Father rape accused denied bail, and other brief reports

* The Florida Supreme Court yesterday declined a request from Governor Jeb Bush to reconsider its decision striking down a state law designed to save the life of a severely brain-damaged woman at the centre of a bitter right-to-die dispute. The court ruled 7-0 last month that Bush and other state politicians had overstepped their authority when they adopted the law ordering that Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube be reinserted six days after her husband had it removed so she could die. – The Mercury * South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun suffered a major political setback yesterday when the country’s Constitutional Court ruled his controversial $45bn plan to move the capital was unlawful. Roh had made relocating the administrative capital away from crowded Seoul to two rural counties in the country’s central region, a key pledge in his 2002 election campaign. – Business Day * The New Brighton Magistrates’ Court near Port Elizabeth has granted bail of R1 200 each to eight people facing charges of defrauding the Department of Social Development. They are accused of arranging fraudulent disability grants for 25 people who did not qualify. – The Herald