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News EPA turning over documents to Congress in California emissions waiver ruling probe
EPA turning over documents to Congress in California emissions waiver ruling probe
Howard Kline
December 28, 2007 09:47:00 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated that the agency will comply with congressional requests to produce documents related to the EPA's decision to deny California's request for a waiver that would have allowed...

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News Russia military court sentences soldiers to prison in Chechnya civilian killings retrial
Russia military court sentences soldiers to prison in Chechnya civilian killings retrial
Caitlin Price
December 27, 2007 04:17:00 pm

A Russian military court in the North Caucasus region sentenced Russian Interior Force officers Yevgeny Khudyakov and Sergei Arakcheyev to 17 and 15 years in prison respectively Thursday for killing three construction workers [International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights...

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News Israel military says investigations of IDF violence against Palestinians up in 2007
Israel military says investigations of IDF violence against Palestinians up in 2007
Caitlin Price
December 27, 2007 03:42:00 pm

Israeli military officials said Thursday there was a 36 per cent increase in 2007 of investigations of members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for acts of violence committed against Palestinian civilians. The announcement came a week...

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News France requests transfer of  aid workers sentenced in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ case
France requests transfer of aid workers sentenced in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ case
Caitlin Price
December 27, 2007 02:51:00 pm

The French Foreign Ministry Thursday formally requested that Chadian authorities transfer six French aid workers to a French prison, one day after the workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labor ...

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News Pakistan ex-PM Bhutto assassinated at political rally
Pakistan ex-PM Bhutto assassinated at political rally
Leslie Schulman
December 27, 2007 11:33:00 am

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a suicide attack Thursday at a rally in Rawalpindi. Bhutto, head of the opposition Pakistan People's Party , was campaigning in the lead-up to...

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News Exiled Thailand PM threatened with arrest if he returns after party gains
Exiled Thailand PM threatened with arrest if he returns after party gains
Leslie Schulman
December 27, 2007 10:07:00 am

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be arrested if he returns home from self-imposed exile in England, despite his party's success in general election earlier this week, according to Thai officials Thursday. Thaksin...

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News Lebanon legislators call for constitutional change to fill vacant presidency
Lebanon legislators call for constitutional change to fill vacant presidency
Leslie Schulman
December 27, 2007 08:05:00 am

Leading legislators from Lebanon's majority party were expected to file a petition in parliament Thursday seeking a constitutional amendment to allow Gen. Michel Suleiman to become president of Lebanon. Under the current Lebanese constitution ,...

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News French aid workers sentenced to 8 years hard labor in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ case
French aid workers sentenced to 8 years hard labor in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ case
Eric Firkel
December 26, 2007 04:42:00 pm

Six French aid workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labor Wednesday after being convicted in a Chadian court for attempting to kidnap 103 African children . The six, affiliated with the Zoe's Ark charity,...

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Serbia war crimes prosecutor says Mladic hiding in Serbia
Eric Firkel
December 26, 2007 03:40:00 pm

Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladmir Vukcevic said Wednesday that fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic is in Serbia, and that authorities are closing in on him. Vukevic's comments are the first acknowledgement by a...

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Russia top court upholds new Khodorkovsky investigation
Howard Kline
December 26, 2007 10:44:00 am

The Russian Supreme Court has overruled a lower court decision that had held that a new investigation into the activities of Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky ...

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On February 22, 1979, Saint Lucia gained independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign nation.

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