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Search Results for: 2003-05-09

Europe rights court to review Macedonia role in CIA extraordinary rendition

October 14, 2010 04:23:25 PM

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) announced Thursday that it will review the involvement of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in the extraordinary rendition and torture of Khaled El-Masri...

October 13, 2010 10:19:54 AM

The US Department of Justice on Tuesday filed two notices of appeal in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts , defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text;...

September 7, 2010 12:48:44 PM

Founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) James Boyd, Jr. called Tuesday for the US Senate to fund a settlement in a discrimination case involving minority...

July 22, 2010 09:54:32 AM

A report released Thursday by Transparency International (TI) named Burundi as the most corrupt East-African nation, with a corruption index of 36.7 percent. Also cited by TI for having high rates of corruption were Uganda, with...

July 6, 2010 10:56:51 AM

The Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday charged the eldest son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia with corruption for allegedly laundering three million dollars through bank accounts in Singapore. Police officials stated that...

May 13, 2010 04:22:43 PM

A lawyer from the Spanish National Court Office of the Prosecutor on Wednesday petitioned judge Ismael Moreno to issue arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents who allegedly kidnapped a German citizen of Lebanese descent in 2003 as part of...

May 3, 2010 03:13:44 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Monday heard arguments in the appeal of Army Spc. Charles Graner , sentenced to 10 years in prison for...

February 5, 2010 01:52:00 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces on Friday upheld the convictions of two soldiers found guilty of offenses committed as guards at Abu Ghraib prison . Army Spc. Sabrina Harman...

December 21, 2009 12:22:00 PM

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of fraud and corruption that led to his resignation last year. Olmert is accused of illegally accepting cash contributions from American businessman...

November 30, 2009 02:38:00 PM

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In Graham County Soil & Water Conservation Dist. v. United States ex rel. Wilson [oral arguments transcript, PDF;...

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