Louise Charron one of two candidates for top court posts: source
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OTTAWA (CP) - Louise Charron, an Ontario Court of Appeal justice, is one of two nominees who will fill Supreme Court of Canada vacancies, says a senior government source.
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Britain appointed its first black High Court judge yesterday and she predicted she would be ''the first of many.&quot; The Department for Constitutional Affairs confirmed the appointment of Linda Dobbs, 53, the first black lawyer promoted beyond the ranks of circuit judges, who hear lesser cases. Joining the High Court will give her access to some of the country's most ...
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Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron. In court papers filed late Monday in state Supreme Court, Weil said Theron signed an endorsement deal saying that from October 2005 through December 2006 she would only wear Weil's high-end watches.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist&#39;s hospitalization for cancer brings with it the prospect of the first Supreme Court vacancy in a decade and is prompting speculation about who might take his place.
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By Reuters. Peter Chernin, president of the News Corporation, has signed a new contract that makes it easier for him to take the top job at another publicly traded company.
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The Dutch government&#39;s legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by Barclays for ABN Amro, a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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France has formally proposed former European Union ( news - web sites ) Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as a candidate to become the head of the World Trade Organization ( news - web sites ) (WTO), Lamy said ...
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A top French judge has called for Rwandan  President Paul Kagame to be brought before a U.N. court over a  1994 plane crash that killed the country's president and  sparked a genocide, a judicial source said on Tuesday.
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By BRETT BARROUQUERE, Associated Press writer  A former U.S. Supreme Court justice will oversee the mediation between former Western Kentucky landowners and the U.S. government in what may be the last chance to settle a long-running dispute.
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One of France's top presidential candidates asked mayors and other elected officials on Monday to give their backing to an extreme right-wing politician to ensure he has enough endorsements to run in the spring ...Comment
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Some key Democratic officials Ã¢ÂÂ including the architects of the partyÃ¢ÂÂs national House campaign, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Ã¢ÂÂ made an early decision to adopt lawyer and former Republican Judy Aydelott as their ideal candidate to upset six-term Republican Rep. Sue Kelly in New YorkÃ¢ÂÂs 19th District, a Republican-leaning but potentially competitive constituency in the Hudson Valley.
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The Dutch government&#39;s legal representative to the supreme court issued an opinion Tuesday potentially favorable to a bid by Barclays for ABN Amro -- a Dutch banking giant also courted by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York, has emerged as a contender to succeed Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general
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A former health board chief and a solicitor were among six Northern Ireland judicial appointments today. Gemma Loughran, Philip Babington, Melody McReynolds and Patrick Lynch, QC were appointed as County Court judges.
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President Bush's re-election makes it more likely Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will retire soon. And Republican gains in the Senate mean the president has more flexibility to nominate another strong conservative to fill that vacancy and other federal judgeships.
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QUEBEC (CP) - Parti Quebecois Leader Bernard Landry received strong support for his leadership at a party meeting on Sunday, but two prominent challengers staked out their claims to his job.
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Segolene Royal has officially launched her campaign to become France's first woman president at a congress of her Socialist Party as her main rival on the ruling right, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, struggled to mount a challenge.