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BOXING: IBF to be shackled by court monitor

Tuesday 23 November 1999

FEDERAL PROSECUTORS filed charges against the International Boxing Federation yesterday and requested a court-appointed monitor for what they contend is a corrupt organisation.

Dr Martens `not British'

Friday 18 June 1999

DR MARTENS shoes are not the symbol of Britishness they seem, an American company is claiming.

Cricket: World Cup - Minister rounds on Ranatunga

Sunday 13 June 1999

ARJUNA RANATUNGA, the Sri Lanka captain, is paying the price for the reigning champions' early exit from the World Cup with government calls for his removal. The 35-year-old, who lifted the trophy in Lahore in 1996, has been asked to step down by thesports minister, S B Dissanayake, after the unsuccessful defence of their title.

GEC calls for return of share options

Tuesday 08 June 1999

A GROUP of top executives at Fore Systems, the US Internet equipment manufacturer GEC is buying for $4.5bn (pounds 2.8bn), may be asked to hand back lucrative share options they controversially awarded themselves as the deal was being negotiated.

GEC deal faces $1bn US law suit

Tuesday 25 May 1999

GEC's pounds 2.8bn takeover of the US telecoms equipment supplier, Fore Systems, ran into trouble last night after a group of shareholders in the American company launched a $1bn class action.

Fore investors fight GEC takeover bid

Tuesday 25 May 1999

GEC's pounds 2.8bn takeover of the US telecoms equipment supplier, Fore Systems, ran into trouble last night after a group of shareholders in the American company launched a $1bn class action.

Flat Earth: No hiding place

Sunday 16 May 1999

It is logical to assume that if you are going to commit a robbery you should don some sort of disguise to conceal your identity. But a robber in Allentown, Pennsylvania, thought he'd be less obtrusive sans clothes.

Goldman to float in face of fixing probe

Sunday 02 May 1999

Investigation targets 25 Wall Street banks

`Incompetent' state lawyers to be sacked

Wednesday 07 April 1999

DOZENS OF state lawyers are incompetent and are letting the public down by their failure to prosecute criminals, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said yesterday.

$1.2bn fraudster begins appeal

Tuesday 09 March 1999

THE MAN jailed for 14 years for breaking the Bank of Credit and Commerce International took his case to the the Court of Appeal yesterday.

`There is no justice in this country'

Friday 27 November 1998

War torture: Veteran spits his defiance as Tokyo court throws out case after four-year legal proceedings

Japan PoWs lose claim for compensation

Friday 27 November 1998

War torture: Veteran spits his defiance as Tokyo court throws out case after four-year legal proceedings

PRESIDENTIAL CRISIS: `It wasn't her fault, it was mine'

Tuesday 22 September 1998

Clinton's Testimony

Man remanded on crash charge

Wednesday 16 September 1998

Man remanded on crash charge

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