In United States v. Santos, by a 5-4 decision, the
United States Supreme Court takes a narrow interpretation of federal laws regarding money laundering, and uses the decision in Cuellar v. United States to unanimously overturn the money laundering conviction of Humberto Cuellar. (Fox News)
The Supreme Court refuses to hear Major League Baseball Advanced Media v. C.B.C.
fantasy baseball leagues using real player names without a license from MLB. (Sports Illustrated)
human growth hormone between 1997 and 2003. Michael Johnson, another member of the team, returns his gold medal on the grounds that it was "tainted". (AP via Forbes)(AP via CNN)
Toluca, Mexico, eliminating 10,000 jobs; it also announces plans for a small car that will achieve 45 miles per gallon in response to rising fuel prices. (AP via Google News)
Burma detains activist and comedian Zarganar who has been involved in private relief efforts for the victims of Cyclone Nargis and seize his computer and banned films including Rambo. (Reuters)
Two Kenyan ministers – Roads Minister Kipkalya Kones and Assistant Home Affairs Minister Lorna Laboso – die in a plane crash near Narok in western Kenya while traveling to campaign in by-elections. (BBC News)
National Assembly to develop new legislation. (Bloomberg)
A Moroccan court sentences 29 people to prison sentences for recruiting people to fight for militants in Iraq. (Reuters)
Reports claim that at least 10 Pakistan Army soldiers have died in an apparent United States-led air strike near the border with Afghanistan with eight Taliban militants also killed. Pakistancondemns the airstrike as "unprovoked and cowardly". The U.S. has released video of the strike showing the militants fighting in order to justify the attacks. (BBC News)(Reuters)
Bill C-61, An Act to amend the Copyright Act, is tabled in the second session of the 39th Canadian Parliament by Minister of Industry Jim Prentice, in efforts to better comply to the WIPO treaty. (CBC News)
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that effect food crisis on Somalia is creating a worse humanitarian situation than the War in Darfur. (BBC News)
UNHCR says the number of refugees in the world rose to 11.4 million in 2007 from 9.9m in 2006. (AP via Forbes)
cannibalization of four young girls in 1988 and 1989. He was hanged with two others, each convicted in separate, unrelated murders. (The Times)
In the aftermath of the
growing criticism from grieving parents who allege that corrupt and shoddy construction was behind the disproportionately high number of collapsed school buildings. (Christian Science Monitor)
Lebanese security officials say that clashes between pro-government and anti-government lead to three deaths in the villages of Taalabaya and Saadnayel in eastern Lebanon. (AP via Google News)[permanent dead link]
China are hit by the worst floods in decades with Guangzhou and Shenzhen worst affected. So far, 63 people have died and 1.66 million have been evacuated. (AFP via Google News)
An Alabama state judge upholds a fraud verdict against AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in a Medicaid drug pricing suit but reduces the value of damages to $160 million. (AP via Forbes)
A female Iranian student who accused the vice-chancellor of her university of sexually harassing her was arrested. The charges against her aren't clear. The vice-chancellor was also arrested.BBC News
An Australian air safety group claims that Yogyakarta International Airport was operating illegally with no valid license at the time Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashed, killing 21. They also accuse two other airports of similar violations and three official bodies of keeping it from public knowledge. (Crikey)
world's first swirling skyscraper in Dubai, with each floor rotating up to once an hour to form an ever-changing profile on the skyline. (ABC)(The Independent)(Reuters)
A bomb at an office building in Baghdad kills eight people and injures 10. The U.S. military blames the attack on rogue members of Shia Muslim militias. The attack is believed to be a suicide bombing, but the U.S. military is investigating allegations that a bomb was planted in the building. (BBC News)
The authorities in Mexico City sack 17 police officers for their role in a stampede during a raid at a nightclub that caused the death of 12 people. (BBC News)
Ireland'sEconomic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) says the country is in the grip of a recession for the first time in a quarter of a century. However, it predicts the economy will return to positive growth in 2009 and normal growth by 2010. (RTÉ News)
EU's representative in KosovoPieter Feith says he expects Montenegro will recognize Kosovo's unilateral independence "as soon as possible", as it would "contribute to regional stability". (B92)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. (The Guardian)
The discovery that the sunken Philippines ferry MV Princess of the Stars was carrying 10,000 kilos of the dangerous pesticide endosulfan leads to the temporary cessation of the recovery of the bodies on board. (CBC)
Black Hawk helicopter on HMAS Kanimbla that killed two concludes excessive loading on the engine caused it to lose power. (The Australian)
run-off presidential election in which opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdraws his candidacy due to election-related violence. (AFP via Google News)
The Bureau of Marine Investigation says it has uncovered multiple lapses in Sulpicio's training and orientation of the ship's crew, but cautioned that it cannot yet draw any conclusions about the disaster's cause. (Inquirer.net)
Sulpicio sue the
Typhoon Fengshen, which they say makes them responsible for the sinking. (ABS)[permanent dead link
