22th April - LAW NEWS HEADLINES

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• Human rights must be integrated into sustainable development, UN official stresses http://t.co/oKCn3bnK Apr 22, 2012
• ARMENIA: Human Rights Organizations concerned over film festival obstruction http://t.co/QQtwR78u Apr 22, 2012
• Chinese human rights website and host threatened by DDoS attacks http://t.co/CxhxBzw7 Apr 22, 2012
• BAHRAIN stages F1 Grand Prix despite protests http://t.co/jkbdHCAW Apr 22, 2012
• Twelve ill in Fort William rogue drugs scare http://t.co/S7jxvmNu Apr 22, 2012
• Kenya Olympic marathon star Sammy Wanjiru dies in fall http://t.co/mHNtAreu Apr 22, 2012
• Ministry of Justice warns sold-off prison vans 'could be used in escapes' http://t.co/C0sJEuOf Apr 22, 2012
• US: Why Justice Department Could Hit Wal-Mart Hard Over Mexican Bribery Allegations http://t.co/FcKblFlK Apr 22, 2012
• IsAnyoneUp's Hunter Moore: 'The net's most hated man' http://t.co/GCXltRQ8 Apr 22, 2012
• ISP to transfer domain name of http://t.co/LTEMZrn5 to a solicitor who claimed he was defamed on site http://t.co/ANsF2TjN Apr 22, 2012
• Postal workers back compulsory dog microchip plan http://t.co/GLz7ocLz Apr 22, 2012
• Legal Education's Original Sin - TaxProf Blog http://t.co/wR2twzuP Apr 22, 2012
• Legal aid cuts are an injustice against the poor http://t.co/X3lYFJO7 Apr 22, 2012
• INDIA: 'Legal field needs extensive research' http://t.co/1N2CAVak Apr 22, 2012
• INDIA: State legal services to check child marriages http://t.co/C5oiNY2u Apr 22, 2012
• US: Danger in every direction: for colleges, sex assault cases a legal minefield http://t.co/c6j8EgFb Apr 22, 2012
• MALAYSIA: New legal bid over atrocity in Malaysian village Batang Kali http://t.co/hsU7XKxF Apr 22, 2012
• Women's alliance lobbies Clarke over legal aid reforms http://t.co/klnK7J5x Apr 22, 2012
• Katyn at Strasbourg and Nuremberg : From the blog of 'PhD studies in human rights' http://t.co/77IvC53x Apr 22, 2012
• Second hate cleric is allowed to stay - and he's so dangerous he was banned from AS-level Chemistry! http://t.co/4GIKLEcO Apr 22, 2012
• F-1 chooses profit over human rights | http://t.co/hKeIemvg Apr 22, 2012
• ICELAND: Icelandic Leader Discusses Human Rights With China’s Wen http://t.co/XvAEefqe Apr 22, 2012
• Human Rights: anyone got a better idea than muddling on? http://t.co/QgEQyX1W Apr 22, 2012
• The cool Mrs Theresa May is acting like a hothead http://t.co/PYNqKcY4 Apr 22, 2012
• Wrongly accused parents will be less able to defend their case in family courts if new government proposals are adopted http://t.co/uiwddr3R Apr 22, 2012
• NEW ZEALAND: Respected barrister John Haigh dies News http://t.co/75haFZdD Apr 22, 2012
• KENYA: Olympic marathon star Sammy Wanjiru dies in fall - police investigation follows http://t.co/mHNtAreu Apr 22, 2012
• Justice Under North Carolina’s Racial Bias Law: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL http://t.co/IU3TjEVJ Apr 22, 2012
• US: Suspected Sale by CHINA of missile parts Stirs Concern at White House http://t.co/CAgIZNTS Apr 22, 2012
• Murdoch to Be Quizzed on His UK Political Sway http://t.co/stuMK2T9 Apr 22, 2012
• AUSTRIA: Vienna street severs anti-Semite link http://t.co/bHeau3Iu Apr 22, 2012
• BURMA: Opposition won't attend reopening of parliament over swearing oath of allegiance to former military junta drafted constitution http://t.co/Y1gfvp4J Apr 22, 2012
• Queen's speech omission ignites overseas aid row - MPs & charities urge coalition for legislating on increased spend http://t.co/vp98BDvu Apr 22, 2012
• US: Law that makes it a crime to lie about military honors could be overturned http://t.co/KewTD4yo Apr 22, 2012
• US: Sex offender law picks up support but few convictions http://t.co/b9YWRqdy Apr 22, 2012
• US: Pennsylvania law on fracking chemicals worries doctors http://t.co/GTEq5wkF Apr 22, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸  Apr 22, 2012
