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WORLD / NEWS Thu Sep 13, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

BBC News -- MSPs are expected to give the go-ahead to government plans to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes to 18. The move has attracted cross-party support and will also take place in England and Wales from 1 October. However concerns have been raised.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jan 1, 2007 @ 11:43pm neoform

Physorg -- The move will come into effect on October 1, three months after a ban on smoking in enclosed public places is introduced... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 21, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- A Ghanaian court Wednesday found two British teenage girls guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs out of the west African country, and a legal adviser for the girls said they planned to appeal. The girls, both 16, were convicted of possessing an illegal su.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Nov 16, 2007 @ 8:27am neoform

BBC News -- Turkish prosecutors have reportedly moved to ban a pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey that has been accused of colluding with Kurdish rebels. Supreme Court prosecutors asked the Constitutional Court to bar the Democratic Society Party (DTP), the sta.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Sep 7, 2007 @ 10:39am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- If you believe their PR, Nevada's legal brothels are safe, healthy - even fun - places in which to work. So why do so many prostitutes tell such horrific tales of abuse? Julie Bindel reports. There is only one place in the US where brothels are legal,.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jul 19, 2007 @ 4:36pm neoform

BBC News -- Authorities in India's southern Tamil Nadu state plan legal action against the relatives of an elderly woman who was found abandoned on a rubbish tip. Chinnammal Palaniappan, who is thought to be 75, told locals who found her she was driven miles from.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 8:26am neoform

BBC News -- More than six out of 10 people regularly commit crimes against the government, their employers or businesses, research suggests. Keele University researchers said it showed petty crime was rife among the middle classes and exposed the "law-abiding majo.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jun 11, 2007 @ 10:28am neoform

Al Jazeera -- Support for Chaudhry has grown into a broad campaign for the restoration of democracy and is seen as a significant threat to Musharraf who came to power in a coup in 1999. For nearly a month the supreme court has been listening to legal arguments aime.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:43pm neoform

CNN -- Thousands turned out to greet Pakistan's suspended chief justice as he traveled to a northwestern town on Saturday to muster support for his legal battle against President Pervez Musharraf's attempt to sack him. Chants of "Go Musharraf Go", that have b.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 30, 2007 @ 10:51am neoform

Al Jazeera -- Joy's argument was that the sharia court, a parallel legal system governing Muslims on property and family matters, had no jurisdiction over her since she had renounced Islam. She argued that she had the right to profess the faith of her choice unde.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Oct 27, 2006 @ 11:13am mrmdc

Independent -- For the first time, women in India have legal protection against abuse in their own homes under a law which came into force yesterday. It is the first time Indian law has recognised marital rape, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse of a woman by her husband.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Oct 26, 2006 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- Sony admits senior staff bought PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld consoles from an illegal source but only for investigatory purposes... Read More