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News Rice defends Guantanamo detentions at end of UK visit
Rice defends Guantanamo detentions at end of UK visit
Jaime Jansen
April 1, 2006 02:58:00 pm

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in a news conference Saturday with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw at the end of a UK visit. In response...

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News Moussaoui sentencing jury taking weekend off from death penalty deliberations
Moussaoui sentencing jury taking weekend off from death penalty deliberations
Alexis Unkovic
April 1, 2006 11:51:00 am

The jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial is taking the weekend off after adjourning Friday, having not yet reached a verdict on whether the alleged al Qaeda terrorist should receive the death penalty ....

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News New Jersey appeals court upholds Vioxx class action certification
New Jersey appeals court upholds Vioxx class action certification
Greg Sampson
April 1, 2006 11:17:00 am

A New Jersey appeals court on Friday upheld a July 2005 trial court decision to certify a nationwide class of plaintiffs suing the drug maker Merck for damages relating to its withdrawn drug Vioxx...

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News AG Gonzales commits $15M to fight against urban gangs
AG Gonzales commits $15M to fight against urban gangs
Greg Sampson
April 1, 2006 11:06:00 am

In a speech in Los Angeles on Friday, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced that the US Department of Justice, through its anti-gang initiative, will give out $15 million in grants to six areas to help fund...

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News UN Security Council considers resolution to shift Taylor war crimes trial
UN Security Council considers resolution to shift Taylor war crimes trial
Alexis Unkovic
April 1, 2006 10:58:00 am

Britain has circulated a draft resolution to fellow UN Security Council members that would permit the pending war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor to be moved from Sierra Leone...

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News Bosnia high court strikes down use of ethnic symbols
Bosnia high court strikes down use of ethnic symbols
Alexis Unkovic
April 1, 2006 10:41:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina ruled Friday that Bosnia's main ethnic groups dominating the country's two semi-autonomous regions must discontinue use of ethnic symbols, including anthems, flags, and coats of arms adopted after the 1992-95...

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News Bush calls again for guest worker program as US students protest immigration reforms
Bush calls again for guest worker program as US students protest immigration reforms
Greg Sampson
April 1, 2006 10:36:00 am

President Bush on Friday completed a two-day summit in Cancun with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper by once again calling on the US Congress to pass immigration reform legislation that would...

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