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News Bush says no compromise possible on telecom immunity in surveillance bill
Bush says no compromise possible on telecom immunity in surveillance bill
Alexis Unkovic
February 21, 2008 06:26:00 pm

US President George W. Bush Thursday reiterated his call for Congress to extend the temporary Protect America Act , which expired on Saturday without an agreement in Congress on replacement legislation, and said he can...

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News Pakistan opposition parties agree on reinstating ousted CJ in coalition deal
Pakistan opposition parties agree on reinstating ousted CJ in coalition deal
Benjamin Klein
February 21, 2008 06:21:00 pm

Pakistan’s two main opposition parties have agreed to form a coalition government and to work together towards the reinstatement of ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and other dismissed superior court judges, former Pakistani Prime...

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News Guantanamo Bay ex-prosecutor to testify for Hamdan defense
Guantanamo Bay ex-prosecutor to testify for Hamdan defense
Nick Fiske
February 21, 2008 06:04:00 pm

Former Guantanamo Bay chief military prosecutor Col. Morris Davis told AP Thursday that he has agreed to appear as a defense witness in the military commission trial of Guantanamo detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST...

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News Rwanda ex-official pleads not guilty to genocide charges before ICTR
Rwanda ex-official pleads not guilty to genocide charges before ICTR
Alexis Unkovic
February 21, 2008 05:33:00 pm

Former Rwandan Minister of Youth and Sports Callixte Nzabonimana Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges relating to Rwanda's 1994 genocide in his first appearance before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)...

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News US soldier acquitted of murder in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian killing
US soldier acquitted of murder in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian killing
Alexis Unkovic
February 21, 2008 05:04:00 pm

A military jury in Hawaii convicted US Army Specialist Christopher P. Shore on Wednesday of aggravated assault on charges stemming from the June 23, 2007 killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk ,...

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News CIA rendition flights refueled on UK Indian Ocean island: UK foreign secretary
CIA rendition flights refueled on UK Indian Ocean island: UK foreign secretary
Brett Murphy
February 21, 2008 10:30:00 am

UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband said Thursday that two US planes landed on the UK territory of Diego Garcia in 2002 to refuel during extraordinary rendition flights [JURIST news...

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News Chad using state of emergency to suppress peaceful opposition: Amnesty
Chad using state of emergency to suppress peaceful opposition: Amnesty
Brett Murphy
February 21, 2008 10:02:00 am

The government of Chad is using the current state of emergency to clamp down on journalists and members of peaceful opposition parties, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Amnesty said that the government has...

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News TIME appeals $106M Indonesia judgment in Suharto defamation suit
TIME appeals $106M Indonesia judgment in Suharto defamation suit
Jaime Jansen
February 21, 2008 09:58:00 am

TIME magazine on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Indonesia to reconsider its August 2007 decision awarding former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto $106 million in damages in Suharto's defamation...

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News Former Russia nuclear minister sentenced to over five years in corruption scheme
Former Russia nuclear minister sentenced to over five years in corruption scheme
Brett Murphy
February 21, 2008 09:57:00 am

Former Russian Atomic Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison by Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court Wednesday, after being convicted on charges of fraud and abuse of office ...

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Muslim cleric asks UK court to block extradition to US
Brett Murphy
February 21, 2008 09:28:00 am

Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on Wednesday appealed the UK Home Office's approval of his extradition to the US on charges of supporting terrorism, arguing that UK courts should review the evidence...

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