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The House Committee on Ethics released its report last month exonerating 7 Members of Congress from the charge that they had traded earmark requests for campaign contributions.

GUJRANWALA: Two accused, who were wanted by the police in murders of seven policemen and three children, were killed in an alleged encounter in Gujranwala on Tuesday. While a constable also lost his life during the gunbattle between police and the accused, said police. The corpses of the accused were paraded through city bazaars, which was witnessed by hundreds of people, who also showered rose petals on the police.

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday approved an increase in the salaries and judicial allowances of the judges of Supreme Court and high courts. The President signed the summary at a ceremony here at the Presidency, which was attended among others by Dr.

Tawanna Iverson Divored, On the day that Allen Iverson of Philadelphia and ended their relationship, Iverson wife, Tawanna filed for divorce in Fulton County Supreme Court of Georgia, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Chief Justice John Roberts , According to Radar Online, the next Supreme Court justice to step down won’t be John Paul Stevens or Ruth Bader Ginsburg after all.  Claiming an exclusive scoop from unnamed sources, they say that the next resignation will be that of conservative Chief Justice John Roberts.The question is whether Radar’s sourcing will hold up.  Conservatives will be praying that it won’t.   For Roberts to step down now, one would have to assume a very serious illness or family matter arose that absolutely would keep him from fulfilling his duties.  We’ll see shortly. UPDATE: RadarOnline knows how to really run with a story, even if that direction is backwards: RadarOnline.com has obtained new information that Justice Roberts will NOT resign. The justice will be staying on the bench.

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday gave the green signal to the Attorney General and Law Ministry to get the process started for reopening his Swiss cases. The formal request for reopening of the cases will be filed with the Swiss government by Monday.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif said the democracy is at risk in the hands of President Asif Ali Zardari and that he is hugely disappointed by his measures, Geo News reported Sunday. The government’s conflict with the judiciary is quite perilous and the Constitution should be put in action for the judges’ appointments, he said talking to journalists at Punjab House here on the occasion of party’s meeting to discuss evolving situation. He observed there is no difference between Zardari’s democracy and the dictatorship and that the President Zardari is the great danger to democracy itself

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said there is no threat to democracy, country and institutions in the country, vowing the government will settle issues including the judges’ appointments, Geo News reported Sunday. Talking to media during his visit of SOS Village, he said it is the Supreme Court (SC) that would decide on the judges’ appointments, adding the government will make its stance known at the court

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