Former Iowa slaughterhouse supervisor: Workers given resident cards before immigration raidOctober 29th, 2009 Supervisor: Plant workers given immigration cardsSIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A former kosher slaughterhouse supervisor has testified the plant scrambled to get workers new identification documents the night before a massive immigration raid.
Madhya Pradesh asked to set up child rights bodyOctober 24th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Child Rights Observatory - an independent child rights monitoring body comprising of civil society groups, NGOs, academics and media persons - Saturday urged the Madhya Pradesh government to set up a board or mission for child rights. The recommendation was made in its report "State of MP's Children", released by Justice D.M.
Road blockade against uranium mining in MeghalayaOctober 20th, 2009 SHILLONG - The influential Khasi Students Union (KSU) has decided to intensify its agitation by enforcing a night-long road blockade on national highways from Tuesday night to protest a proposed uranium mining project in the state. KSU president Samuel B.
3 South Fla. men accused of running Ponzi scheme that bilked $14M from Haitians in Fla., NJOctober 17th, 2009 SEC: Ponzi scheme targeted Haitians in Fla., NJMIAMI — Three men are accused of running a Ponzi scheme that scammed more than $14 million from hundreds of Haitian-American investors in South Florida and New Jersey. In a complaint filed Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Ronnie Eugene Bass Jr., Abner Alabre and Brian Taglieri promised to double their clients' money every 90 days through their HomePals Investment Club.
Bermuda judge acquits visiting New York woman, 67, on charge of possessing bulletsOctober 9th, 2009 Bermuda acquits NY tourist, 67, on bullet chargeHAMILTON, Bermuda — A 67-year-old woman from New York was acquitted Friday on a charge of carrying nearly a dozen bullets in her bag as she and her husband left Bermuda after a golfing vacation. Lucy Stackler told a judge she put 11 bullets in a carryon bag when they fell from her closet in May and forgot about them.
Computer expert among last to testify in Italian murder trial of US student, ex-boyfriendSeptember 26th, 2009 Italian jury hears last testimonies in Knox trialROME — A computer expert testified Saturday in the murder trial of an American student and her former Italian boyfriend that someone had used the young man's computer, which the defense said might have erased data that could prove his innocence. Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito have denied killing Knox's British roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007, while Knox and Kercher were studying Italian in the northern city of Perugia.
Developer says incomplete South Padre condo tower that's been sinking will be demolishedSeptember 21st, 2009 Sinking Texas Gulf Coast condos to be demolishedBROWNSVILLE, Texas — Touted as the Texas Gulf Coast's most luxurious tower and later ridiculed as the "leaning tower of Padre Island," an incomplete 31-story condominium project on South Padre Island will be demolished, its developer announced Monday. The Ocean Tower, a 151-unit luxury project slated for a spa and other amenities, started construction in 2006, but stopped last summer when it became obvious the tower was sinking more rapidly than attached parking garages, causing cracks in beams and columns.
ASI gets notice over illegal construction in mosqueSeptember 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has sought a reply from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) over the alleged illegal construction inside the 350-year-old Fatehpuri Masjid here. A division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah and Justice Manmohan asked ASI last week to submit its reply by Oct 7.
Mayawati gets another jolt from courtSeptember 19th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court Saturday gave yet another jolt to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati as it stayed the construction of a boundary wall around the site of a memorial to her mentor, late Kanshi Ram. The court order came on a public interest litigation (PIL) moved by lawyer Sangam Lal Pandey.
4 NY men get prison terms for attacking blacks on election night after Obama victorySeptember 10th, 2009 4 sentenced in NY election night attacks on blacksNEW YORK — The white instigator of a New York City election night rampage against black people in retaliation for President Barack Obama's victory has been sentenced to prison for nine years. A federal judge in Brooklyn also on Thursday gave two other white defendants and one Hispanic defendant prison terms ranging from about 4 1/2 years to nearly six years.
Apex court halts Mayawati's memorial spreeSeptember 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday brought the Mayawati government's memorial building spree to a halt by extracting an assurance from it against further construction at 45 sites in Lucknow that are being developed into memorials to Dalit leaders, including herself. A bench of Justice B.N.
Canadian politician behind road-rage death banned from drivingSeptember 5th, 2009 TORONTO - A top Canadian politician, who was charged in the killing of a cyclist in road rage in the heart of Toronto, has been banned from driving and ordered to deposit his passport with the police. Michael Bryant, who till May served as the attorney-general in Canada's most powerful province of Ontario, spent Monday night in police custody after causing the death of 33-year-old cyclist Darcy Allan Sheppard.
Delhi youth want minimum age for drinking to be loweredSeptember 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A majority of youngsters in Delhi would like a drink before the legal age of 25 and want the government to lower the age limit, a new survey has found. The survey, carried out by the voluntary organisation Campaign Against Drunken Driven (CADD), spoke to 1,000 people in the city, including 761 from the age group of 16-24.
Apex court stops Uttar Pradesh from demolishing templesSeptember 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Friday stopped the Uttar Pradesh government from demolishing three temples within the premises of Lucknow Central Jail. A bench of Chief Justice K.G.
Montana mom pleads guilty to driving son, friends to car break-insSeptember 4th, 2009 Montana mom pleads guilty, drove son to break-insGREAT FALLS, Mont. — A Montana woman charged with driving around her 16-year-old son and six others while they broke into cars in April has changed her plea.
