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News Teen Canadian terror suspect is third released on bail
Teen Canadian terror suspect is third released on bail
Joe Shaulis
July 25, 2006 01:52:00 pm

The youngest suspect arrested in June in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to attack Canadian targets has been released on bail. The 16-year-old, whose name has not been publicized because he is a minor, was released...

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News Indonesia prosecutor says Bali bombers likely to be executed in August
Indonesia prosecutor says Bali bombers likely to be executed in August
Jaime Jansen
July 25, 2006 01:21:00 pm

Three men convicted in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings will likely be executed in late August, a spokesman from the Bali district attorney's office said Tuesday. Under Indonesian law, head of Denpasar's district attorney office...

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News US Cambodia envoy urges new court to try Khmer Rouge genocide suspects promptly
US Cambodia envoy urges new court to try Khmer Rouge genocide suspects promptly
Joe Shaulis
July 25, 2006 01:10:00 pm

The joint UN-Cambodian court that will try former leaders of the communist Khmer Rouge regime that decimated Cambodia's population in the "killing fields" of the late 1970s must move quickly or risk the deaths of more...

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News Nepal parliament directs government to ratify International Criminal Court statute
Nepal parliament directs government to ratify International Criminal Court statute
Kiran Chapagain
July 25, 2006 11:59:00 am

Nepal’s reinstated parliament on Tuesday directed the government to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, the new international tribunal established to try crimes against humanity. “Nepali people want an end to impunity," a...

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News Terror watch list inefficient: Homeland Security report
Terror watch list inefficient: Homeland Security report
Jaime Jansen
July 25, 2006 11:37:00 am

A terror watch list designed to keep suspected terrorist from entering the United States through one of 324 points of entry is vague and ineffective, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General Richard Skinner [official...

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News Ex-justice minister pleads not guilty to war crimes in Bosnia court
Ex-justice minister pleads not guilty to war crimes in Bosnia court
Jaime Jansen
July 25, 2006 11:12:00 am

Momcilo Mandic, the former Bosnian Serb justice minister in the wartime government under Radovan Karadzic , pleaded not guilty at the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Tuesday...

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News Specter hits back at surveillance bill critics
Specter hits back at surveillance bill critics
Jeannie Shawl
July 25, 2006 10:58:00 am

US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday defended his proposal to subject the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program to review by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ,...

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News Indian Trust case plaintiffs considering $8 billion settlement
Indian Trust case plaintiffs considering $8 billion settlement
Jaime Jansen
July 25, 2006 10:22:00 am

Native Americans participating in the ten-year-old Indian Trust case involving the alleged mismanagement of American Indian money by the US Department of the Interior have indicated they...

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News UN Security Council urges greater protection for children in armed conflicts
UN Security Council urges greater protection for children in armed conflicts
Jaime Jansen
July 25, 2006 09:28:00 am

The UN Security Council on Monday called for renewed efforts to protect children in areas of armed conflict to build on progress in implementing Resolution 1612 , which requires international monitoring of children's rights...

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News Thailand election commissioners get jail time for abuse of power in April poll
Thailand election commissioners get jail time for abuse of power in April poll
Jaime Jansen
July 25, 2006 08:37:00 am

Thailand's criminal court on Tuesday sentenced three members of the Election Commission of Thailand to four years in jail for violating election law in connection with arrangements for the April parliamentary election . The...

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