• Abu Qatada could stay in UK for years after May presides over 'shambles' http://t.co/TM5UQkHW Apr 22, 2012
• SIERRA LEONE: Scars of war fade as Sierra Leone awaits fate of dictator 'who fuelled violence' http://t.co/9WYSBcdV Apr 22, 2012
• Plato’s Body, and Mine - “temperance” in physical training, like learning music and poetry http://t.co/aiCcfGM7 Apr 22, 2012
• Teach the Books, Touch the Heart http://t.co/qMFYrrcZ Apr 22, 2012
• The Flight From Conversation - we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection http://t.co/GgV2nmqv Apr 22, 2012
• Rupertn Murdoch arrives, tilting at windmills and David Cameron http://t.co/oLhOxDaA Apr 22, 2012
• RUSSIA: Oligarch Oleg Deripaska reveals he paid armed gangs to protect his business empire - http://t.co/ruqv1hTr Apr 22, 2012
• Miriam Gonzalez Durantez (Nick Clegg's wife) and the US firm her husband attacked in Commons http://t.co/3OgdQqql Apr 22, 2012
• BAHRAIN: Bahrain Grand Prix - Government 'confident' clashes will not mar race http://t.co/gBy2iFkx Apr 22, 2012
• Fugitive multimillionaire fraudster Michael Brown extradited to Britain http://t.co/IkKQzAcc Apr 22, 2012
• Archbishop of York victim of 'naked racism', claims ally http://t.co/ugyaEjB2 Apr 22, 2012
• Mayoral elections intended to boost local democracy can easily hand power to extremists: The town hall dictator http://t.co/J0dvE6p0 Apr 22, 2012
• Secret meeting between MI6 and police hours after discovery of spy Gareth Williams's death - http://t.co/M9lt6YQl Apr 22, 2012
• Government's top secret listening post to face racism claims http://t.co/mCoGzjbk Apr 22, 2012
• 100,000 British women mutilated - female genital mutilations http://t.co/NNSUvviG Apr 22, 2012
• News from Nottinghamshire's courts http://t.co/8cTuyIG5 Apr 22, 2012
• AUSTRALIA: Embassy in France flouts French unions and faces court http://t.co/z0r0dikk Apr 22, 2012
• US: High court again looks at federal power http://t.co/MuahcZ6B Apr 22, 2012
• CANADA: Quebec court backs gun registry, sets stage for federal legal battle http://t.co/oCQcIm1l Apr 22, 2012
• Court chaos as hard-up couples try DIY divorce http://t.co/hLa15A7B Apr 22, 2012
• US: Zimmerman may remain in jail until middle of next week http://t.co/8llOvgWi #cnn Apr 22, 2012
• US: Lawyer blasts ¿absurd¿ solitary confinement for jailed 'Barefoot Bandit' http://t.co/jTZN5YRK Apr 22, 2012
• US: Megaupload trial might never happen http://t.co/u6T8iBkt Apr 22, 2012
• US: Edwards Trial Set to Begin, Reopening a Story of a Derailed Political Career http://t.co/ZFAc2Uwz Apr 22, 2012
• Protesters at an Occupy camp have announced they will end their protest on Sun evening after more than six months http://t.co/UrPCcwGu Apr 22, 2012
• NORWAY: Anders Behring Breivik trial: Six days in the company of a mass murderer http://t.co/3DGJAVGr Apr 22, 2012
• US: Philadelphia priest-abuse trial painful, poignant for Catholics http://t.co/bEM2I9nM Apr 22, 2012
• US: Rocker & wildlife hunter Ted Nugent pleads guilty to transporting a black bear illegally killed in Alaska http://t.co/DQK8NB9m Apr 22, 2012
• INDONESIA: Komodo seascapes killed by illegal fishing http://t.co/MW9ehDxi Apr 22, 2012
• US: Did Heineken illegally chop off tree tops to make way for giant beer advert http://t.co/IthXUNue Apr 22, 2012
• US: Civil rights leader plans to sue Leopold over alleged dossier http://t.co/FvaDmYjp Apr 22, 2012
• SPAIN: La Liga stadiums bar Spanish radio broadcasters in growing rights row http://t.co/0QMgYaNE Apr 22, 2012
• US: On campus, debate over civil rights and rape http://t.co/GC73uw6C Apr 22, 2012
• Disabled rights campaigner Lord Ashley dies aged 89 http://t.co/NYO09U1K Apr 22, 2012
• New Europe row as Tories scrap in cabinet over human rights http://t.co/DcAryqLZ Apr 22, 2012
• Alvechurch woman wins claim for unfair dismissal http://t.co/uGYhVaVZ Apr 22, 2012
• CANADA: The National Post sacrifices accuracy for penis http://t.co/CQ4DrZV5 Apr 22, 2012
• NEW ZEALAND: AMI rapped for refusing access to information http://t.co/m39K8Isn Apr 22, 2012
