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The British National Party has sent Emma West a message of support following their appearance at her magistrates' court hearing this week and are defending her actions as "supporting free speech against immigration policy".

The Japanese whaling authority has launched legal proceedings against an anti-whaling group in an attempt to thwart its interference in the annual whale hunt.

The new government in Libya has said it will allow British police to begin fresh investigations into the Lockerbie bombing and the murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher.

Claire Johnson, 25, has been jailed for two years, and her boyfriend Russell Bennett, 24, for 14 months.

The EU ruling would see young women shell out £326 more a year on their car premiums while male drivers under 25, could see their yearly premiums drop by £188.

Jean Francis Say, 62, killed his eight –year-old daughter Regina and ten- year-old son Rolls, in the weekend of February 12, 2011, when he had the custody of the children.

A prominent Zionist rabbi is facing trial in Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court on charges of forcible sexual assault.

A U.S. citizen has been sentenced to two and a half years in a Thai prison after translating a banned biography of the country's King online.

Human Rights Watch has called on Yemen's government to ban child marriages, claiming it threatens girls' access to education, harms their health and keeps them second-class citizens.

Wikileaks has highlighted a company which produces spying hardware that can give surveillance officers complete access to a target's computer through Apple iTunes.

Prosecutors in Philadelphia announced Wednesday they had decided to stop efforts to execute Mumia Abu-Jamal, who has been on death row after being convicted of killing a police officer 30 years ago.

Wikileaks has released a video on its website featuring Julian Assange talking about surveillance of civilians, a topic which features in the recently released 'Spy Files' documents.

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has accused his country of 'executing' him as he arrived at Maasiyahu prison near Tel Aviv on Tuesday to being a seven-year jail term for rape.

The 14-month-old baby boy, Fletcher, died of internal bleeding caused from hard thumping in the stomach.

The driver, 34-year-old Mark Richards, has been jailed for 18 months for dangerous driving and drink-driving.

Wikileaks announced via its Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon that founder Julian Assange's Supreme Court appeal application has been rushed forward to December 19.

Al Qaeda has called on Libyan fighters not to surrender their weapons to the National Transitional Council (NTC), as it warned them they would "return to slavery".

NASA claims it will build the world's most powerful telescope by 2018.

Polish, Romanian, Lithuanian and Latvian convicts are a growing prescence among the multi-national British prison population, figures from the Ministry of Justice reveal.

The Channel 4 producer was undergoing a ‘systemic bullying’ in the office which is believed to have led to her death.

In a shocking incident, a woman was attacked by her boyfriend because he was "bored" of her.

An Australian has been sentenced to a year in prison and 500 lashes after being convicted of blasphemy in Saudi Arabia.

Emma West the alleged racist in the ‘My Tram Experience’ YouTube video is set to spend Christmas in prison after magistrates decided it was for her own protection.

A court has ruled that BlackBerry manufacture Research in Motion cannot use the name 'BBX' for its upcoming smartphone software, as another company owns the trademark.

According to The Sun, a record shop listed Lily's single on their site on Wednesday, retailing for £3.99. The problem with the listing is that the Web site does not offer fans the opportunity to pre-order singles from either of the two other finalists, Little Mix and Marcus Collins.

Emma West, the tram passenger who featured in the viral video “My Tram Experience” remanded in custody until the New Year after appearing at Croydon Magistrates’ Court harged with a racially aggravated public order offence.

The embattled preacher has stepped down following a string of damaging allegations of sexual abuse

A former Miss Russia has been jailed in New York after she was thrown out of her rehabilitation programme following an assault on another patient.

Former Arsenal midfielder Paul Merson will appear in court charged with drink driving following a motorway crash in October.

The International Business Times UK takes a look back through 2011 and the Occupy movement's place in it. Exploring how a fringe magazine feature managed to capture the hearts and minds of the world, beginning with the Occupy Wall Street protest before crossing oceans to become a global call-to-arms for the discontented.