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  • BAHRAIN: American human rights activists arrested http://t.co/zFoMmqEW Apr 16, 2012
  • MOZAMBIQUE: Human Rights Commission in Mozambique http://t.co/5ldd8ohj Apr 16, 2012
  • European court rules against Russia on 1940 Katyn massacre http://t.co/er1dm0Uq Apr 16, 2012
  • NIGERIA: Police want to interrogate rights leader over comments on extrajudicial killings http://t.co/IljF0tHx Apr 16, 2012
  • UN rights experts report violations since Syria truce http://t.co/UjryQfwz Apr 16, 2012
  • Repossession day in court: ten minutes with a lawyer, five before a judge http://t.co/uGGoqJw4 Apr 16, 2012
  • Prisoners left locked in Fenton court cells after staff fail to show up http://t.co/oN8pRHce Apr 16, 2012
  • Louth solicitor promotion for Wilkin Chapman Grange - Louth http://t.co/ii3Xgu8k Apr 16, 2012
  • Phone hacking: attorney general to meet MPs over report http://t.co/13VBQ75Z Apr 16, 2012
  • US: Trayvon Martin shooting: George Zimmerman's legal team drops him after losing contact with him http://t.co/XaBzAL4o Apr 16, 2012
  • How Twitter users turned the tables on the English Defence League http://t.co/K0faTQOj Apr 16, 2012
  • The real threat to the open web lies with the opaque elite who run it http://t.co/Lnll0CeK Apr 16, 2012
  • Police watchdog launches review of Met racism complaints http://t.co/xuvj5Apb Apr 16, 2012
  • US, UK govt. websites downed in Anonymous-claimed attack http://t.co/tNotK31b Apr 16, 2012
  • US: Roger Clemens prosecutors double up as retrial on perjury charges to begin http://t.co/jVDK6cNL Apr 16, 2012
  • Refusal of child care leave to female prisoners was unlawful, rules High Court: http://t.co/BAP0qYo6 1 Apr 16, 2012
  • Suspended Labour peer Lord Ahmed 'horrified' by bounty claim http://t.co/5w7C9xzU Apr 16, 2012
  • SPAIN: King of Spain Has Hip Surgery After African Elephant Hunting Trip: http://t.co/MEHgnRKQ Apr 16, 2012
  • US: Goldman Sachs and MetLife to Disclose Staff Diversity Data: http://t.co/iVkGfd9v Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Slaughters lines up with 10 best friend firms on RBS Asia-Pac sell-off- Legalweek http://t.co/krOZoPoc Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Ex-Dentons India head struck off and handed £600k bill after bribery case- Legalweek http://t.co/04qGQbUb Apr 16, 2012
  • From the Birthplace of Big Brother: Britain under snoopy laws - New York Times Editorial http://t.co/2gluvcXn Apr 16, 2012
  • Research finds that Metropolitan Police officers do not have enough time to think about their job http://t.co/RZojLqc6 Apr 16, 2012
  • Policeman wrongly jailed gets £800,000 payout - http://t.co/lqHN8Jfs Apr 16, 2012
  • Caroline Spelman's son suspended from rugby over drug use - http://t.co/A6QpCKd8 Apr 16, 2012
  • Oxford don will not be prosecuted over death of professor - http://t.co/79Loxz5q Apr 16, 2012
  • UK aid funded firms 'linked to Nigeria fraudster Ibori' http://t.co/rp4cRz9V Apr 16, 2012
  • Prime Minister set to raise Neil Heywood death with China official http://t.co/tOtiYl3u Apr 16, 2012
  • Shoe-bomb plotter sentence cut in terror evidence deal http://t.co/t0pAnbBY Apr 16, 2012
  • How can the prison service move on if it won't apologise for child abuse? http://t.co/sbx9LlSS Apr 16, 2012
  • US: Tarek Mehanna: punished for speaking truth to power http://t.co/cDjv4Kqj Apr 16, 2012
  • AUS: Rayney granted two-month adjournment for murder trial of wife | http://t.co/9rRS6JRn Apr 16, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: Judges not above the law: Aitzaz http://t.co/tS7N54Wv Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Déjà vu for Chadbourne in Russia as lawyers defect to Dechert | The Lawyer http://t.co/IUKvnpEx Apr 16, 2012
