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News War crimes trial postponed for former Afghan intelligence chief
War crimes trial postponed for former Afghan intelligence chief
Krystal MacIntyre
January 31, 2006 11:33:00 am

Afghan Judge Abul Basit Bakhitari has postponed the trial of Assadullah Sarwari for twenty days so that he may hire a lawyer. Sarwari, the former director of Afghanistan's intelligence service, faces charges stemming from his operation under...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate confirms Samuel Alito to Supreme Court
BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate confirms Samuel Alito to Supreme Court
Jeannie Shawl
January 31, 2006 11:19:00 am

The US Senate has approved the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to serve as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court by a vote of 58-42 . Alito will replace Justice Sandra Day...

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News HRW slams closed trial for Uzbek rights activist
HRW slams closed trial for Uzbek rights activist
Krystal MacIntyre
January 31, 2006 10:47:00 am

Human Rights Watch criticized Uzbek officials for blocking access to the trial of rights activist Mutabar Tojiboeva , in a statement issued Tuesday. Uzbek police have blocked off the court building and set...

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News Australia court hears constitutional challenge to national security law
Australia court hears constitutional challenge to national security law
Chris Buell
January 31, 2006 10:44:00 am

Australian anti-terror laws force courts to close off too much information to the public and prevent fair trials, a group of media organizations argued Tuesday before the New South Wales Supreme Court in the first constitutional challenge...

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News Saddam defense calls for judge to be sacked
Saddam defense calls for judge to be sacked
Chris Buell
January 31, 2006 10:25:00 am

Defense lawyers for Saddam Hussein have vowed to continue a boycott of the former Iraqi leader's trial unless the judge presiding over the trial is removed, one of the defense lawyers...

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News Georgia rebuffs death penalty moratorium proposal
Georgia rebuffs death penalty moratorium proposal
Krystal MacIntyre
January 31, 2006 10:13:00 am

State officials and politicians in Georgia have indicated that there are no immediate plans to add death penalty reform to the legislative agenda, despite the highly critical Georgia Death Penalty Assessment Report ...

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News Trial opens for Madrid bombing suspect
Trial opens for Madrid bombing suspect
Chris Buell
January 31, 2006 10:05:00 am

A suspected mastermind of the 2004 Madrid bombings appeared in an Italian court Tuesday for an initial hearing as his trial on terror charges begins. Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed , along with an alleged accomplice,...

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News Iran says no legal basis for Security Council recourse
Iran says no legal basis for Security Council recourse
Jeannie Shawl
January 31, 2006 08:44:00 am

Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran , said Tuesday that there is no legal basis for efforts to refer Iran to the UN Security Council . In an interview with the...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ MLK widow Coretta Scott King dies
BREAKING NEWS ~ MLK widow Coretta Scott King dies
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 31, 2006 07:42:00 am

Wire services are reporting that Coretta Scott King , wife of the late US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and a key figure in the civil rights movement herself, has died. She was 78, and...

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News International brief ~ Big Five agree to send Iran to Security Council
International brief ~ Big Five agree to send Iran to Security Council
D. Wes Rist
January 31, 2006 04:36:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the foreign ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council have agreed to present the issue of Iran's nuclear enrichment program to the Council following a report by International Atomic...

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