BP must cover some of rig owner's Gulf liability: judge Turkish Press | BP is required to cover some -- but not all -- of rig owner Transocean's liabilities for the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge ruled Thursday. | The mixed ruling found that BP must indemnify the rig operator from "compensatory damages" related to the spill even if the claims...
Olmert's lawyers: Any billing woes due to disorder Ha'aretz | Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's attorneys said yesterday any irregularities in travel reimbursements in the so-called Rishon Tours affair stemmed from disorder, not fraud. | Prosecutors charge that Olmert billed more than one organization for o...
India court drops graft charges for minister Al Jazeera | An Indian judge has thrown out a petition to prosecute Palaniappan Chidambaram, the country's home minister, for signing off on part of a telecom scandal that may have cost the government as much as $36bn in lost revenue. | The plea "to summon Chid...
Manning to face court martial over WikiLeaks Al Jazeera | A private charged in the biggest leak of classified information in US history will face a general court martial, the army has said. | Major General Michael Linnington, commander of the Washington military district overseeing the prosecuti...
Israel adds to its crimes Gulf News | Ten years ago about 50 Israeli soldiers, including some officers, refused to serve in the Occupied Territories, roughly the size about 22 per cent of the original state, Palestine, which until mid-1948 was a mandate under British rule. | A declarat...
In Indian Politics, Crime Pays The New York Times | GHAZIPUR, India — On Monday, campaign workers of the small Quami Ekta Dal party in this sleepy agricultural center in eastern Uttar Pradesh state received some thrilling news: Their beloved party leader, Mukhtar Ansari, had been offered temporary...
Holyland trial to be conducted in front of just one judge Ha'aretz | Tel Aviv District Court Judge David Rozen is to be the sole judge in the Holyland corruption case, whose most prominent defendant is former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Tel Aviv District Court President Dvora Berliner announced the decision yesterda...
Torture, and impunity in US courts Al Jazeera | - An important question confronting courts in the United States is whether individuals subjected to torture and other abuse in the "war on terror" can obtain a judicial remedy for their mistreatment. A recent decision by the US Court of Appeal...
Syria: The revenge of Hama 30 years on Al Jazeera | - On February 2, 1982, a state declared war on its own citizens. It did what it did and thought it won. On February 2, 2012, Hama is exacting its revenge on the Assads, denuding the Syrian regime of all pretences of "state civility". | Partly, the tumult engulfing Syria today had to happen sooner or later. Why? Because of what happened in Hama 30...
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy Al Jazeera | The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open pollinated varieties that they can save, improve and exchange, they have no seed sovereignty - and consequently no food sovereignty. | The deepening agrarian and food crisis has i...
