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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron are starting a day of both policy talks and celebration with an elaborate welcome ceremony at the White House....

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The International Criminal Court convicted a Congolese warlord on Wednesday of using child soldiers, a verdict hailed as a legal landmark in the fight against impunity for the world's most serious crimes....

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“Espada was the resident of the searched premises, while Cruz was a temporary guest who admitted that he had no control over the residence. In leaving the residence with his belongings still in the bedroom, unlocked and exposed in a doorless closet, Cruz assumed the risk that Espada would consent to a search of her residence.” United States v. Cruz, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 4986 (3d Cir. March 9, 2012) (unpublished). [This is tenuous at best, and it deserved a better, more detailed analysis than brushing it off without much in a per curiam. A guest has standing, but are their personal belongings subject to the whim of the host? Not usually. Why would the police even think that the host had apparent authority over the guest's stuff? This is just wrong as written. Hopefully the defense will ask for rehearing or try for cert.]

Defendant being a known drug dealer in an area where there might have been a drug deal 2-3 hours earlier in a vehicle that only might have matched the color of the one they were looking for wasn’t probable cause. United States v. Allen, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32707 (M.D. La. March 12, 2012).*

A man who murdered a woman in Bournemouth is granted leave to appeal against his full-life jail sentence.

NEW YORK (AP) -- AT&T is offering to discuss a settlement to an iPhone user who won a small-claims case that alleged the company was slowing down his "unlimited" data service....

Following CA7 (United States v. Reed, 539 F.3d 595 (7th Cir. 2008)) and CA8 (United States v. Hudspeth, 518 F.3d 954 (8th Cir. 2008) (en banc)) and not CA9 (United States v. Murphy, 516 F.3d 1117 (9th Cir. 2008)), CA5 finds that an absent cotenant who refuses to consent is not what was contemplated in Randolph. Defendant was in jail and refused to consent, so officers went to his house and got it anyway. [There is also a curtilage issue under Dunn.] United States v. Cooke, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 5269 (5th Cir. March 13, 2012):

We agree with the Seventh and Eighth Circuits that the objection of an absent cotenant does not vitiate the consent of a physically present cotenant under Randolph. First, as both courts noted, Randolph self-consciously emphasized the importance of Randolph's presence by repeatedly noting it when declaring and reiterating the holding. See Randolph, 547 U.S. at 106, 114, 121, 122, 123. Justice Breyer's concurrence confirms the importance of physical presence. Id. at 126 (Breyer, J., concurring). Second, the Randolph Court seemed to have structured the holding as an exception to the general rule of Rodriguez and Matlock that a cotenant may consent to the search of a residence, id. at 106, and that this exception was narrowly drawn along a "fine line." Id. at 121-22. Third, although it is a close question, social convention normally allows for a visitor to feel invited into a home when invited by a physically-present resident, even if an absent cotenant objects to it, rather than the visitor's assuming he is verboten forever until the objector consents.

First Minister Carwyn Jones says the owners of Cardiff airport should run it properly or sell it, and criticises the impression it gives visitors of Wales.

Ministers have not got the brand image of Wales right, admits Business Minister Edwina Hart, with experts now working on selling the nation abroad.

A 51-year-old woman who sued her millionaire ex-partner for £219,500 loses her claim for loss of earnings.

Zambia's ex-ruling party is stripped of its legal status for not paying registration fees for 20 years - a move which could see it lose its parliamentary seats.

Centre Nick De Luca is restored to the starting line-up in Scotland's only change for Saturday's Six Nations clash with Italy.

A look back at some of the Liverpool captain's most inspirational displays.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United States stepped up pressure on Pakistan Thursday as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said "we are reaching the limits of our patience" with a nominal ally that continues to provide a safe haven to al-Qaida-linked militants....

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Despite dozens of allegations of neglect and sexual abuse over the years, the U.S. State Department has scrapped a plan to require FBI-based fingerprint searches for people hosting foreign high school exchange students, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press....

Nick Clegg and Harriet Harman have clashed over the latest unemployment figures and the government's NHS reforms.

Actor Stephen Fry backs a Southampton pub accused of copyright infringement by US film company lawyers.

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) -- A 3-year-old boy shot and killed himself with a gun he found in a car as a family made a stop early Wednesday at a gas station, police said....

The BBC says its Persian Service has been targeted by a "sophisticated cyber-attack" which it is linking to other attacks on the channel which broadcasts to Iran.

Robots set a new distance world record, swimming more than 3,200 nautical miles (5,926km) across the Pacific Ocean.