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Brazil rejects Italy appeal for Battisti extradition
It was “Liberdade Para Cesare Battisti” all the way as supporters rallied outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia to liberate Cesare Battisti. Battisti, 56, a former left-wing Italian militant, escaped from an Italian prison, where he awaited a trial for four years, which was frequently denied to him.
Iceland ex-PM pleads not guilty in banking collapse
Iceland ex-PM pleads not guilty to charges over role in banking collapse
Former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde accused of charges that he was grossly negligent for failing to stop the nation’s banking collapse during the 2008 financial crisis yesterday pleaded not guilty.
Gunman shot dead by Watsonville police
A gunman, who walked into the Big 5 Sporting Goods store, grabbed several guns and started shooting, was shot dead by the Watsonville police on Tuesday afternoon.
E COLI OUTBREAK- EU MINISTERS TO HOLD CRISIS TALKS
EU agriculture ministers are to hold emergency talks, as efforts continue to find the source of an E.coli outbreak which has killed 22 people.
French TV, radio programs slapped with social media restriction
The “social networking age” prevailing in France seems to have taken a step back as a decree from the early 1990’s has found its way back in the form of reimplementation by the French regulators. The controversy was sparked by an unnamed French TV channel when they approached France’s Superior Audiovisual Council to know if they had the right to direct viewers to social sites. The decree by the Council has banned ‘clandestine advertising’, the promotion of a brand outside the boundaries of recognized publicity avenues and also French television and radio announcers naming social networking sites on air except for news purposes. The ruling has prohibited French programs to urge viewers or listeners to follow them on specific social sites.
16 killed in Pakistan bakery bombing
Around 16 people were killed and 40 were injured in a suspected suicide bombing that shred through a bakery in a cantonment area in Pakistan last Sunday.
Cabinet approves legal questions in Benazir Bhutto case
ISLAMABAD: The list of legal questions which will be included in the judicial murder of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto reference case has been approved b the Federal cabinet. It has been reported by the Information Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan while speaking to media after the cabinet meeting that, five legal questions will be included in the reference, which includes whether the court had the right to sentence the former Prime Minister to death and if he was victimised by the court.