
22 May 2014 10:48
Japan court orders military night flights at base suspended A court Wednesday ordered Japan's military to suspend night flights from one base in the first such ruling over noise caused by fighter planes.
21 May 2014 15:09
Sudan judge orders Christian woman to hang for apostasy A Sudanese judge on Thursday sentenced a heavily pregnant Christian woman to hang for apostasy, a ruling which Britain denounced as "barbaric" and left the United States "deeply disturbed".
16 May 2014 12:45
Six Moroccans jailed for 'homosexuality': NGO A Moroccan court has jailed six men for up to three years on various charges including "homosexuality", a rights group told AFP.
16 May 2014 10:22
Four crew of S. Korean ferry charged with manslaughter The captain and three other crew members of the ferry that sank off South Korea last month were indicted Thursday on charges of manslaughter through gross negligence, Yonhap news agency reported.
15 May 2014 14:15
Kazakh student prisoners in Boston to face trial separately The hearings of Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, arrested in the United States in relation to the Boston bombings case would take place separately.
15 May 2014 12:43
Suit filed in death of 'Fast and Furious' actor Paul Walker The widow of the man who was driving a sports car when it crashed, killing him and "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker last year, is suing Porsche.
13 May 2014 13:54
Turkey court hears witnesses in police murder trial A Turkish court heard testimony on Monday that eight men, including four police officers, pummelled a teenage protester to death with baseball bats and truncheons during anti-government demonstrations last year.
13 May 2014 11:27
Appeal court revives Oracle-Google copyright battle An appeals court on Friday breathed new life into Oracle's big-money lawsuit against Google by ruling that software commands can be copyrighted just like classic books.
10 May 2014 11:54
Son of New Zealand's Maori king on burglary charges The son of New Zealand's Maori king appeared in court on Monday charged with burglary and stealing surfboards in a North Island town, prompting a rare public rebuke from the indigenous figurehead.
06 May 2014 10:17
Mixed verdict in Samsung-Apple patent trial Jurors on Friday ordered Samsung to pay just a fraction of the big-money damages sought by Apple in a high-stakes Silicon Valley case over smartphone patents.
03 May 2014 09:05
Japan kicks off first whale hunt since UN court ruling A Japanese whaling fleet is set to leave port Saturday in the first hunt since the UN's top court last month ordered Tokyo to stop killing whales in the Antarctic.
26 April 2014 13:39
US judge dismisses Tarantino lawsuit against website A US judge threw out Wednesday a lawsuit by Quentin Tarantino seeking $1 million from a gossip website for helping leak a screenplay for his latest planned movie.
25 April 2014 10:58
F1 boss Ecclestone's bribery trial starts in Germany Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone went on trial in Germany Thursday accused of bribery in a case which threatens a jail term for the Briton who has controlled the motor sport for four decades.
24 April 2014 14:39
Kazakh father of Boston prisoner granted US Visa Amir Ismagulov, the father of Azamat Tazhayakov, a Kazakhstani student arrested in Boston, has finally received his visa after 45 days of waiting.
23 April 2014 21:37
British corruption of minors case hearing in Uralsk postponed for one month The Uralsk Court has extended the arrest of the British national Peter Baruch accused of corruption of minors in Kazakhstan.
22 April 2014 20:39
Boston prisoners' legal proceedings may be postponed: Stall Legal proceedings against Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, Kazakhstani students who were arrested in the United States in relation to the Boston bombings case, may be delayed until August.
22 April 2014 20:26
Juicy court case leaves Coca-Cola on defensive Coca-Cola was taken to task by the US Supreme Court on Monday, with justices questioning whether a drink sold as fruit juice was the real thing.
22 April 2014 13:34
Peter Baruch's hearing postponed Peter Baruch detained for corruption of minors in Kazakhstan's Uralsk and Atyrau will remain in custody till the end of the month.
21 April 2014 16:08
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