‘Lawyer’

Lawyer: Disputed India holy site to be divided (AP)

September 30th, 2010

Indian security personnel patrol a street ahead of a potentially explosive court verdict on whether Hindus or Muslims should control a disputed holy site in Ayodhya, India, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. Police have arrested more than 10,000 people to prevent them from inciting violence, while another 100,000 had to sign affidavits saying they would not cause trouble after the verdict, a top official said. A 16th-century Babri Mosque, Hindus claim was erected at the birthplace of their god Rama, stood at the disputed site in the town of Ayodhya which was razed by Hindu hard-liners in 1992, setting off violence that killed 2,000 nationwide. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)AP - An Indian court ruled Thursday that a disputed holy site that has sparked bloody communal riots across the country in the past should be divided between the Hindu…

Charles Taylor’s war-crimes lawyer in South Africa (AP)

September 16th, 2010

AP - Charles Taylor’s defense team says the chief lawyer representing the former Liberian president at his war crimes trial is visiting South Africa.

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Lawyer: American freed in Iran will travel to Oman (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Missing American hiker Sarah Shourd is seen here in this undated photo released by freethehikers.org, August 20, 2009. Shourd, held for more than a year in Iran suspected of spying has been freed, her lawyer said on September 14, 2010.  Shourd and two male companions were arrested near Iran's border with Iraq in July 2009.    REUTERS/freethehikers.org/Handout/Files  (UNITED STATES POLITICS SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNSAP - Iran’s state news agency says an American woman freed from prison in Tehran will travel to Oman where her mother is already waiting for her.


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Lawyer awaiting word on bail for detained American (AP)

September 13th, 2010

An undated family handout picture posted on the website www.freethehikers.org shows US hiker Sarah Shourd in the Yemeni capital Sanaa. Iran has cancelled planned release of Shourd, accused of spying and illegally entering the Islamic republic, because of unresolved legal issues, officials said(AFP/HO/File)AP - The lawyer of an American woman cleared for release from an Iranian prison says he is still waiting for word that the $500,000 bail has been paid.


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Lawyer: Iran woman could be stoned to death soon (AP)

September 6th, 2010

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. Ashtiani is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her, the woman's son said Monday. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be…

Wyclef Jean: I’m not giving up my bid for prez yet (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

** CORRECTS SPELLING OF WYCLEF **  Haitian-born singer and presidential candidate Wyclef Jean, right, exits a hotel room after Haiti's Electoral Council rejected his presidential candidacy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The council's spokesman Richard Dumel announced Friday that it has accepted 19 presidential candidacies and has rejected 15 others for the upcoming Nov. 28 presidential election, including Jean's because he did not meet the residency requirement of having lived in Haiti for five years before election. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean says he is not abandoning his presidential bid just yet and will send a lawyer to a Haitian court to appeal a decision rejecting…

Van der Sloot files suit against initial lawyer (AP)

July 3rd, 2010

FILE - In a June 4, 2010 file photo, Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot is escorted by police officers outside a Peruvian police station, near the border with Chile in Tacna, Peru. Van der Sloot has sued the lawyer who represented him during a police interrogation on the day that authorities say the Dutchman confessed to killing a Peruvian woman, his current attorney said Saturday, July 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)AP - Joran van der Sloot has sued the lawyer who represented him during a police interrogation on the day that authorities say the Dutchman confessed to killing a Peruvian…

Rwanda court grants medical release to US lawyer (AP)

June 17th, 2010

US Lawyer Peter Erlinder walks after signing the papers granting his release from the custody of the Rwanda Prison Services, while returning to King Faisal Hospital to spend the night, Thursday, June 17, 2010. A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted bail on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Peter Erlinder was arrested late last month, and since his arrest has been hospitalized multiple times for high blood pressure.  (AP Photo / Adam Scott)AP - A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted release on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda’s 1994…

Van der Sloot seeks own lawyer in Peru murder case (AP)

June 6th, 2010

This image from security footage provided by the Lima police alledgedly shows Joran van der Sloot, left, and Stephany Flores as they enter his hotel room May 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Lima Police Handout)AP - Joran van der Sloot will spend all week at criminal police headquarters being questioned in the death of a 21-year-old Lima woman and has asked to be able…

Dutch murder suspect wants lawyer in Peru (AP)

June 6th, 2010

This image from security footage provided by the Lima police alledgedly shows Joran van der Sloot, as he leaves his hotel room May 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Lima Police Handout)AP - Officials in Peru say murder suspect Joran van der Sloot will spend all week at criminal police headquarters while being interrogated in the killing of a 21-year-old Lima…