Archive for the ‘LEGAL’ Category

CENSUS 2010: Thank you event for Nevada teams

IT'S IN OUR HANDS Census 2010 teams were invited to a thank you lunch at Palace Station on 21st August ‘10, as gesture of Mission Accomplished after having all the teams worked really hard to created awareness for Census 2010 and its benefits for our state. One of the teams was Southern Nevada...
August 20th, 2010 | LEGAL, NATION | Read More

HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Price of a girl child $500 in china

TIME TO ACT IS NOW! Police in China say they have recovered more than 2,000 children in a six-month campaign against human trafficking. The ministry of public security has set up a website with pictures of some of those kidnapped, in the hope of returning them to their families. The ministry website...
October 28th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

SECRET CIA PRISONS: Alleged abuse probe ordered

PRISONER ABUSE PROBE CIA interrogators threatened an al Qaeda prisoner with a gun and an electric drill to try to scare him into giving up information, according to a long-concealed inspector-general’s report due to be made public on Monday. A special US prosecutor has been appointed to investigate...
August 24th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

CREDIT CARD THEFT: 130 million cards data stolen

BIGGEST THEFT IN HISTORY US prosecutors have charged a man with stealing data relating to 130 million credit and debit cards. Officials say it is the biggest case of identity theft in American history. They say Albert Gonzalez, 28, and two un-named Russian co-conspirators hacked into the payment systems...
August 18th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

SOTOMAYOR: First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice

SONIA SOTOMAYOR CONFIRMED Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who rose from the housing projects of the Bronx to the top of the legal profession, made history Thursday when the Senate confirmed her to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Sotomayor was easily confirmed in a 68-31 vote. Nine...
August 7th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

US WORKER PETITIONS: Applications on sharp decline

VISA PETITIONS ON DECLINE The number of petitions from employers trying to bring foreigners to work permanently in the U.S. has declined dramatically over the last two years, an Associated Press review of government data has found. With the nation facing a deep recession and high unemployment, the government...
August 6th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

RACIAL PROFILING: Friend or foe

PRESIDENT CLEARS THE AIR Just when it looked like things were cooling down, President Obama said police acted “stupidly” when they arrested a black Harvard scholar outside his own home. Prof Henry Louis Gates was held last week in Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to the top university where...
July 24th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

CORRUPTION: Dozens arrested in New Jersey

NEW JERSEY SHOCKED More than 40 people, including politicians, officials and several rabbis have been arrested in a major FBI operation in the US. Three hundred agents raided dozens of locations in New Jersey and New York as part of a 10-year probe into corruption and money laundering. Three mayors from...
July 24th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

PAKISTAN: Ex-Prime Minister acquitted

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has acquitted opposition head Nawaz Sharif of hijacking charges, removing the final ban on him running for public office. Attorney General Latif Khosa read a statement confirming the decision and congratulated Sharif. A meeting between Sharif and Pakistani President Asif...
July 17th, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More

IRAN TRIAL: For UK embassy staff in Tehran

A top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Jannati said Friday some of the arrested employees from the British Embassy in Tehran would be put on trial, Iranian Students News Agency reported. Nine embassy staff were held in Tehran last weekend. Britain says all but two have now been freed. EU governments are to...
July 3rd, 2009 | LEGAL | Read More