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News Indonesia reduces sentences of Bali bombing convicts
Indonesia reduces sentences of Bali bombing convicts
Michael Sung
August 17, 2007 09:23:00 am

Indonesia reduced the sentences of 10 Islamic militants on Friday for their roles in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings and the 2005 Bali bombings . Originally serving between eight to 18 years, six of the militants received a...

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News South Africa apartheid officials plead guilty to attempted murder
South Africa apartheid officials plead guilty to attempted murder
Michael Sung
August 17, 2007 08:50:00 am

Two former South African officials pleaded guilty to attempted murder Friday for their role in a 1989 plot to assassinate then-opposition member and current Director-General in the President's Office Frank Chikane. As part of...

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News Venezuela opposition criticizes proposed constitutional reforms
Venezuela opposition criticizes proposed constitutional reforms
Michael Sung
August 17, 2007 08:30:00 am

Venezuelan opposition party members on Thursday criticized proposed constitutional reforms introduced this week by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez , calling Chavez's proposal a blatant attempt to further consolidate his control over Venezuela. The...

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News Nursing home owners go on trial over Katrina drowning deaths
Nursing home owners go on trial over Katrina drowning deaths
Michael Sung
August 17, 2007 08:01:00 am

Prosecutors presented opening statements in the trial of nursing home owners Salvador and Mabel Mangano Thursday, saying that the operators of St. Rita's Nursing Home were criminally negligent for their failure to comply with the mandatory evacuation order during...

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News Leahy urges DOJ internal probe into Gonzales testimony
Leahy urges DOJ internal probe into Gonzales testimony
Leslie Schulman
August 16, 2007 09:00:00 pm

US Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) on Thursday asked Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn Fine to investigate potentially misleading or dishonest testimony given in previous hearings by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ...

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News Ex-Marine charged with voluntary manslaughter for Fallujah deaths
Ex-Marine charged with voluntary manslaughter for Fallujah deaths
Leslie Schulman
August 16, 2007 08:02:00 pm

A former Marine sergeant has been charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter for killing two Iraqi insurgents during the Multinational National Force-Iraq's November 2004 offensive in Fallujah , his lawyers said Thursday. Jose Nazario will be arraigned...

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News Ashcroft not fully lucid during March 2004 Gonzales visit:  FBI director notes
Ashcroft not fully lucid during March 2004 Gonzales visit: FBI director notes
Leslie Schulman
August 16, 2007 07:27:00 pm

Personal notes by FBI Director Robert Mueller released Thursday reveal that former US Attorney General John Ashcroft was "feeble, barely articulate, clearly stressed" when current Attorney General and then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales confronted...

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News Leahy request for DOJ probe of Gonzales testimony [US Senate]
Leahy request for DOJ probe of Gonzales testimony [US Senate]
August 16, 2007 03:11:00 pm

Letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn Fine, US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, August 16, 2007 [requesting the inspector general to investigate potentially misleading or dishonest testimony given by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales before the Senate...

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FBI director notes from March 2004 Ashcroft-Gonzales meeting [FBI]
August 16, 2007 03:03:00 pm

FBI Director Robert Mueller's personal notes, Federal Bureau of Investigation, August 14, 2007 [released personal notes revealing that former US Attorney General John Ashcroft was "feeble, barely articulate, and clearly stressed" during a confrontation with then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales...

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Padilla convicted in federal terror support trial
Jeannie Shawl
August 16, 2007 02:27:00 pm

A federal jury found Jose Padilla and his two co-defendants guilty Thursday on all charges against them. Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun, and Kifah Wael Jayyousi were convicted of conspiracy to commit illegal violent acts...

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