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- Man convicted of murdering elderly couple - http://t.co/tW4LqEZv Feb 16, 2012
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- Secret court procedures could damage UK's reputation, critics claim http://t.co/F4SBDnLH Feb 16, 2012
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- Man jailed for 'brutal and savage' Wolverhampton murders http://t.co/zFbsmj5p Feb 16, 2012
- Scottish independence: David Cameron in referendum offer http://t.co/wYR8cqRB Feb 16, 2012
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- LIBYA: Armed militias guilty of 'human rights abuses' http://t.co/qAGCUSzG Feb 16, 2012
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- MALAWI: Human rights lawyer jailed after calling on Malawi president to resign http://t.co/eda16AG1 Feb 16, 2012
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- BUSINESS LAW: Apple to pursue legal action against bankrupt Kodak http://t.co/gM9G0a9a Feb 16, 2012
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- Legal challenge bid over fire station closures: http://t.co/nL2bH07c Feb 16, 2012
- Legal ruling puts question mark over Chichester council prayers http://t.co/pocLndfd Feb 16, 2012
- Camden council launches legal challenge to HS2 http://t.co/yDnxm7VT Feb 16, 2012
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- Solicitors Journal - Restrictions on leave for jailed mothers are unlawful, High Court rules http://t.co/EkrmIWeD Feb 16, 2012
- Publishers make bid to close filesharing sites http://t.co/Z8UFlBuI Feb 16, 2012
- Closing the Forensic Science Service will make miscarriages of justice more likely http://t.co/FIGmcUma Feb 16, 2012
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- For London Youth, Down and Out Is Way of Life: http://t.co/J6Zf9j2S Feb 16, 2012
- US: Bolstering Jonathan’s Law http://t.co/Ls7A2uyP Feb 16, 2012
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- Student loan early repayment penalty proposal 'abandoned' http://t.co/3fvHVern Feb 16, 2012
- Russian youth group outlives its usefulness - http://t.co/5JLx1cgB Feb 16, 2012
- No secularism please, we're British - http://t.co/ftNVRlH1 Feb 16, 2012
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- Woman held after teenager killed in 'random' stabbing - http://t.co/KKyKZHqC Feb 16, 2012
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- Cameron's 'drunk tanks' are dangerous, say police - http://t.co/NY5u0Ojy Feb 16, 2012
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- Crime chiefs agree to get tough on illegal tiger trade http://t.co/eZGbamSs Feb 16, 2012
- LIBYA: Libyan trial shows judicial chaos http://t.co/70HHy9sX Feb 16, 2012
- UN : Mladic genocide trial set for May 14 http://t.co/6E4SqQ7Y Feb 16, 2012
- US: Prosecutors rest in fraud trial of Texas financier Stanford http://t.co/VaH8ANI0 Feb 16, 2012
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- NORWAY: Lawyer’s leaks pose media dilemma http://t.co/Monya8hi Feb 16, 2012
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- US: Crusading lawyer ordered to pay $70,000 in Jews for Jesus case http://t.co/P3CrF0Fv Feb 16, 2012
- CANADA: Lawyer sues police for unlawful G20 arrest: http://t.co/qnaBYNbV Feb 16, 2012
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- US: Appeals court denies effort to keep media out of children's courts http://t.co/fX8cyGE0 Feb 16, 2012
- Phone hacking: Glenn Mulcaire granted supreme court appeal http://t.co/nVpEs82R Feb 16, 2012
- CANADA: Supreme Court sends mixed signals on 'do the crime, do the time' sentencing - http://t.co/A0ISn0Gt Feb 16, 2012
- Tory minister blocks 'sensitive personal' story about her son, 17, with High Court injunction http://t.co/8VhJHXhP Feb 16, 2012
- CANADA: BC judge says state of provincial courts 'abysmal,' as more case tossed out http://t.co/09QhGwyw Feb 16, 2012
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- Premier League sides forced to pay back millions of pounds in tax after crackdown on image rights deals http://t.co/Lbeom6QU Feb 16, 2012
- SAUDI ARABIA: Human rights group calls on Saudi Arabia to end ban on women playing competitive sports http://t.co/ertnyxk5 Feb 16, 2012
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- Rule of law is not a bendy tool for political use http://t.co/H3xg6DwK Feb 16, 2012
- US: Arizona lawmaker proposes law to penalize teachers who cuss in classrooms http://t.co/ALuhDiUb Feb 16, 2012
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