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Guilty verdict ends Blackman family's fight for justice
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
A Japanese businessman has been convicted of abducting Lucie Blackman and mutilating her body, ending an eight-year campaign by her family.
Lucie's family 'delighted' after court ruling
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
A Japanese businessman was finally convicted today of abducting Lucie Blackman and mutilating her body.
Opposition leader educated at Eton is new Thai PM
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
An Oxford-educated fan of Newcastle United Football Club, who also has a taste for Albert Camus, has been elected Thailand's third prime minister in as many months – a position heavy with challenges and political uncertainty.
Lucie Blackman death: Timeline of events
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
This is the timeline of events surrounding Lucie Blackman's disappearance and death, and the subsequent trial of Japanese businessman Joji Obara.
Doctor freed after court forbids forced marriage
Monday, 15 December 2008
Legal landmark as Bangladeshi authorities apply new British law
Britain denied access to Mumbai suspects
Monday, 15 December 2008
Pakistan will not let British investigators question suspects detained in Pakistan over the Mumbai terrorist attacks, the Prime Minister said today.
Chinese corruption reporter disappears
Monday, 15 December 2008
Clifford Coonan: The security tapes show it all - Guan Jian surrounded by a group of five men and hustled into a shiny silver SUV.
Opposition leader becomes new Thai PM
Monday, 15 December 2008
Parliament named opposition party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva as Thailand's new prime minister today as supporters of the former government attempted to block the building following the vote.
Zardari takes restrained tone after Indian 'incursion'
Monday, 15 December 2008
Was it clumsy flying or clumsy statecraft? Or did it simply never happen? Just hours before India's Prime Minister delivered his demand to Pakistan to take more action against terrorists, officials in Islamabad said that two Indian fighter jets had momentarily crossed into Pakistani airspace late on Saturday night, heightening anxieties in the country.
'Forced marriage' doctor freed by courts
Sunday, 14 December 2008
An NHS doctor being held captive by her family in her native Bangladesh has been freed by the courts and can return to Britain, her lawyer said.
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