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News Alabama lawmakers defend immigration law
Alabama lawmakers defend immigration law
Maureen Cosgrove
August 8, 2011 10:11:14 am

Alabama lawmakers on Friday filed a response to groups seeking a preliminary injunction against the controversial Alabama immigration law that expands restrictions on undocumented immigrants. Attorneys for Alabama state officials, including Governor Robert Bentley...

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News Bahrain releases two jailed Shiite lawmakers
Bahrain releases two jailed Shiite lawmakers
Maureen Cosgrove
August 8, 2011 09:07:07 am

The Bahraini government on Sunday released two Shiite lawmakers from prison in an effort to comply with political reforms recently drawn up by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa . Jawad Fairooz and Matar Matar, who had been...

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News UK secret interrogation policy revealed
UK secret interrogation policy revealed
Maureen Cosgrove
August 5, 2011 01:45:45 pm

The Guardian released a top secret document Thursday revealing details about the interrogation policies of UK intelligence officials. The document indicates that officers from the UK security and secret intelligence agencies, MI5 and MI6...

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News Psychological association advocates legalization of same-sex marriage
Psychological association advocates legalization of same-sex marriage
Maureen Cosgrove
August 5, 2011 09:57:41 am

The American Psychological Association (APA) voted unanimously Thursday to adopt a resolution supporting full marriage equality for same-sex couples. Just before the opening day of the APA's annual convention , a 157-member policymaking body adopted...

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News 16 countries file briefs against Alabama immigration law
16 countries file briefs against Alabama immigration law
Maureen Cosgrove
August 5, 2011 09:12:18 am

Sixteen countries on Wednesday filed briefs in the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against the controversial Alabama immigration law that expands restrictions on undocumented immigrants. Central and South American countries,...

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News Federal appeals court says Ashcroft immune from post-9/11 detainee lawsuit
Federal appeals court says Ashcroft immune from post-9/11 detainee lawsuit
Maureen Cosgrove
August 4, 2011 11:24:12 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday ruled that former US attorney general John Ashcroft is entitled to absolute immunity from the claims of a Muslim American detained...

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News France court orders probe of new IMF chief
France court orders probe of new IMF chief
Maureen Cosgrove
August 4, 2011 09:54:58 am

A commission of the French Court of Cassation on Thursday ordered an investigation into the newly appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Christine Lagarde, for her involvement in a $400...

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News UN rights investigator urges Iran to comply with human rights mandate
UN rights investigator urges Iran to comply with human rights mandate
Maureen Cosgrove
August 3, 2011 02:06:43 pm

UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur Dr. Ahmed Shaheed on Wednesday urged Iran to comply with his mandate seeking cooperation from Iranian officials. The mandate allows Iran to discuss and implement measures to meet its international human rights...

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News Guatemala court sentences ex-soldiers to over 6,000 years in prison
Guatemala court sentences ex-soldiers to over 6,000 years in prison
Maureen Cosgrove
August 3, 2011 12:49:48 pm

A Guatemalan court on Tuesday convicted and sentenced four former soldiers to 6,060 years in prison each on war crimes charges related to the country's 1982 Dos Erres massacre. Carlos Antonio Carias, Manuel Pop, Reyes Collin and Daniel Martinez...

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France to extradite Noriega to Panama
Maureen Cosgrove
August 3, 2011 11:29:17 am

A lawyer for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega announced on Tuesday that French authorities have agreed to extradite him to Panama. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon reportedly agreed to the...

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ICTY indictes former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević

On May 27, 1999, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Slobodan Milošević for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Learn more about the trial of Slobodan Milošević from the ICTY.

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