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News Federal judge rules lawyers for Guantanamo detainee may question 9/11 conspirator
Federal judge rules lawyers for Guantanamo detainee may question 9/11 conspirator
Adrienne Lester
August 23, 2009 11:32:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted lawyers for another Guantanamo Bay detainee permission to question Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect...

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News Honduras Supreme Court warns Zelaya will face trial upon return to country
Honduras Supreme Court warns Zelaya will face trial upon return to country
Adrienne Lester
August 23, 2009 10:09:00 am

The Supreme Court of Honduras said Saturday that if ousted president Manuel Zelaya returns to the country, he will stand trial for treason and abuse of power. There are also...

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News Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic renews ICTY immunity claim
Former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic renews ICTY immunity claim
Adrienne Lester
May 25, 2009 12:50:00 pm

Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic on Monday filed a motion renewing his claim that that International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) should drop charges...

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News UN SG condemns North Korea nuclear test, Security Council to hold emergency meeting
UN SG condemns North Korea nuclear test, Security Council to hold emergency meeting
Adrienne Lester
May 25, 2009 10:50:00 am

 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon  and other world leaders on Monday condemned a North Korea  nuclear weapon test held earlier in the day. The test violates a 2006 UN Security Council  ban on nuclear or missile tests  by...

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News Former high-value CIA detainee dies in Libya prison
Former high-value CIA detainee dies in Libya prison
Adrienne Lester
May 13, 2009 07:55:00 am

A former high-value US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detainee died in a Libyan prison Tuesday. Ali Mohamed Abdelaziz al Fakhiri, also known as Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi , apparently committed suicide in his cell at...

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US elected to UN rights council seat for first time
Adrienne Lester
May 12, 2009 03:12:00 pm

The US was elected to a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the first time Tuesday. The US received 90 percent of the votes from the UN General Assembly . In...

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News ICTY increases sentence for officer convicted of Vukovar killings
ICTY increases sentence for officer convicted of Vukovar killings
Adrienne Lester
May 6, 2009 08:06:00 am

The Appeals Chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday increased the sentence of Veselin Sljivancanin from five to 17 years. Sljivancanin was...

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News Zimbabwe court orders activist Mukoko back to prison
Zimbabwe court orders activist Mukoko back to prison
Adrienne Lester
May 5, 2009 02:18:00 pm

A court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday ordered back into custody 18 human rights activists, including activist and journalist Jestina Mukoko and freelance journalist Andrison Manyere. Mukoko is the director of the...

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News Liberia court acquits former interim president of embezzlement charges
Liberia court acquits former interim president of embezzlement charges
Adrienne Lester
May 1, 2009 03:35:00 pm

The Criminal Court in Liberia on Friday acquitted former interim president Gyude Bryant of embezzlement charges. The former leader was charged with the embezzlement of $1.4 million during his interim presidency, which...

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News Nigeria court-martial sentences 27 UN peacekeeping soldiers to life imprisonment
Nigeria court-martial sentences 27 UN peacekeeping soldiers to life imprisonment
Adrienne Lester
April 29, 2009 07:29:00 am

A court-martial in Nigeria sentenced 27 UN peacekeeping troops to life imprisonment Tuesday. The soldiers of the 14th Nigerian Battalion were convicted of mutiny under the Armed Forces Act 2004 for staging street...

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