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News Pakistan police illegally blocked Bhutto autopsy: hospital lawyer
Pakistan police illegally blocked Bhutto autopsy: hospital lawyer
Mike Rosen-Molina
December 31, 2007 05:27:00 pm

Doctors at Rawalpindi General Hospital were prevented by police from carrying out an autopsy on former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto following her assassination last week, a hospital lawyer said Monday, according...

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News Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act [White House]
Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act [White House]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 31, 2007 04:39:00 pm

Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007, signed by President George W. Bush, December 31, 2007 [legislation intended to pressure Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur by allowing US states and local governments to sever investment links to Sudan...

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News Kenya protesters allege fraud in presidential election
Kenya protesters allege fraud in presidential election
Mike Rosen-Molina
December 31, 2007 04:14:00 pm

At least 185 people were killed in Kenya as demonstrations against alleged election fraud continued Monday. Protests began Sunday when tens of thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets, accusing Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki [official...

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News Bush signs Sudan divestment bill
Bush signs Sudan divestment bill
Mike Rosen-Molina
December 31, 2007 03:37:00 pm

US President George W. Bush Monday signed a bill intended to pressure Sudan to stop the violence in Darfur by allowing US states and local governments to sever investment links to Sudan without penalty...

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News Haditha Marine squad leader to face court-martial on lesser charges
Haditha Marine squad leader to face court-martial on lesser charges
Jeannie Shawl
December 31, 2007 03:15:00 pm

US Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich has been ordered to face court-martial on charges of voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, dereliction of duty and obstruction of justice in connection to the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians...

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News South Korea president pardons ex-Daewoo chief, others
South Korea president pardons ex-Daewoo chief, others
Dennis Zawacki II
December 31, 2007 11:19:00 am

The South Korean Ministry of Justice on Monday said that 75 politicians and businessmen would receive amnesty as part of President Roh Moo-hyun's last round of presidential pardons. Among those granted amnesty is former chairman of the...

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News Guantanamo Bay detainee dies of cancer
Guantanamo Bay detainee dies of cancer
Dennis Zawacki II
December 31, 2007 10:01:00 am

Suspected Afghan terrorist Abdul Razzak died of colorectal cancer Sunday while in US custody at Guantanamo Bay . Razzak had been receiving chemotherapy treatment since October after being diagnosed with cancer and is the first...

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News Muslim charity terror verdict damages ruling [7th Circuit]
Muslim charity terror verdict damages ruling [7th Circuit]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 30, 2007 07:47:00 pm

Stanley Boim et al. v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [overturning a $156 million verdict awarded in 2004 by a federal jury to the family of a...

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News Bhutto husband calls for Hariri-style probe into assassination
Bhutto husband calls for Hariri-style probe into assassination
Ryan Olden
December 30, 2007 02:53:00 pm

The husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto called Sunday for an international investigation into the circumstances surrounding Bhutto's assassination last week. Asif Ali Zardari urged the United Nations to conduct...

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News DOD transfers 10 Saudi detainees from Guantanamo Bay
DOD transfers 10 Saudi detainees from Guantanamo Bay
Dennis Zawacki II
December 30, 2007 11:42:00 am

The Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry confirmed Saturday that 10 Saudi detainees released from Guantanamo Bay have returned home. With the latest release, roughly 275 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay , approximately 60 of whom...

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On July 11, 1995, Bosnian Serb forces captured the predominantly-Muslim town of Srebrenica, which had been designated a "safe zone" protected by Dutch NATO peacekeepers. In the days that follows, the Serb army and militias separated men from women and children, taking the men away in buses and killing some 7000 in mass-executions or ambushes. Learn more about the Srebrenica massacre.

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