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07 May

Publisher drops book ban lawsuit against Mass. prisons

State prison officials have decided to allow a publisher of legal self-help books to Legal distribute its materials in Massachusetts prisons.
The decision comes after mail-order publisher Prison Legal News sued Department of Correction Commissioner Harold Clarke. The Seattle-based publisher claimed Clarke was banning its publications in state prisons by refusing to add it to a [...]

04 May

Legal team off to a positive start: Naek

The legal committee tasked to prepare a framework for the reinstatement of deposed judges began its deliberations in ?a positive direction? here on Saturday, Law Minister Farooq Naek said after its first formal meeting.
?We have deliberated on how to reinstate the deposed judges in accordance with the Bhurban Declaration and subsequent notification for their reinstatement [...]

18 Apr

Doomed fishing boat ‘not fit to sail’ (+video)

In a strongly worded 100-page report into the sinking of the Kotuku on May 13, 2006, the commission highlights the repeated failure of Maritime New Zealands ship safety inspection system to identify problems with the boat.
Six of nine people on board the Kotuku died when the 14.2-metre wooden boat was caught by two big waves, [...]

01 Apr

Velvet Revolver dump bad boy singer

The announcement came in a terse statement from the groups management company as Weiland, 40, and his recently reunited original band, Stone Temple Pilots, were set next week to announce plans for a highly anticipated summer tour.
The Pilots, also known by their acronym, STP, already have confirmed a handful of upcoming dates, beginning with the [...]

03 Feb

Red Shed fray now over date of appeal

The commission may be forced to fight its appeal this month - much earlier than it had hoped.
Justice Jillian Mallon heard the commissions application for leave to appeal in the High Court at Wellington this week. The application was opposed by both supermarket giants.
In her decision announced yesterday, Justice Mallon gave the commission leave to [...]

03 Feb

Marlon Brando’s son dies at 49

Brando, son of the Oscar-winning screen star and Welsh actress Anna Kashfi, died early on Saturday of complications from pneumonia, attorney Bruce Margolin said.
He had been hospitalised at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center since January 11 with pneumonia and his ex-wife, Deborah, told People magazine in a story for their website that he had been comatose [...]


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