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Prison 'picnic' for Bali bombers
Prison 'picnic' for Bali bombersThree men on death row for carrying out the 2002 bombings in Bali are supposedly being held in isolation, but Andrew Harding hears how they have been communicating with the outside world from their cells.

Bali Hosts Weeklong UN Anti-Corruption Convention
Over 1,000 people, including government officials, business leaders, law enforcement personnel, journalists, and entertainers from over 100 nations, convened today in Bali, Indonesia at the beginning of a five-day meeting of the Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption...

SAY IT AIN'T SO, GLOBAL WARMING FIGHTERS!
Once again, our "environmental heroes" turn out to have feet of clay. From Bloomberg.com: Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a...

Time to Appeal Defamation Award to Indonesia High Court
What’s the penalty in Indonesia for writing negative things about its dictator? If you’re Time magazine, it’s $106 million. That was the damage award levied against Time back in August of last year for a 1999 cover story entitled “The Family Firm,” which alleged that Suharto, the former dictator of Indonesia, amassed a fortune of [...

Magistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentences
Magistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentencesMagistrates should be banned from handing out custodial sentences to help ease overcrowding in prisons, an influential report says...

BALI SUMMIT ALREADY ON VERGE OF FAILURE (NO SURPRISE)
Other than the delegates' emitting tons of feared carbon pollution by traveling to and from the Bali summit (see earlier Post below), it is not clear just what the submitters hope to accomplish...

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Philip Morris
Loses Appeal, Will Pay Millions

Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Wins Appeal of $20 Million Asbestos Cancer Verdict
Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Wins Appeal of $20 Million Asbestos Cancer Verdict

Rock Band Great White
Settles Over 2003 Station NightClub Fire

N.Y. Nightclub Owner
Settlement reached Red Bull Energy Drink lawsuit.

Furloughed Workers
File Employment Lawsuits

Washington Mutual Bank Collapse
May File for Bankruptcy