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- Yao Jiaxin, murderer of road traffic incident casualty, sentenced
- Netanyahu pushed previous prime minister Olmert to attack Iran, according to Wikileaks cables
- UK newspapers face libel, privacy action over murder coverage
- All US states could have smoke-free laws by 2020
| Yao Jiaxin, murderer of road traffic incident casualty, sentenced Posted: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Yao Jiaxin, a 21-year-old student at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, was sentenced to death on Friday. Yao, from Xi'an in China's Shaanxi province, was convicted of homicide after stabbing a cyclist to death. More... |
| Netanyahu pushed previous prime minister Olmert to attack Iran, according to Wikileaks cables Posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
A document revealed by Wikileaks, dated July 20, 2007, shows that Mr. Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, urged an attack on Iran in exchange for joining the government at the time, led by Ehud Olmert. More... |
| UK newspapers face libel, privacy action over murder coverage Posted: Friday, April 22, 2011
Six UK newspapers are facing actions claiming libel and breach of privacy from Chris Jeffries, a man who attracted intense media coverage when arrested in December for the murder of Joanna Yeates. Jeffries was subsequently released and a different man has been charged instead. More... |
| All US states could have smoke-free laws by 2020 Posted: Friday, April 22, 2011 Government officials have predicted that by 2020, all US states will have bans on indoor smoking in private sector bars and restaurants, the chief sources of secondhand smoke, if the current rate of progress in enacting smoking bans continues. In a press release issued yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that by December 31, 2010 there were 26 states with broad indoor smoking bans, covering workplaces, bars and restaurants, while an additional 10 states had banned smoking in one or two specific indoor areas. Cumulatively, these restriction cover almost one half of the country's population, 47.8 percent, while a remaining 88 million nonsmokers are still exposed to secondhand smoke yearly, including half of all children over three years old. More... |
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