Air India bomb builder released on bail

The British Columbia Court of Appeals on Wednesday ordered the only man convicted in the 1985 bombing of an Air India flight released on bail, freeing him at least temporarily after more than two decades in prison.

Convicted bomb-maker Inderjit Singh Reyat served his entire sentence for convictions related to the Air India explosion that killed more than 200 people off the coast of Ireland and a fatal blast the same day at the Narita airport in Japan. But he remained behind bars facing perjury charges for allegedly lying during the trial of two men accused of taking part in the plot. Both were acquitted.

The British Columbia Supreme Court had earlier denied …

Daley's right on 'big-box' law

On July 26 the City Council voted to supersede the U.S.government, which, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (passed byCongress in 1938), has set minimum wages in the United States. Whilethey were ruminating over this issue, Council members votedthemselves substantial raises, to compensate for the "heavy lifting"involved in the vote.

The issue? The wages of the so-called big-box employers, such asWal-Mart, which have time-honored and carefully calculated wage ratesbased upon the usual criteria -- i.e., difficulty of the job, arearates and past experience in the same or similar job.

Why would City Council members decide to take this one on? Perhapsbecause of …

Vieillissement, parcours de trajet et compétence environnementale

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Notre recherche se situe dans une perspective environnementale et se propose, d'une part, d'�valuer les comp�tences macrospatiales mises en oeuvre par les adultes �g�s lorsqu'ils sont confront�s � une t�che de parcours de trajet dans un environnement r�el inconnu et, d'autre part, de cerner les liens que ces comp�tences peuvent entretenir avec l'�valuation par l'adulte lui-m�me de ses propres comp�tences environnementales. Soixante femmes fran�aises, �g�es de 71 � 92 ans, ont �t� amen�es � (a) effectuer un trajet en se rep�rant � l'aide d'un plan con�u pour notre recherche et (b) remplir la sous-�chelle � Parcours de trajet � de l'�chelle de comp�tence environnementale de …

Rights group calls on army to fire chief rabbi

An Israeli rights group is calling on the army to fire its chief rabbi for "incitement" ahead of Israel's recent Gaza offensive.

In a letter sent by the Yesh Din group to Israel's defense minister and military chief of staff, the group cites passages from a booklet it says was prepared by the office of the chief military rabbi. The group says the booklet was passed on by troops who received it on the eve …

Ex-Jodeci members face tax charges

RALEIGH, N.C.--R&B crooners K-Ci and JoJo are free on bail afterbeing arrested on tax evasion charges.

The brothers, who built their career as part of the early 1990sgroup Jodeci, were released from jail Sunday. They're charged withfailing to pay taxes due to North Carolina for shows they performedin the state during 1999, 2000 and 2001, said their lawyer, JamesWilliams. Neither brother was aware of owing the state money,Williams said.

"Both of these young men, as artists, do not handle their ownaffairs. They were victimized," he said. "The best I can discern,their main problem is that they changed accountants. It's just amatter of paperwork that needs to be filed …

Wise plugs image-boosting campaign: Five companies vie for contract to promote state; plan may not take hold

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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Gov. Bob Wise used an appearance at theBusiness Summit to promote a plan to spend $3 million annually on anadvertising campaign aimed at boosting the state's image.

"We should be telling the story of where we're making gains," Wisesaid Wednesday in a speech that highlighted the state's successesduring his four-year term. "That's why I fought in the lastlegislative session to get a stream of revenue for promotion."

Wise proposed that $3 million of lottery proceeds that previouslywent to tourism be shifted to the development office and the lastsession of the Legislature agreed.

Before the change, the state …

Bombings, shooting kill 6 Iraqi soldiers, police; Sunni Arab leader alleges house arrest

A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol in a Sunni-dominated neighborhood of Baghdad killed two officers on Sunday, while a third officer in the neighborhood was shot to death on his way to work, police said. North of Baghdad, another roadside bomb struck an Iraqi army patrol, killing three soldiers, an officer said.

Violence in Iraq has dropped to levels not seen since January 2006, just before the bombing of a Shiite mosque in Samarra unleashed large-scale sectarian bloodshed that left thousands dead. But roadside bombings, targeted killings and abductions remain daily occurrences, and American officials have warned that without progress toward power-sharing …