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News Rights groups say Gaza humanitarian conditions at 40-year low
Rights groups say Gaza humanitarian conditions at 40-year low
Jaime Jansen
March 6, 2008 09:19:00 am

Humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip have reached their lowest point since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, according to a report released Thursday by a coalition of eight UK-based human...

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News Chavez denounces Colombian raid on leftist guerilla camp as ‘war crime’
Chavez denounces Colombian raid on leftist guerilla camp as ‘war crime’
Jaime Jansen
March 6, 2008 08:40:00 am

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday denounced a Colombian attack on a Ecuadorian camp belonging to the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group as a "war crime." Chavez joined...

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News Federal judge sets June trial date in Indian Trust lawsuit
Federal judge sets June trial date in Indian Trust lawsuit
Jaime Jansen
March 6, 2008 08:04:00 am

A federal judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday scheduled a June trial to resolve the decade-old Indian Trust case . In January, US District Judge...

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News Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi Guantanamo charges [US DOD]
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi Guantanamo charges [US DOD]
March 5, 2008 09:08:00 pm

Charge Sheet: Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi, US Department of Defense, March 5, 2008 . Read the full text of the...

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News Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al-Qosi
Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al-Qosi
Patrick Porter
March 5, 2008 06:04:00 pm

The US Department of Defense said Wednesday that two charges have been referred against Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi . The military commission charges referred are "providing material support...

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News Federal jury convicts former US sailor on terrorism, espionage charges
Federal jury convicts former US sailor on terrorism, espionage charges
Deirdre Jurand
March 5, 2008 05:56:00 pm

A federal jury in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut on Wednesday convicted a former sailor of providing material support to terrorists and disclosing confidential national defense information. Hassan Abu-Jihaad, formerly...

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News Iraq PM says no ‘Chemical Ali’ execution until all Anfal death sentences approved
Iraq PM says no ‘Chemical Ali’ execution until all Anfal death sentences approved
Patrick Porter
March 5, 2008 05:31:00 pm

The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will refuse to execute Ali Hassan al-Mahid , better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," over the Iraqi Presidency Council's decision not to approve the...

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News Mexico ex-drug lord returns to Mexico after release from US prison
Mexico ex-drug lord returns to Mexico after release from US prison
Deirdre Jurand
March 5, 2008 05:15:00 pm

Mexican drug lord Francisco Rafael Arellano-Felix was released from a US prison Tuesday and has returned to Mexico, according to a source at the Mexican Attorney General's office . Arellano-Felix ran the Arellano-Felix cartel ...

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News UK MPs vote against referendum on EU reform treaty
UK MPs vote against referendum on EU reform treaty
Alexis Unkovic
March 5, 2008 04:47:00 pm

The UK House of Commons Wednesday voted 311-248 against putting ratification of the new EU reform treaty , properly known as the Treaty of Lisbon , to a public vote, thereby rejecting proposals for...

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News US judge orders former Peru officer to pay $37 million to massacre survivors
US judge orders former Peru officer to pay $37 million to massacre survivors
Alexis Unkovic
March 5, 2008 03:50:00 pm

US District Judge Adalberto Jordan of the Southern District of Florida Tuesday ordered former Peruvian military official Maj. Telmo Ricardo Hurtado to pay $37 million in damages to two survivors of the 1985 Accomarca...

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