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Phillipstown primary school won a High Court case today to stay open. Earlier this year, the Minister of Education, Hekia Parata, decided to close a number of primary schools in Christchurch including Phillipstown school. The school was very unhappy
By Dorian Jones Istanbul 31 March 2008 The Turkish Constitutional Court has announced it will hear the closure case against the ruling AK Party. The case accuses the party of seeking to undermine the secular state and includes a possible political ba
India's Circus Owners Banned From Using Children Performers India's traditional traveling circuses remain widely popular across the country, although attendance has been falling in recent years. Despite their popularity, there have long been concerns
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 03 October 2007 A Nigerian court has resumed hearings for U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on allegations it caused the death of Nigerian children when it conducted a clinical trial in the country. For VOA, Gilbert da Costa
By Lisa Bryant Paris 14 January 2008 French charity workers sentenced to eight years of hard labor in Chad, on charges of having tried to kidnap more than 100 African children, are appearing before a French court this morning. From Paris, Lisa Bryant
By Mil Arcega Washington 26 May 2008 An appeals court in the U.S. state of Texas has ruled that authorities had no right to remove children from a polygamist religious sect's compound. Officials raided the compound on April 3rd and removed more than
Pakistan's Supreme Court has granted bail to the hard-line cleric who led Islamabad's Red Mosque - a former hub for the country's militant groups. The military's deadly assault on gunmen barricaded inside Abdul Aziz's mosque in 2007 sparked a surge
Court rejects'stolen children' claim 澳被偷走的孩子败诉 The policy aimed to civilise Aborigines 当时的政策是为了教化土著居民 An Australian court has rejected a landmark claim for compensation by two Aborigines who claimed they
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 22 November 2007 A special electoral court in Nigeria is investigating charges of cheating in April elections and could overturn the results in key votes. They have already overturned the results in several gubernatorial electi
By Jade Heilmann Dakar 26 December 2007 A court in Chad Wednesday convicted six French aid workers belonging to the Zoe's Ark group of trying to kidnap African children, and sentenced them to eight years of hard labor. A Chadian and Sudanese were sen
By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 04 February 2008 Almost 30 years after the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, the group's second-in-command made his first appearance in court Monday. Noun Chea is charged with crimes against humanity and other serious offense
By Phuong Tran Dakar 20 August 2007 Judges presiding over the war crimes trial of ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor have postponed the trial until January 7 to give new defense lawyers time to prepare their case. Taylor dismissed his previous lawyer
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 11 July 2007 The Libyan Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences for six foreign medical workers imprisoned on disputed charges that they infected Libyan children with HIV. But there is still a chance they could be spa
Efforts by activists to force India's government to strike down a Victorian-era law banning homosexuality are gaining momentum. It is another sign that India's deeply conservative society is changing. Raymond Thibodeaux reports from Bangalore, capit
By Greg Flakus Kerrville, Texas 02 June 2008 A judge in San Angelo, Texas has ordered state authorities to return more than 440 children to their parents, who belong to a polygamous sect based at a west Texas ranch. Authorities raided the compound o
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 04 September 2007 Israel's construction of a controversial separation barrier in the occupied West Bank has suffered a legal setback in the nation's highest court. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israe
Venezuela's Supreme Court president says that the forthcoming inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez can legally be postponed. Luisa Estella Morales is the Supreme Court President. Although on January 10 a new constitutional period begins, a ne
KIEV, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- A Ukrainian court in the eastern city of Kharkiv adjourned the tax evasion and embezzlement trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for the 11th time Friday after she refused to attend court due to poor health. Judge
WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua)-- Americans are sharply divided over Thursday's Supreme Court decision to uphold the core of Obama administration's health care legislation, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday. The latest poll found 46 percent
China's Supreme Court opens doors to Internet users