LOS ANGELES, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — A Los Angeles Superior Court jury on Monday found pop superstar Michael Jackson’s personal physician Conrad Murray guilty in the singer’s Propofol-induced death, while the trial wrapped up on Monday afternoon.

Murray, who was little bit shocked by the decision, was handcuffed after the verdict was read and was immediately remanded to custody in county jail.

Murray has been ordered jailed without bail pending his sentencing on Nov. 29. Continue Reading

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — After a lengthy round of closing arguments delivered Thursday by both sides over the involuntary manslaughter trial against Michael Jackon’s personal physician, the fate of the cardiologist now rests in the hands of the panelists.

Deputy District Attorney David Walgren and defense attorney Edward Chernoff traded jabs during the day’s court proceedings at the Los Angeles Superior Court, with Walgren accusing the pop star’s doctor Conrad Murray of performing an “obscene experiment” on Jackson for treating his insomnia with powerful anesthetic Propofol. Continue Reading

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — Troubled U.S. actress Lindsay Lohan, who has admitted to having violated her probation in grand theft and drunk-driving cases by failing to show up for court- ordered community-service appointments and therapy sessions, was ordered by a Los Angeles judge to spend 30 days in jail on Wednesday.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner, at a Wednesday hearing to determine if Lohan has violated her probation terms, found the actress liable for the violation, and gave her two choices — spend 300 days in jail, or do community service at the morgue and therapy sessions and spend 30 days in jail. Continue Reading

LONDON, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) — Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lost his bid to block extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, London’s High Court ruled on Wednesday.

The judges at the High Court in London said that the ruling in favor of an extradition must be upheld.

The 40-year-old Australian computer scientist was accused of rape and sex offenses against two Swedish women in Stockholm last August. Continue Reading

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — Michael Jackson’s personal doctor Conrad Murray, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter for the pop star’s 2009 death, refused to testify in his own defense Tuesday.

The 58-year-old cardiologist told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor his decision not to testify and resign his fate to a jury instead. Edward Chernoff, the defense attorney, also told the judge that they had discussed the matter many times before. Continue Reading

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — Dorothy Howell Rodham, mother of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, passed away due to illness on Tuesday at age 92, her family said.

Hillary Clinton cancelled a planned trip to London and Istanbul in order to be at her mother’s side at a Washington hospital. In a statement, the Clinton family praised Rodham as a woman who ” overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was – a warm, generous and strong woman; an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother.” Continue Reading

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived at a hospital in Sao Paulo Monday morning for his first chemotherapy session to treat his laryngeal cancer.

Lula was diagnosed with cancer Saturday, and his doctors decided to start treatment right away. The former leader chose not to undergo surgery but instead go through a series of chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions in the next four months. Continue Reading

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — Michael Jackson had likely killed himself by injecting a fatal dose of Propofol by himself, a leading anesthesiologist testified on Friday at the trial of Conrad Murray, the singer’s personal physician who is charged with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the high-publicity case.

Paul White, who took the stand as the defense team’s final witness, disputed the findings of a key prosecution witness, Steven Shafer, who said he believed that Jackson died while being given a “drip” of Propofol. Continue Reading

BANGKOK, Oct. 26, 2011 (Xinhua) — Locals chat with each other while sitting in the flood water in Bang-phalt district of Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on Oct. 26, 2011. Death toll of widespread floods in Thailand has climbed to 373 with two missing, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Wednesday. (Photo by Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

KARACHI, Oct. 26, 2011 (Xinhua) — Pakistani Hindu women celebrate Diwali festival in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on October 26, 2011. Diwali, popularly known as the festival of light, is an important five-day festival in Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism, occurring between mid-October and mid-November. For Hindu, Diwali is the most important festival of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their home. (Photo by Xinhua/Sajjad)

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) — A New York medical expert on Thursday continued to testify against Michael Jackson’s personal physician who is charged of involuntary manslaughter of the pop superstar.

On the 14th day of the trial, Steven Shafer, an anesthesiology professor at Columbia University, highlighted his claim with detailed simulating of how Conrad Murray admittedly administered the Propofol to Jackson in the hours leading up to his June 25, 2009 death. Continue Reading

ATHENS, Oct. 20, 2011 (Xinhua) — Greek demonstrators and anti riot police clash on Syntagma square in central Athens, Greece. Labor unions and Left parties held a new rally on a second day of a 48-hour general strike ahead of a key parliament vote on new austerity measures. (Photo by Xinhua/Marios Lolos)