Court dismisses bid to halt Pitcairn trials
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Auckland: The trials of seven Pitcairn men - including the local mayor - on sex charges, will go ahead on the remote Pacific island today after an eleventh-hour bid to stop the hearings failed.
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The French Competition Council has dismissed a case brought by Virgin&#39;s French arm against Apple Computer for alleged abuse of market dominance.
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TAIPEI - Taiwan&#39;s High Court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by opposition parties seeking to nullify the March presidential election and upheld President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s victory.
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A Japanese court dismissed a request to halt deportation proceedings against fugitive chess legend Bobby Fischer, his lawyers said Friday.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied a request to delay the criminal case against a woman accused of running a prostitution ring in the nation's capital.
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The Supreme Administrative Court on Monday cancelled a lawsuit an environmentalist has filed against a government decision to build a second nuclear power plant in Bulgaria.
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A judge halts an operation that allegedly billed small businesses and nonprofits for "free" trials of Web site services.
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A judge dismissed on Monday the murder case against one of two men charged in the fatal shooting of the half-sister of Venus and Serena Williams.
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A judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against two Rider University officials in a case involving the drinking death of a fraternity pledge.
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New Zealand&#39;s High Court on Monday rejected a proposed alliance between the country&#39;s flag carrier and Australian rival airline Qantas.
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A high-profile sex-abuse trial which opens this week is threatening the future of Pitcairn Island, the remote British Pacific colony founded by the Bounty mutineers more than 200 years ago.
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Six Pitcairn men convicted of sex charges will remain free until an appeal is heard in London&#39;s Privy Council next year. Among those convicted was the mayor of Pitcairn Island, Steve Christian, who claims
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A controversial plan to hunt endangered humpback whales has been suspended, a top Japan official says.
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Seven Pitcairn Islanders on trial for multiple sexual abuse will not be jailed even if convicted until another court rules whether British law should apply in the remote Pacific colony, a report says.
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TOKYO Japan&#39;s main news agency reports a Tokyo court has dismissed a request to stop the deportation proceedings against fugitive chess master Bobby Fischer.
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An Australian court rules the activities of the Japanese whaling fleet are illegal, ordering it to halt operations.
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PITCAIRN ISLAND - Six Pitcairn Islanders were convicted of multiple sex crimes following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on the Pacific island best known for the mutiny on the Bounty.