• IRELAND: Bin company boss laughed at complaint, tribunal told http://t.co/ejgeRIiI Apr 22, 2012
• FRANCE: Perilous flirtation with the extreme right http://t.co/sseEOvEx Apr 22, 2012
• We're British, which means Abu Qatada should stay - John Rentoul - http://t.co/JJLrrZY0 Apr 22, 2012
• Lib Dem donor Michael Brown extradited to UK http://t.co/BcwldwEX Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: "The Megrahi Affair" clings to those who hold the power to resolve it - Professor Robert Black QC explains http://t.co/jGewl12s Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: The Council of the Law Society of Scotland has 57 members, it has vacancies and cannot attract enough members http://t.co/0vc0b2XX Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: Fulltext of sentencing statement by Lord Bracadale to David Gilroy after he was found guilty of Pilley murder http://t.co/m6ia5uQK Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: Text of open letter sent from former Law Society Council member Semple to Society President elect Lafferty http://t.co/KlZRSZPK Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: Outlook: Cloudy - Law firms and the evolution of Cloud Computing http://t.co/I3QjPQUc Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: Commission recommends replacement of Cornton Vale women’s prison http://t.co/wtBLkU8M Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: Former Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini backs cameras in court: "It will be to the benefit of Scotland" http://t.co/OX9jK0XF Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: Incoming Law Society President Austin Lafferty supports the extension of the operation of cameras in court http://t.co/w0178BLr Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: McKie affair: Statement from Chief Constable Stephen House http://t.co/g9q0WLym Apr 22, 2012
• THE FIRM: Private prosecutions should be “easier and more accessible” http://t.co/xcHDMxkF Apr 22, 2012
• US: An Invitation to Abuse and Chaos - Arizona’s cold-blooded immigration statute http://t.co/jgwRwJuM Apr 22, 2012
• ARGENTINA & SPAIN: Law must prevail in energy dispute: http://t.co/LPf1azTn Apr 22, 2012
• THAILAND: Law to be introduced - an amnesty bill claiming national reconciliation as justification http://t.co/bu9q6QMa Apr 22, 2012
• US: Obama Urges Congress to Extend Law on College Loans http://t.co/uOjbyJbL Apr 22, 2012
• Terror and the law, a nice little earner for lawyers http://t.co/bLO4gumq Apr 22, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Sindh CM presides over meeting on law and order: http://t.co/jdLzA9eB Apr 22, 2012
• US: Wisconsin's Planned Parenthood suspends non-surgical abortions http://t.co/H2S6TV3t Apr 22, 2012
• Ambulance off road after theft during west Belfast arson call-out http://t.co/Xwl92wkY Apr 22, 2012
• Police revisit scene of fatal fire in Dungannon http://t.co/AbrwYR8t Apr 22, 2012
• Vandals damage inside of St Anne's Catholic Church in Thurso http://t.co/vpjfocmF Apr 22, 2012
• Blue Knights prepare new Rangers bid http://t.co/eExWDmQO Apr 22, 2012
• Body in woods confirmed as missing schoolgirl Moyra As-Chainey http://t.co/j05EegRT Apr 22, 2012
• CZECHS: Huge anti-government rally in Prague http://t.co/tXBdhaIf Apr 22, 2012
• Diplomat George Fergusson seriously hurt in mugging http://t.co/0dfoaxli Apr 22, 2012
• Occupy camp in Nottingham to disband - http://t.co/HnWhTXKn Apr 22, 2012
• In family courts, 'experts' are paid to get it horribly wrong http://t.co/CZQSN96H Apr 22, 2012
• Western allies of MI6 'kept in dark' over mosque sting plan http://t.co/mcYUYAFw Apr 22, 2012
• Watchdog calls for power to scrutinise privatised police http://t.co/z3jPovUA Apr 22, 2012
• Abu Qatada could stay in UK for years after May presides over 'shambles' http://t.co/TM5UQkHW Apr 22, 2012
• US: Law firm fires 14 employees for wearing orange shirts http://t.co/jDxbw25p Apr 22, 2012