News roundup — January 9, 2012

By Canadian Lawyer
Jan 09, 2012 / Share
Canada

B.C. man to appear in Supreme Court on defamation allegations, The Globe and Mail

Maple Lodge Farms faces charges in violation of animal transport rules, Toronto Star

B.C. man faces assault with weapons charge after standoff with Abbotsford police, The Province

United States

Native American roots trump in adoption battle, Reuters

U.S. Supreme Court to hear drug-dog case, Montreal Gazette

International

Iran sentences Iranian-American man to death for spying, Reuters

Pakistan's former envoy to U.S. denies involvement in drafting coup memo, Reuters