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News Serbia denies reports of Mladic arrest
Serbia denies reports of Mladic arrest
Jeannie Shawl
February 21, 2006 02:00:00 pm

The Serbian government on Tuesday denied earlier reports that Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic had been arrested and would be turned over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former...

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News Supreme Court to hear sentencing, communications cases
Supreme Court to hear sentencing, communications cases
Holly Manges Jones
February 21, 2006 01:36:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in four cases Tuesday. In Cunningham v. California, the Court will consider whether California's determinate sentencing law is invalid because judges are able to impose increased sentences based on their own findings of...

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News Three Ohio men indicted for conspiring to kill US soldiers in Iraq
Three Ohio men indicted for conspiring to kill US soldiers in Iraq
Holly Manges Jones
February 21, 2006 01:05:00 pm

Three Ohio men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for planning terrorist attacks on US military overseas , according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. The men were recruited by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi , who leads...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Serb war crimes fugitive Mladic arrested: report
BREAKING NEWS ~ Serb war crimes fugitive Mladic arrested: report
Jeannie Shawl
February 21, 2006 12:21:00 pm

Reuters is reporting that top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic has been arrested, according to Serbian news sources. Mladic's arrest has not been officially confirmed. The former general has been charged by...

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News Australia oil-for-food inquiry to probe government knowledge of AWB bribes
Australia oil-for-food inquiry to probe government knowledge of AWB bribes
Krystal MacIntyre
February 21, 2006 12:09:00 pm

The Australian judicial inquiry looking into allegations that leading Australian wheat exporter Australian Wheat Board (AWB) provided over $200 million in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's former regime as part of the now-defunct...

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News UK High Court allows extradition of bankers facing Enron charges
UK High Court allows extradition of bankers facing Enron charges
Chris Buell
February 21, 2006 11:39:00 am

The UK High Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by three UK bankers to halt their extradition to the US to face fraud charges in connection with the Enron scandal. The British...

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News UK historian to appeal jail sentence for denying Holocaust
UK historian to appeal jail sentence for denying Holocaust
Krystal MacIntyre
February 21, 2006 11:36:00 am

British historian David Irving has said he will appeal the three-year sentence he received after pleading guilty Monday to charges of denying the Holocaust . Irving was charged in connection to two...

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News Report cites franchise bias against minorities, urges Voting Rights Act renewal
Report cites franchise bias against minorities, urges Voting Rights Act renewal
jstaff
February 21, 2006 11:08:00 am

Minority voters in the United States still face unfair poll tactics and barriers that disenfranchise them, according to a major study released Tuesday by the National Commission on the Voting Rights Act , a project...

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News Supreme Court rules in religious freedom, arbitration cases
Supreme Court rules in religious freedom, arbitration cases
Chris Buell
February 21, 2006 10:55:00 am

The US Supreme Court issued two decisions Tuesday, including a ruling in Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal , 04-1084, in which the Court held that a church congregation...

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News Liberia truth commission established to investigate human rights abuses
Liberia truth commission established to investigate human rights abuses
Chris Buell
February 21, 2006 10:34:00 am

Liberian and UN officials on Monday inaugurated a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate human rights abuses during the country's war-torn rule from 1979-2003. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf presided...

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