Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that gradually occurs due to exposure to asbestos. Malignant mesothelioma has been called the most deadly of all cancers. The lethal diseases claims countless lives each year in the United States of America and around the globe. Mesothelioma attorney are class of lawyers that deal with cases pertaining to [...]
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The Israeli government and Palestinian Authority have been urged by US President Barack Obama to resume peace talks. Obama’s plea comes before an Israeli settlement freeze agreement expires in September. His remarks came after discussions with the Israeli premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, at the oval office. Netanyahu had said that is was “high time” for direct [...]
A former army officer is appealing against his bribery conviction in Afghanistan. Bill Shaw, manager of security firm G4S who provide protection to foreign workers in Afghanistan, was convicted in March along with an Afghan colleague. In court, he admitted to paying police officials for the release of two impounded vehicles. However, he was under [...]
A South African court has returned a guilty verdict on corruption charges against the country’s former chief of police Jackie Selebi. A former president of Interpol, Selebi, was accused of accepting bribes worth $156,000 and having connections within the organised crime circuit. However, he was cleared on a separate charge of perverting the course of [...]
An Australian court has convicted a US surgeon after he botched a series of operations. Dr Jayant Patel was sentenced to seven years incarceration. Patel, an Indian-born US citizen dubbed “Dr Death” by the Australian media, worked at an Australian hospital for a period of two years between 2003 and 2005. The Brisbane Supreme Court [...]
Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, has ordered a suspension his nation’s football team from international competition for two years after a lacklustre performance in Cape Town. In a press conference, special presidential adviser Ima Niboro told reporters the decision was to allow Nigeria to reorganise its football. It is also understood that the Nigerian Football Federation [...]
An international study published in the International Journal of STD & AIDS has found that women are more turned off by condoms than men. Many of the female participants had said that the smell and taste of condoms was unwelcoming. However, the use of condoms by their partners also signalled a far deeper relationship issue. Many [...]
A new study has suggested that women who drink during their pregnancy could damage the future fertility of their sons. The report revealed that amongst the 350 young males who participated in the study, sperm levels were found to be a third lower in those whose mothers had drunk more than four drinks a week, [...]
The UK’s Financial Services Authority, the equivalent of the SEC in the USA, has ordered three men to pay £115 million ($116.7 million) to the financial regulator. However, it has also stated that it in unlikely to recover the sum. The three men were arrested last year by London’s Scotland Yard detectives on suspicion of conspiracy [...]