Quotes of note - Boston Globe
“The era of repression is over forever. Dictatorship has become a tale of the past.”– Prime Minister YOUSEF RAZA GILANI of Pakistan, urging President Pervez Musharraf to step down “The only way the turnpike is going to have that money is to increase

Lawyer: Female al-Qaida suspect was set up - MSNBC
NEW YORK - A lawyer for a Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill U.S. military officers in a gunfight in Afghanistan accused the government on Wednesday of setting up her client by planting evidence on her. The lawyer, Elizabeth Fink, also

Lawyer: Pakistani woman set up and tortured - Newsday
The lawyer for a Pakistani woman charged with trying to kill American soldiers in Afghanistan said her client had been mistreated while held overseas and in the United States. Attorney Elizabeth Fink used the word “torture” to describe what she

Seattle attorney finds that the Internet won’t let go of his past - Seattle Times
Seattle attorney finds that the Internet won’t let go of his past A Seattle lawyer is battling to get an old newspaper story about him to stop showing up on Google.

Darren Taylor, 42, gang-peace activist - Boston Globe
LOS ANGELES - Darren “Bo” Taylor, a former member of the Crips who brokered a truce between warring urban gangs after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, has died. He was 42. Mr. Taylor died Monday of cancer in San Diego, his sister, Adrienne Galloway, said

Johnson plans to sue former lawyer’s estate - PR Inside
TORONTO (AP) - Disgraced Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson plans to sue his former lawyer’s estate for US$37 million (¤25 million), alleging that Edward Futerman took advantage of his «diminished mental capacities» in «an arrogant, high-handed and