UK & USA Today Editoweb 15 May 2009

Malik steps down amid claims probe

Shahid Malik has stepped down from his job as a Justice Minister pending the outcome of an investigation into claims that he paid only a subsidised rent on one of his homes.

UK signs pre-pandemic flu contracts

The Government has signed contracts for up to 90 million doses of a pre-pandemic swine flu vaccine, as the total number of UK cases reached 85.

Bomb plotter's wife's jail term cut

The wife of a would-be suicide bomber who failed to tell police of his plans for "carnage and mass murder" has won a reduction in her 15-year prison sentence.

Straw abandons secret inquests plan

Civil rights campaigners have claimed victory after the Government scrapped plans to hold secret inquests without juries.

Police to examine expenses evidence

A panel of senior Scotland Yard officers and prosecutors will meet next week to decide what action to take over claims that MPs misused parliamentary expenses.

Chicago man charged with kidnap, assault of

Authorities say a Chicago man kidnapped and sexually assaulted two women and two teenage girls over a 12-hour span, playing Russian roulette with the oldest woman and letting his pit bull attack them.

Advocate ousted for allegedly posing as ex-Marine

A Colorado-based veterans group has voted to disband after members accused its founder of fabricating an identity as a former Marine captain who served three tours in Iraq and was at the Pentagon on 9/11.

Minn. judge rules that family can't refuse chemo for sick son

A Minnesota judge has ruled that a 13-year-old boy with a highly treatable form of cancer must seek conventional medical treatment over his parents' objections.

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