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News Italy court acquits majority of police charged in 2001 G8 summit raid case
Italy court acquits majority of police charged in 2001 G8 summit raid case
Ximena Marinero
November 14, 2008 02:00:00 pm

An Italian court on Thursday acquitted 16 police officers and convicted 13 officers on charges of violence in raiding a school that protesters of the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa ...

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News Israel destruction of Palestine homes violates international law: Switzerland
Israel destruction of Palestine homes violates international law: Switzerland
Steve Czajkowski
November 14, 2008 01:20:00 pm

Switzerland's Federal Department for Foreign Affairs (FDFA) condemned Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem as a violation of international humanitarian law in a statement Thursday and called on Israel to stop...

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News Scotland court denies bail for Lockerbie Pan Am 103 bomber
Scotland court denies bail for Lockerbie Pan Am 103 bomber
Devin Montgomery
November 14, 2008 10:06:00 am

A panel of Scotland's High Court of Justiciary Friday denied bail to convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi . The plane was blown up...

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News Morocco court convicts ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee on terrorism charges
Morocco court convicts ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee on terrorism charges
Kayleigh Shebs
November 14, 2008 09:22:00 am

A Moroccan criminal court on Thursday convicted Moroccan citizen Said Boujandia of crimes associated with terrorist acts. The Sale Criminal Court sentenced Boujandia to 10 years in a Moroccan prison. Boujandia admitted his association with with a...

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News Algeria parliament approves constitutional change dropping presidential term limits
Algeria parliament approves constitutional change dropping presidential term limits
Steve Czajkowski
November 14, 2008 08:25:00 am

The parliament of Algeria approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday that removed the law limiting the country's president to two terms in office. In a joint vote, both houses of the Algerian parliament, the Council of Nation [official...

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US failing to protect undocumented minors: report
Devin Montgomery
November 14, 2008 08:06:00 am

The Center for Public Policy Priorities said Thursday that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not do enough to protect the rights and welfare of minors who have entered the country illegally. In...

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News China lawyers proceeding with class action lawsuit over tainted milk
China lawyers proceeding with class action lawsuit over tainted milk
Leslie Schulman
November 14, 2008 07:49:00 am

Lawyers providing legal services to at least 100 Chinese children sickened by tainted milk products have decided to continue with a class action lawsuit against government-owned dairy farm Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co., the focus of recalls following...

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Russia high court blacklists north Africa al Qaeda group
Leslie Schulman
November 14, 2008 07:48:00 am

The Russian Supreme Court classified northern Africa group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as a terrorist organization in a ruling Thursday, prohibiting the organization from conducting activities...

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News EU urged to adopt rights benchmarks for Russia
EU urged to adopt rights benchmarks for Russia
Eric Firkel
November 13, 2008 11:54:00 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the European Union (EU) to adopt a series of specific human rights benchmarks Russia should meet before moving forward with the EU-Russian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement...

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News Italy high court approves feeding tube removal
Italy high court approves feeding tube removal
Kiely Lewandowski
November 13, 2008 11:41:00 pm

The Italian Court of Cassation , the country's highest court, ruled Thursday that the father of Eluana Englaro , who has been in a vegetative state for 16 years, can remove her feeding tube....

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Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment

On October 6, 1991, law professor Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, turning his nomination hearings into a national spectacle. Thomas was approved by a full Senate vote of 52-48 on October 15. Read an excerpted version of Hill's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 11.

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