Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is illegal versus unlawful. Here's a question from Jed in Washington, D.C. From my seat on the bus, I could see a big sign listing things that were unlawful to do on the bus (such as eat, listen to loud music, etc.) I...
by Michael W. Flynn Hello, and welcome to a special joint episode of Grammar Girls Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing and Legal Lads Quick and Dirty Tips for a More Lawful Life. Grammar Girl here. Todays topic is illegal versus unlawful. Here's...
By Adam Freedman Todays topic: Spam But first, your daily dose of legalese: This podcast does not create an attorney-client relationship with any listener. In other words, although I am a lawyer, Im not your lawyer. In fact, we barely know each other...
Italian officials are pressing for steps to prevent a repeat of the tragedy involving hundreds of migrants from Africa who are missing and believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean over the weekend. The migrants were cramped in un-seaworthy vess...
West Africa's second-largest rainforest is under threat from illicit mining and hunting according to one of Liberia's top environmental officials. More than 20,000 people are thought to be living illegally in Liberia's Sapo National Park. As part of...
A boatload of suspected asylum seekers intercepted off Australia's northern coast is being taken to an island center for processing. After a spate of people smuggling incidents, the government has outlined plans to intensify surveillance of its nort...
U.S. prosecutors are charging eight foreigners and eight overseas businesses for helping to ship thousands of micro chips and other sensitive parts to Iran, in violation of U.S. trade bans. Officials say similar chips were found in improvised explos...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 February 2008 Indian authorities are investigating a large-scale illegal organ transplant ring that involves removing kidneys from poor people and selling them to rich Indians and foreigners. Anjana Pasricha reports fr...
By Chad Bouchard Bali 05 December 2007 Environmental experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali say illegal logging is decimating tropical forests and contributing to rising global temperatures. Chad Bouchard reports from the con...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 19 November 2007 European Union countries are meeting, for the first time, with their poorer Mediterranean counterparts, to find ways to stem the flow of illegal immigration to Europe. Lisa Bryant has more on the two-day meeting...