  • ECHR decision to let US justice system try terror suspects | The Lawyer http://t.co/4MbkmE9R Apr 16, 2012
  • SLOVAKIA: Lawyers are anticipating brighter things | The Lawyer http://t.co/UJpjW19J Apr 16, 2012
  • Iron Mountain’s Ernest Cloutier and Chris Thomas are keen to centralise the firm’s legal function | The Lawyer http://t.co/nsAJuTDW Apr 16, 2012
  • Law Firm in Focus - The Lawyer Magazine - Kirwans | http://t.co/87eVQX1n Apr 16, 2012
  • Law firm leaders need to look beyond their own egos to generate healthy cultures | The Lawyer http://t.co/w2Ze1HMe Apr 16, 2012
  • Time is running short for website operators to comply with the updated regulations covering cookies | The Lawyer http://t.co/SXzUCjdn Apr 16, 2012
  • Mediation has proven an invaluable aid to business - just so long as it’s not foisted on the participants | The Lawyer http://t.co/SMUk8fr9 Apr 16, 2012
  • The police lack the powers enabling them to launch effective corporate killing investigations | The Lawyer: http://t.co/J7Tqbv46 Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: A&O’s failed gambit with Allen & Gledhill but foreign firms can take shares in Singapore | The Lawyer: http://t.co/Ij4YllJh Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Taylor Hampton advises as NightJack launches action against The Times | The Lawyer: http://t.co/6jFQlmN1 Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Ministers target child legal aid in fightback against bill amendments http://t.co/hGQWHuma Apr 16, 2012
  • Human rights and fundamental liberties for idiots - MALAYSIA http://t.co/kUcfcrfz Apr 16, 2012
  • POLAND: European Court of Human Rights rules on Katyn massacre case - Warsaw Business Journal - http://t.co/fKfWZeu2 Apr 16, 2012
  • AUSTRALIA: Promote Human Rights in Southeast Asia http://t.co/QDZ10FVb Apr 16, 2012
  • Legal problems with Megaupload http://t.co/22CfGwr1 Apr 16, 2012
  • Legal firm marks 20 year anniversary - Skelmersdale http://t.co/uLmVXj6H Apr 16, 2012
  • Risk and regulation in the changing legal sector | The Lawyer: http://t.co/sKN1uSdB Apr 16, 2012
  • US: Legal Events to Watch This Week http://t.co/sg5ewWTw Apr 16, 2012
  • Shake-up of legal aid will cost us all dear, says Labour peer http://t.co/jQDgMmSq Apr 16, 2012
  • Incest: legal in Portugal, illegal in Germany | Daniel Sokol http://t.co/oc7Zj4cE Apr 16, 2012
  • US and CHINA engage in cyber war games http://t.co/R1rBxWSs Apr 16, 2012
  • Abu Qatada case: Theresa May will not appeal against Strasbourg ruling http://t.co/JY92reOl Apr 16, 2012
  • Legal aid bill puts thousands at risk, says Citizens Advice http://t.co/6vhbNE5T Apr 16, 2012
  • NORWAY: Anders Behring Breivik cries during own propaganda film http://t.co/wXDEItHg Apr 16, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - Justice Ryder launches push to restrict care proceedings to six months http://t.co/oC1zZdAz Apr 16, 2012
  • The concept of joint criminal enterprise and ICC jurisdiction - Essay by Gunel Gyliyeva http://t.co/sPMSGPLR Apr 16, 2012
  • Laws and Sausages: be prepared to understand the corrosive affects on public trust when the truth comes out http://t.co/jhqPe7pj Apr 16, 2012
  • Frank Field MP Claims Too Many Homes Are Going To Migrants http://t.co/a5Jzlnn4 Apr 16, 2012
  • In Favour of Philanthropy : Tony Blair http://t.co/AkBmvSO0 Apr 16, 2012
  • Minicab firm Addison Lee calls to break London bus lane ban http://t.co/Z3eh6TB2 Apr 16, 2012
  • Footballer El Hadji Diouf arrested after Manchester club fight http://t.co/mW7yRwlj Apr 16, 2012
  • ISRAEL: Soldier suspended for gun-butt attack - http://t.co/x7my8To3 Apr 16, 2012
