Every year Missouri Lawyers Weekly comes out with their Missouri Top Settlements and Verdicts Issue espousing the largest Missouri personal injury settlements and verdicts for the previous year. According to the January 28, 2008 issue of Missouri Lawyer's Weekly, the
A Modesto man is suspected of driving under the influence, hitting a bicyclist and then leading police on a six-mile pursuit. At the end of the chase, 29-year-old Emiliano Maldonado Jr. was arrested. The 51-year-old bicyclist, whom Maldonado allegedly struck,
A police spokesman said Officer MikeRoberts and Lt. Lee Edwards were placed on paid administrative leave, but reasons behind the move were not disclosed.
Journalist Kaiko Namusa of the state-owned Times of Zambia newspaper was beaten and then arrested by police in the eastern city of Chipata on 17 April for photographing police officers beating a cyclist who had committed a traffic violation. As
Reporters Without Borders is very worried about death threats that were sent anonymously by SMS message on 17 and 19 April to four independent observers who are monitoring the appeal hearings of four people convicted of the June 2007 murder
At the beginning of February, the mediation process laid out four agenda items for the Orange Democratic Party and the Party of National Unity to seek agreement on. These were, paraphrased: Ending the violence; addressing the humanitarian crisis; resolving the
A 30 year-old Arusha lady claims to have been gang raped in Nairobi, where she recently went to seek her runaway husband. The rapists infected her with HIV-Aids and now she is seeking help.
The Egyptian government has initiated a drastic move to thwart satellite channels. It recently raided one of the most important companies offering satellite equipment for rent and confiscated five sets of its broadcasting equipment. This action may have serious consequences
Former captives of the Lords Resistance Army have said the rebels are increasing their numbers through abductions and military training in DR Congo's Garamba forest.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has held talks today with Zimbabwean opposition leader and presidential contender Morgan Tsvangirai over the protracted post-election crisis in the Southern African country.
Zimbabwe's post-election violence is hampering the activities of humanitarian organisations and making the country's already dire food situation even more precarious. One-third of the population, or about four million people, are receiving food aid.
A significant proportion of the world's 2.2 billion children, many of whom are victims of violence, sexual abuse, labour exploitation and preventable diseases, are from the crisis-plagued African continent.
Somalia, or what has been left of it, is smouldering again. Yet, the international community appears little concerned as the Islamists continue to gain new ground.
One can only hope that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will indeed make follow up of the killings that occurred in Kenya after the disputed December elections and get the culprits and put them to book.
Borrowers from the Tanzania Commodity Import Support (CIS) fund are in trouble as the government is engaging a collection agency to recover the debts owed by individuals and firms that have defaulted.
The sub-regional countries of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will soon implement a regional agreement to fight piracy in the Western Indian Ocean.
Following LRA leader Joseph Kony's demand for an explanation of the kind of justice mechanism he would undergo, the United States Institute of Peace says that detailed planning must begin to establish the judicial bodies created by the new agreement
