Posts Tagged ‘ Supreme Court ’

Three in headline-grabbing rape case ordered back to jail 

January 18, 2012
Three in headline-grabbing rape case ordered back to jail 

Nguyen Dinh Loi (R) and Nguyen Dinh Kien. Three men from northern Vietnam, convicted of rape and robbery ten years ago and released early 2010 , will have to continue their jail terms, according to a Hanoi People’s Court decision sent to them on Monday. The decision, signed on January 12, noted that they would [...]

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Protesters ignore American love of entrepreneurs 

November 24, 2011
Protesters ignore American love of entrepreneurs 

A protester chants during an Occupy Wall Street march in New York October 1, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement is fighting an almost unwinnable battle against the ghost of Steve Jobs. America’s love affair with entrepreneurship complicates any attempt to mount an effective European-style war of have-nots against haves. To be successful, the new [...]

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US court strikes down minor violent video game ban 

June 28, 2011
US court strikes down minor violent video game ban 

Mature video games are shown in this photograph taken in Encinitas. Governments cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors because it would violate free-speech rights, the US Supreme Court said on Monday in its first ruling in a video game case. By a 7-2 vote, the high court struck down [...]

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Southern Vietnam’s prosecutors appeal acquittal of man's murder charge 

June 10, 2011
Southern Vietnam’s prosecutors appeal acquittal of man's murder charge 

Le Ba Mai, 29, (2nd, L) was acquitted of raping and killing a 11-year-old girl after standing four trials and seven years in custody, but now prosecutors want to reinstate charges. Prosecutors in the southern province of Binh Phuoc Tuesday asked the country’s highest court to hold an appeal to reinstate charges against a man acquitted of [...]

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As clamor against Suong verdict grows, officials vow to dig for truth

November 27, 2009
As clamor against Suong verdict grows, officials vow to dig for truth

Current and former officials have said that the public outcry against the sentence levied against a farm co-op manager gives ample grounds for central authorities to reconsider the verdict. Ba Suong at the appeals court on November 19. (The Can Tho City Appeals Court on November 19 upheld a lower court verdict against Tran Ngoc Suong, [...]

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Sotomayor sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice

August 9, 2009
Sotomayor sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice

Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in on Saturday as U.S. Supreme Court justice, the first Hispanic justice on the country’s highest court.         The 55-year-old appeal court judge from New York was sworn in at a televised ceremony held at the Supreme Court. The ceremony was administered by Chief Justice John Roberts.     “I, Sonia [...]

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Exonerated businessman arrested again

July 1, 2009
Exonerated businessman arrested again

Nguyen Dinh Chien (photo: VNE)LookAtVietnam – A Hanoi businessman famous for his 2006 exoneration from an 18-year prison sentence in a high-profile fraud case has been arrested again only a year after public prosecutors gave him a public apology.  This time, police say Nguyen Dinh Chien cheated a local school and company out of US$7 [...]

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Honduras’ president ousted in military coup

June 30, 2009
Honduras’ president ousted in military coup

Honduras’ Congress on Sunday appointed speaker Roberto Micheletti to replace ousted Manuel Zelaya as the country’s acting president. Honduran soldiers stand guard in Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, June 28, 2009. Newly-appointed acting Honduran President Roberto Micheletti said he has imposed a curfew of two nights starting from late Sunday after the country’s soldiers ousted Manuel [...]

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Exonerated businessman arrested again

June 29, 2009
Exonerated businessman arrested again

Nguyen Dinh Chien A Hanoi businessman famous for his 2006 exoneration from an 18-year prison sentence in a high-profile fraud case has been arrested again only a year after public prosecutors gave him a public apology. This time, police say Nguyen Dinh Chien cheated a local school and company out of US$7 million.Chien was arrested [...]

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Wall Street trades mixed after 10 banks allowed to repay TARP money

June 10, 2009
Wall Street trades mixed after 10 banks allowed to repay TARP money

Wall Street ended mixed on Tuesday, as investors digested the news that 10 major U.S. banks were allowed to repay government loans. Photo taken on June 9, 2009 shows a Capital One Bank branch in Manhattan, New York. Ten of the largest U.S. banks have been approved to repay 68 billion dollars of government bailout [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...