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News Bangladesh war crimes tribunal indicts 89-year-old opposition leader
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal indicts 89-year-old opposition leader
Dan Taglioli
May 14, 2012 01:56:44 pm

The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh (ICTB) on Sunday indicted a former opposition leader for alleged human rights atrocities committed during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War against Pakistan. Ghulam Azam, 89, is the former head...

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News LRA commander captured by Uganda military
LRA commander captured by Uganda military
Dan Taglioli
May 14, 2012 12:24:16 pm

Ugandan military forces Saturday captured one of the highest leaders of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) , the rebel militia group headed by alleged Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony . The Uganda People's Defence...

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News UN human rights chief comments on visit to South Sudan
UN human rights chief comments on visit to South Sudan
Dan Taglioli
May 14, 2012 11:00:52 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday remarked on her visit to South Sudan, praising the country's development and calling on the new nation to commit to a human rights infrastructure of...

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News NATO has failed to acknowledge civilian deaths in Libya: HRW
NATO has failed to acknowledge civilian deaths in Libya: HRW
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 14, 2012 10:17:37 am

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should acknowledge civilian casualties from air strikes in Libya and investigate possible unlawful attacks , Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Monday. In a 76-page report , "Unacknowledged...

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News Egypt court rules presidential elections can go forward on schedule
Egypt court rules presidential elections can go forward on schedule
Keith Herting
May 13, 2012 05:21:22 pm

Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court on Saturday overturned the ruling of a lower court that would have postponed the upcoming presidential elections. Last Wednesday, a provincial court in the town of Benha ruled to suspend the elections following alleged...

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Moldova urged to adopt anti-discrimination law
Keith Herting
May 13, 2012 04:18:09 pm

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday implored the Moldovan government to adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination law . The proposed law, in development since 2008, is seen as a large...

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News Sri Lanka releases information on thousands detained since civil war
Sri Lanka releases information on thousands detained since civil war
Jerry Votava
May 13, 2012 12:29:06 pm

The Sri Lanka Police on Sunday released the names of thousands of people being held under that country's anti-terror laws. The release comes three years after the end of the country's 26-year civil war with...

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News Chile high court blocks new hydroelectric dam in Patagonia
Chile high court blocks new hydroelectric dam in Patagonia
Jerry Votava
May 13, 2012 12:03:46 pm

The Supreme Court of Chile on Friday issued a ruling preventing the construction of a new hydroelectric dam in Patagonia. The dam was one of three hydroelectric plants proposed by Energia Austral , a...

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News Federal appeals court revives lawsuits against Abu Ghraib contractors
Federal appeals court revives lawsuits against Abu Ghraib contractors
Keith Herting
May 13, 2012 07:58:44 am

A 14-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled 12-2 Friday that the earlier dismissal of lawsuits against two Abu Ghraib contractors on the...

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Ninth Circuit hears arguments in no-fly list challenge
Keith Herting
May 12, 2012 05:07:24 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments Friday from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which is appealing a dismissal of a challenge over the no-fly list maintained by the Transportation...

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Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in

On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. Learn more about the Watergate scandal.

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