Princess's 'son' court bid fails
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A man who claims to be the late Princess Margaret's illegitimate son fails in his court bid to access her will and that of the Queen Mother.
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The Taiwan High Court yesterday rejected an appeal filed by opposition pan-blue presidential candidate Lien Chan (é£æ°) and his running mate James Soong (å®æ¥ç) to try to have the March 20 presidential election result nullified.
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The father of a Scottish schoolgirl currently living in Pakistan has filed an appeal against a court's decision to send her back to her mother in Britain.
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Malaysian rebel politician Anwar Ibrahim failed on Wednesday in a final court bid to erase his criminal record and to immediately rejoin active politics, leaving a royal pardon as his only way back.
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A bitter lawsuit that threatened to cripple the charity set up to honour Britain's Princess Diana was dropped, after an 11th-hour settlement averted an explosive trial in a US court.
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A Florida judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by a former boyfriend of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith to have a Florida court decide a paternity fight over Smith's 5-month-old baby daughter, Dannielynn, a court official said.
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Washington State&#39;s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit brought by Democrats to review all disqualified ballots in last month&#39;s gubernatorial election for a hand recount that is already under way.
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Malaysia's highest court refused to clear former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim's criminal record Wednesday, leaving a longshot royal pardon as his last hope to return to electoral politics before 2008 despite his recent release from prison.
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Michael Stone loses his appeal against his convictions for the murders of Lin Russell and her daughter Megan.
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Graham Bradley's appeal against a five-year racing ban is unsuccessful.
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KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia&#39;s highest court crushed the immediate political ambitions of former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim when it refused to hear a new appeal against his conviction for corruption.
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By RYAN J. FOLEY  MADISON, Wis. - A state appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by a boy who wanted to compete on his high school's girls' gymnastics team.
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A Malaysian judge rejects opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim's case against ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad.
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Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife Cecilia on Friday lost a court bid to block the release of a book in which she is quoted as describing the French president as a womaniser and uncaring father.
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A judge rejects a bid by Michael Jackson's lawyers to delay or dismiss a child molestation case against him.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife loses a court bid to block publication of a book about her.
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London's High Court on Wednesday refused permission for the father of a 12-year-old Muslim girl to challenge a school's ban on her wearing the full-face veil, or niqab, during lessons.