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News ECOWAS sanctions imposed as pressure for elections in Togo mounts
ECOWAS sanctions imposed as pressure for elections in Togo mounts
David Shucosky
February 20, 2005 11:30:00 am

The Economic Community of West African States has announced that member countries will impose sanctions against Togo as world pressure mounts for Togo to hold democratic elections. Faure Gnassingbe was appointed president on February...

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News UN panel votes to oppose cloning
UN panel votes to oppose cloning
David Shucosky
February 20, 2005 11:00:00 am

The UN General Assembly's legal committee has adopted a non-binding resolution against all forms of human cloning, including techniques used in stem cell research. After several days of debate , the committee voted 71-35, with 43...

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News Federal judge delays WorldCom trial
Federal judge delays WorldCom trial
David Shucosky
February 20, 2005 10:40:00 am

A federal judge has delayed the start of the class-action fraud suit against WorldCom until March 17, so that lawyers can interview witnesses from former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers fraud trial after it...

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News Translator sentenced for taking classified Guantanamo documents
Translator sentenced for taking classified Guantanamo documents
David Shucosky
February 20, 2005 10:20:00 am

An Arabic translator who took computer disks full of classified documents out of the Guantanamo Bay naval base was sentenced Friday to 20 months in prison by the US District Court for the District of...

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News Israel to release 500 more Palestinian prisoners
Israel to release 500 more Palestinian prisoners
David Shucosky
February 13, 2005 10:57:00 am

Israel's cabinet voted Sunday to release 500 Palestinian prisoners in what is being termed a "goodwill gesture" to help build relations with new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. The cabinet also agreed to allow over 200 Palestinian laborers to enter...

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News Prominent Iraqi judge assassinated in Basra
Prominent Iraqi judge assassinated in Basra
David Shucosky
February 13, 2005 10:19:00 am

Taha al-Amiri, formerly a chief judge at Basra's highest criminal court under Saddam Hussein, was assassinated by two gunmen on his way to work Saturday. Al-Amiri is one of several former Baath party figures to be killed...

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News US releases over 300 more inmates from Abu Ghraib
US releases over 300 more inmates from Abu Ghraib
David Shucosky
February 6, 2005 11:27:00 am

More than 300 inmates were released Sunday from the US-run Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. About 800 prisoners have now been released since the start of the year, and almost 4000 since August, when...

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News NYC to appeal state court ruling in favor of gay marriage
NYC to appeal state court ruling in favor of gay marriage
David Shucosky
February 6, 2005 11:04:00 am

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Saturday that the city will appeal Friday's state court ruling that denying same-sex couples the right to marry violates the state constitution. Bloomberg had previously made...

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News Judge allows wrongful death suit in embryo mishap
Judge allows wrongful death suit in embryo mishap
David Shucosky
February 6, 2005 10:38:00 am

A Cook County (Chicago) judge has ruled that a couple may file a wrongful death suit against the fertility clinic that accidently discarded their embryos. Judge Jeffrey Lawrence held Friday that "a pre-embryo is a 'human being' ... whether...

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News Two US soldiers found guilty in killing of Iraqi translator
Two US soldiers found guilty in killing of Iraqi translator
David Shucosky
January 23, 2005 11:37:00 am

Two American soldiers were convicted Saturday of charges related to the shooting death of an Iraqi woman who was working with them as a translator. A military judge at Camp Liberty in Baghdad found Spc. Charley Hooser of the...

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