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News Moussaoui trial witness denies tainting by prosecutorial breach
Moussaoui trial witness denies tainting by prosecutorial breach
Chris Buell
March 14, 2006 11:49:00 am

A government witness who was coached by a Federal Aviation Administration attorney on the US case against accused would-be hijacker Zacarias Moussaoui told US District Judge Leonie Brinkema Tuesday that she was not tainted by the extra...

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News Israel raids Palestinian prison after withdrawal of international monitors
Israel raids Palestinian prison after withdrawal of international monitors
Chris Buell
March 14, 2006 11:15:00 am

Israeli forces stormed a Palestinian prison in the West Bank Tuesday in an attempt to seize a Palestinian militant linked to the 2001 killing of an Israeli minister. The raid in Jericho came shortly after the...

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News Ex-detainee in US rendition suit tells EU parliament of interrogation by German
Ex-detainee in US rendition suit tells EU parliament of interrogation by German
Chris Buell
March 14, 2006 10:54:00 am

Khalid el-Masri , a German national allegedly kidnapped in Macedonia in 2003, held by the CIA in Afghanistan and finally released in 2004 and dumped in Albania, testified Monday before a European Parliament committee investigating...

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News Enron defense lawyers finish cross-examination of Fastow
Enron defense lawyers finish cross-examination of Fastow
Chris Buell
March 14, 2006 10:27:00 am

Defense lawyers in the Enron fraud trial Monday finished their cross-examination of former Chief Financial Officer and lead government witness Andrew Fastow , bringing to a conclusion his four-day stint on the...

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News AP sues Pentagon for all Guantanamo detainee identities
AP sues Pentagon for all Guantanamo detainee identities
Chris Buell
March 14, 2006 10:05:00 am

The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Monday against the US Department of Defense seeking the release of records and identities of the more than 750 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since 2001,...

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News Rioting resumes at Afghanistan prison as negotiations fail
Rioting resumes at Afghanistan prison as negotiations fail
Chris Buell
February 28, 2006 11:43:00 am

One inmate was killed and three others wounded Tuesday as Afghan police fired on rioters trying to push down a gate at a Kabul prison, ending a day-long truce at the tense facility. Negotiations between the parties...

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News Judge eyes compromise over classified information in Libby case
Judge eyes compromise over classified information in Libby case
Chris Buell
February 28, 2006 11:12:00 am

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton has indicated that he may offer a compromise over requests by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for access to classified information in his trial on perjury charges...

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News US Supreme Court rules against abortion clinic, antitrust claims
US Supreme Court rules against abortion clinic, antitrust claims
Chris Buell
February 28, 2006 10:30:00 am

The US Supreme Court issued two unanimous rulings Tuesday, limiting the scope of both the Hobbs Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act . In Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. [Duke Law...

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News US settles post-Sept. 11 detainee lawsuit
US settles post-Sept. 11 detainee lawsuit
Chris Buell
February 28, 2006 10:08:00 am

The US government has agreed to a $300,000 settlement of claims by an Egyptian that he was abused while being detained by US authorities for months following the Sept. 11 terror attacks. The settlement reached with Ehab...

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UK High Court allows extradition of bankers facing Enron charges
Chris Buell
February 21, 2006 11:39:00 am

The UK High Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by three UK bankers to halt their extradition to the US to face fraud charges in connection with the Enron scandal. The British...

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