  • Tunbridge Wells garden searched for human remains http://t.co/Q5hzRXTv Apr 16, 2012
  • CHINA: Web censorship plans warned http://t.co/659zGDOO Apr 16, 2012
  • Government to consult on plan to cap charity tax relief http://t.co/l9uyLgRT Apr 16, 2012
  • How going beyond the rough & tumble of contract negotiations becomes unlawful pressure: http://t.co/CUptTfm0  Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: L&E Global adds Norwegian firm to employment alliance | The Lawyer: http://t.co/H6nk0jEa Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Withers bulks up corporate crime with Crowell hire | The Lawyer: http://t.co/No0dDF13 Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Dewey partner losses hit 54 as private equity duo quits | The Lawyer: http://t.co/O7I22ouQ Apr 16, 2012
  • Labour calls for Babar Ahmad to be charged and tried in UK http://t.co/Z2BXlvmS Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Norton Rose Wants U.S., China Law Firm Mergers, CEO Says http://t.co/pzW9fOU8 Apr 16, 2012
  • US: Law firms look for alternatives to the billable hour http://t.co/LmwuWGTR Apr 16, 2012
  • US: New law lets small businesses use crowdfunding http://t.co/Dp7Nv809 Apr 16, 2012
  • MOROCCO: Marriage laws test Islamist government in Morocco http://t.co/0ZsScmyY Apr 16, 2012
  • US: Why the NRA (National Rifles Association) pushes ‘Stand Your Ground’ http://t.co/dKplTrFi Apr 16, 2012
  • NORWAY: Anders Breivik pleads not guilty at Norway murder trial http://t.co/lG8VNiq5 Apr 16, 2012
  • Solicitors Journal - LeO must investigate third-party complaints, consumer panel says http://t.co/1dtc46ml Apr 16, 2012
  • Judge Henrietta Manners ruled that Santander could not collect a debt of £5,126 on a Harrods card: http://t.co/aZU9vtpv Apr 16, 2012
  • GDF Suez to take full ownership of International Power: http://t.co/FBiPC2wd Apr 16, 2012
  • GREECE: The truth about Greek Porsche owners - more Porsche Cayenne owners in Greece than taxpayers: http://t.co/wS1CECfG Apr 16, 2012
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  • Consumer body predicts that ABSs will plug legal aid gap | The Lawyer: http://t.co/ATE4u1pA Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Fishburns and 4 New Square act for Shackleton in negligence case | The Lawyer: http://t.co/wx5922LQ Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: 3VB leads Collyer Bristow defence in case bought by Rangers FC administrators | The Lawyer: http://t.co/H1zGCO4M Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW FIRM NEWS: Freshfields and Simmons go head-to-head in Apple-Samsung dispute | The Lawyer: http://t.co/NgMNhcB3 Apr 16, 2012
  • Ed Miliband's party donation cap plan snubbed by Tories http://t.co/z6V86Nzf Apr 16, 2012
  • Treasury reveals how little tax the super-rich pay http://t.co/nEfo8RKB Apr 16, 2012
  • NORWAY: Anders Behring Breivik trial: killer rejects authority of court http://t.co/W4AL7Prj Apr 16, 2012
  • Web freedom faces greatest threat ever, warns Google's Sergey Brin http://t.co/xdd2py8A Apr 16, 2012
  • Serial offenders repeatedly escape with cautions http://t.co/kbfmTDrn Apr 16, 2012
  • Former Home Secretary Jack Straw under pressure over Belhadj rendition - http://t.co/QXr9WONL Apr 16, 2012
  • Magistrates to have power for summary justice http://t.co/9dXQbqAd Apr 16, 2012
  • It's good to walk - Metropolitan Police officers do not have enough time to think about their job http://t.co/RZojLqc6 Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Money laundering again... and again http://t.co/0rfpXStc Apr 16, 2012
  • LAW GAZETTE: Consumer panel to probe financial protection arrangements http://t.co/6TmnrwhD Apr 16, 2012
