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- How to tackle sexual assault on campuses – without the lectures http://t.co/k7nEZBZj
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- Newspaper ordered to pay £15,000 privacy damages over pictures of 'politician's lovechild' http://t.co/yBvsB3C3
- UK government officials to be cross-examined over WikiLeaks cable http://t.co/XLkW2cMj
- Supreme Court blocks deportation of asylum seekers with no political views http://t.co/Fm83d2Rb
- PERU: Court ruling could free Peruvian death squad members http://t.co/C8y9jHQo
- PAKISTAN: Contempt law case http://t.co/URvM4e2K
- KENYA: Court overturns ban on separatist group http://t.co/uXBTnRjw
- In our race to win the Games, we lost our dignity: on time without traffic laws being changed http://t.co/EQMOzDcJ
- Britain should either acknowledge its many imperial crimes, or stop pretending to care http://t.co/FRz0p7t6
- Senior Government officials to face cross-examination over Wikileaks cable http://t.co/f0w6Hanj
- Pair quizzed over Philpott sibling deaths at Derby house fire released without charge http://t.co/2g7D2a2k
- Trio jailed for burying puppies alive in their garden http://t.co/3UuKstFu
- Waiter who streaked alongside Torch relay denies indecency claiming his naked body inspired 'hilarity not distress' http://t.co/bSLaRz8t
- 'Roman Catholic nun' convicted of sending hoax anthrax packages to senior politicians including Nick Clegg http://t.co/2y0egnzM
- Phone-hacking charges may deal new blow to The Sun http://t.co/etQFGzCf
- The riots - one year on: 'We're not feral youths. We're just fighting to be heard' - http://t.co/XQrdhbSB
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- LAW GAZETTE: Dramatic changes to family migration http://t.co/swZcOgL8
- LAW GAZETTE: ‘Baby barrister’ threat to solicitors http://t.co/yOvUbfFl
- LEGAL FUTURES: Here come the 'baby barristers' as BSB bids to scrap public access http://t.co/D1pFj5uc
- LEGAL FUTURES: Pioneering webcam legal advice service ties up with Citizens Advice Bureau http://t.co/gEjn5Mib
- LEGAL FUTURES: New law firm launches 'white label' personal injury service for other solicitors http://t.co/ZfijcHco
- Top rights lawyer praises SENEGAL'turnaround' in Habre case http://t.co/ys9YOjd5
- AUSTRALIA: RTA forced to rehire lawyer in $1.5m case http://t.co/FVoLrQ52
- CANADA: Judge's husband says other lawyers knew of nude-photo controversy http://t.co/F71jQPAj
- Lawyer jailed for running a brothel empire: 'Horrible creature' trapped when police were offered girls by mistake http://t.co/Ma2bxKxQ
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- THAILAND: Thaksin faces trial over KTB loan to real-estate firm http://t.co/fRCUjz80
- US: Modern Family' Cast Sues Over "Illegal Contracts" http://t.co/xNvYKuj4
- MALAYSIA: Law to legitimise illegal hoteliers http://t.co/iyORLKtG
- INDIA riots: Illegal immigration is behind deadly clashes in Assam http://t.co/aeDOgkm7
- US: Romney says suspect obtained guns illegally but gun laws not needed http://t.co/k346CsZB
- US: Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color - http://t.co/FCKqIrSG
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- Violence against women must be tackled on all fronts http://t.co/QAiFzVMM
- Judge orders cross-examination of officials over WikiLeaks documents http://t.co/uAXw4Wo7
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- Dublin judge slams Sean Quinn family's' 'dishonesty' http://t.co/of3bR3ce
- Ardoyne riots: Teenager faces custody over 12 July trouble http://t.co/tSLp4sq1
- Smithwick Tribunal: Unnamed Garda officer 'was IRA source' http://t.co/JVN3aOXX
- Ugandan asylum seeker Rogers Mutebi guilty of raping student http://t.co/Hrz7ZxlZ
- Grampian Police officers to wear body cameras http://t.co/XWi7Eb8w
- Garry Smith jailed for life for murdering Graeme Ferry http://t.co/gPrYIQ4G
- Former police inspector Richard Munro jailed http://t.co/kN7LYmPI
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- Christie brothers jailed for life for Brian Faulds murder http://t.co/fN30IO2u
- North Koreans walk off after flag row over South Koren flag being shown http://t.co/ibHNNVRa
- GHANA: Judiciary will adjudicate election related disputes and offences with high integrity- Chief Justice http://t.co/AYCM6aw4
- US: Rep Steve King Announces Hearing on English as Official Language http://t.co/7wnVImG1
- GERMAN court dumps election law that favoured Merkel http://t.co/IysLDeVF
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- Scotland's gay marriage law to progress http://t.co/LFxfBge9
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