Word: jails
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...pass through Vietnam. The demonstrations protested Chinese occupation of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea - which Vietnam also claims. Within months, police arrested Nguyen on charges of tax evasion - a move widely seen as retaliation. "It's pretty clear that what he was really thrown in jail for was for criticizing China's claim over the Paracels," says Bob Dietz, Asia program coordinator at the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. In December, an appeals court upheld Nguyen's 30-month jail sentence...
...billion by is somehow deemed by courts to be a minor enough offense to warrant part-time house arrest - in a luxury apartment, with the freedom to come and go as desired between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. - rather than actual, you know, 24-hour-a-day JAIL...
Boston Bargain. Once a former jail, the The Liberty Hotel in Boston, has got a criminal deal right now. The "Winter Wonderland" package includes a walking map from Beacon Hill to Boston Common, tickets to the Frog Pond skating rink in the Common and, for when you return to the hotel, a complimentary in-room movie and two hot toddies. Finish off your stay with breakfast for two. Rates start at $345, through Feb. 28, 2009. 215 Charles Street, Boston...
...former private eye to the stars, kicked off one of Hollywood's most dramatic scandals. On Dec. 15, a federal judge sentenced Pellicano to fifteen years in prison after a May trial in which he was found guilty on 78 counts, including wiretapping and racketeering. He's been in jail since 2003 on federal explosives charges. Only in Hollywood, kids...
...homeland, people cannot question the government,” Beydulla said. “You cannot criticize government policy. If you do, you get [in] trouble...you can be physically hurt, you can get jail for so many years—five, and six, seven...