Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...ntinued membership of the bar, despite all the mitigation we have heard and taken account of." Before entering politics, Taylor had practised as a lawyer in Oxford and the midlands for 17 years. Mohammed Khamisa QC, defe...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Forbes
Former pitcher, Curt Schilling, will be enshrined in the memories of Red Sox fans for his bloody-sock-related wins in 2004. But Rhode Island residents will remember the vocal Republican for costing the state $112.6 mil ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Iraqi MPs are toying with a Saddam-era policy they hope will combat both high unemployment and fears of sectarian divisions in a country that was on the brink of civil war a few years ago: conscription.The nascent ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Bloomberg
(Updates with comment by Merkel economic adviser in fourth paragraph, markets in fifth, government comment in 12th.) May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel left the door open to a compromise on debt sharing in ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
The head of the Student Loans Company, whose tax affairs led to the revelation that more than 2,000 civil servants were being paid off pay roll, is to leave his post. Ed Lester is standing down as chief executive of the ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Reuters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran and world powers agreed to meet again next month to try to ease the long standoff over its nuclear work despite achieving scant progress at talks in Baghdad towards resolving the main sticking ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
A website aims to monitor every one of the big cats in India, says Peter Hughes. Things could be looking up for Wakeeta. Smaller than average and an orphan, she belongs to a species 45 per cent of which die from ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Bloomberg
(Updates with shares in eighth paragraph.) May 25 (Bloomberg) -- Societe Generale SA’s quest for funding is prompting the bank, France’s second-largest, to mine sources not tapped before: German car loans and Dim Sum ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Agence France Presse
The head of Swedish defence group Saab alleged on Friday that his cell phone had been bugged repeatedly during negotiations with Switzerland over Saab's sale of 22 Gripen fighter jets."I am closely watched and I know ...
Published on May,25 2012 - by Agence France Presse
Money, sex, technology and stretch limos abound as David Cronenberg brought "Cosmopolis" to Cannes on Friday, with Robert Pattinson as a billionaire financier looking for a haircut as a killer looks for him.The Manhattan ...