  • US: Did the Founders expect the Courts to Declare Laws Unconstitutional? http://t.co/rWQlumtg Apr 16, 2012
  • Yobs will be hauled before 'street court': Vandals made to apologise to panel of neighbours http://t.co/dqBuiA18 Apr 16, 2012
  • INDIA: Special Courts Bill to be sent for President's nod http://t.co/LT9Cy1ER Apr 16, 2012
  • Court security seize 726 knives in Northamptonshire http://t.co/0YBo09Q2 Apr 16, 2012
  • ZAMBIA: Henry Banda’s lawyers respond to Zambian governmentt and its media intimidation http://t.co/a3Eb7UAH Apr 16, 2012
  • CANADA: Nortel fraud trial to hear from lawyers for accused http://t.co/WYbRQrdI Apr 16, 2012
  • NEW ZEALAND: Lawyer facing prison smuggling charges named http://t.co/RzOzZ3R1 Apr 16, 2012
  • TECH LAW: Oracle and Google's Android copyright row trial begins http://t.co/FJTy4vC6 Apr 16, 2012
  • ISRAEL: Interior Minister - Israel must deport illegal immigrants, even if it costs money http://t.co/OP3ENn4c Apr 16, 2012
  • INDIA: Army illegally occupying Annandale Ground: http://t.co/Ikcqnbm5 Apr 16, 2012
  • CANADA: Most Canadians wouldn't surrender rights to fight terror http://t.co/3VUB63vc Apr 16, 2012
  • CANADA: Immigrants get priority over ‘white’ Canadians for Ottawa’s public housing, human rights complaint alleges http://t.co/XpOCpw55 Apr 16, 2012
  • Leading BRITISH Muslim leader faces war crimes charges in BANGLADESH http://t.co/CqLr9tIq Apr 16, 2012
  • AUS: Press Council adjudication on complaint by Fast Access Finance http://t.co/XADlSuW5 Apr 16, 2012
  • PAKISTAN: Judicial stakeholders should reinforce rule of law in Pakistan: CJP http://t.co/tOOQNMFV Apr 16, 2012
  • CANADA: Law Courts hold open house for public to celebrate anniversary of Charter http://t.co/JDyod30I Apr 16, 2012
  • ISRAEL: The Ministry of Justice published a legal memorandum relating to Basic Law: Legislation http://t.co/qTZOkaiy Apr 16, 2012
  • A deeply flawed law above all others damages British life and puts our security in daily peril - The Sun http://t.co/X4prlfOw Apr 16, 2012
  • Sorry, There's No Cure For Gay - Why Not Pray For an Antidote to Stupid Instead? http://t.co/tUbGT62E Apr 16, 2012
  • We Are Failing Victims of Domestic Abuse http://t.co/abtTAGeP Apr 16, 2012
  • The Islamic Hijab: Is it Really as Oppressive as We Think? http://t.co/bn6tLecH Apr 16, 2012
  • We Must Protect Philanthropy From the State - Barrister Francis Hoar http://t.co/QJ7jZsE8 Apr 16, 2012
  • Police hunt killer of Worcester woman - http://t.co/Hd9uL4Qs Apr 16, 2012
  • Fiat 500 'most vandalised car' - http://t.co/tsRVGQtt Apr 16, 2012
  • Dirty tricks and leaks at the heart of Scotland Yard - http://t.co/uh0ltfv5 Apr 16, 2012
  • Battle over copyright to James Joyce's works http://t.co/C3YPlVCr Apr 16, 2012
  • Pro-Palestinian activists refused Israel flight http://t.co/vcVJHmbI Apr 16, 2012
  • Metal driveway gates stolen at homes in Rhyl and Rhuddlan http://t.co/i5SY7l1c Apr 16, 2012
  • Nudists on Cefn Sidan beach could be prosecuted, says Carmarthenshire council http://t.co/hf6OzpgJ Apr 16, 2012
  • Dock truants' child benefit, ministers urged http://t.co/p4C7vzKa Apr 16, 2012
  • Sir Humphrey or civil servants dominating policy,' claims Tory MP http://t.co/s3f7MiWZ Apr 16, 2012
  • Virgin Atlantic to appeal against BMI sale to BA http://t.co/PVtTTxUA Apr 16, 2012
  • Some store card debtors to be let off http://t.co/aZU9vtpv Apr 16, 2012
  • Labour peer Lord Ahmed suspended after bounty claim http://t.co/3bI2emFA Apr 16, 2012
  • Legal Futures - Legal advice from claims consultancy does not attract privilege, High Court rules http://t.co/3Oj8ohpq Apr 16, 2012
  • Legal Futures - Consumer panel targets “sub-standard” legal advice http://t.co/0hKFCk2l Apr 16, 2012