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Yup, Conrad Black can sue

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Jacquie McNish and Cigdem Iltan – The Court of Appeal of Ontario has granted Conrad Black the right to pursue a libel action in Ontario against the directors and officers who accused him of running a “corporate kleptocracy” at Hollinger International Inc. In its ruling a panel of three appeal court judges said that although Lord Black [...]

August 13, 2010 Business & Finance, Crime, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Conrad Black to Stay in the US Shores

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By Brent Palmer – Conrad Black is disallowed to leave the US until his next hearing on August 16. This, as US District Judge Amy St Eve in Chicago disclosed that she still needs more data from the Canadian-born media mogul’s financial activities before ruling on the controversial issues. On Wednesday, Black was released from [...]

July 25, 2010 Business & Finance, Crime, Uncategorized 0 Comments

What’s next for Conrad Black?

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By Bill Myers – Conrad Black will likely be out on bail within days from the Florida jail that has been his home for the last 28 months. But it’s the bail conditions that will determine where he goes next. The bail conditions will be set by U.S. District Court Judge Amy St. Eve in [...]

July 20, 2010 Business & Finance, Crime, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Conrad Black Seeks Bail and Freedom

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By Paul Waldie – Conrad Black is asking to be released on bail pending a review of his criminal convictions by an Appeal Court. Lawyers for Lord Black filed the application on Tuesday a couple of weeks after the United States Supreme Court redefined a key legal theory prosecutors used to convict him. In its [...]

July 7, 2010 Business & Finance, Crime, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Protests turn violent in Toronto

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By  Morrow, Ann Hui and Jill Mahoney – Thousands of protesters have taken over the streets of downtown Toronto as isolated groups of demonstrators smashed windows and confronted riot police. A crowd of black-clad protesters with bandanas covering their faces moved around the city centre, damaging property along the way. Several police cruisers were vandalized [...]

June 26, 2010 Business & Finance, Crime, Politics, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Police arrest man with arsenal of weapons near G20 zone

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By Alex Korman – The arrest didn’t appear to be related to the strike, which started at midnight. Police stopped a silver Hyundai Elantra on a routine traffic check around 12:30 p.m. and spotted the crossbow inside the car, they said. The car had been going west on the Esplanade and had turned upScott St. [...]

June 24, 2010 Crime, Uncategorized, World News 0 Comments

Conrad Black Getting out of Jail?

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By Bill Squire – The U.S. Supreme Court has handed Conrad Black a slight opening to win reversal of his fraud conviction. In a series of rulings this morning, the Court narrowed the interpretation of the “honest services” theory but did not throw out the theory altogether as some had suspected it would. Lawyers have [...]

June 24, 2010 Business & Finance, Crime, Uncategorized 0 Comments

Poverty Is a Capital Crime in the U.S.

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By Michael Ray Fitzgerald – It’s a crime to be poor in the U.S. – a crime punishable by death. This country seems to operate on a ruthless philosophy that is a combination of Calvinism, Malthusianism, and social Darwinism: poor people are ipso facto of inferior stock and should be removed from the gene pool. [...]

June 4, 2010 Crime 1 Comment
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