Briefs, February 6, 2013
The companion of an Indian medical student who died after being gang-raped identified the bus on which the attack took place as he testified in the trial of five adults accused of her murder.
NEW DELHI - The companion of an Indian medical student who died after being gang-raped identified the bus on which the attack took place as he testified in the trial of five adults accused of her murder. The 28-year-old, confined to a wheelchair as a result of the attack, confirmed that a white bus was the vehicle on which the deadly assault took place on December 16, his father said. The proceedings are subject to a gagging order, but police allowed reporters to see the judge, the witness and lawyers being taken to the bus, which had been parked in the court compound. AFP
TOKYO- Japan's whaling programme costs taxpayers US$10 million a year, a pressure group said, as it demanded an end to the "dying industry". The International Fund for Animal Welfare said money raised from the sale of whale meat fell far short of the cost of running and maintaining the fleet that hunts the mammals in the Southern Ocean. "The whaling industry has been operating in the red for more than 20 years now," said Patrick Ramage of IFAW. AFP
