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News Italy court acquits majority of police charged in 2001 G8 summit raid case
Italy court acquits majority of police charged in 2001 G8 summit raid case
Ximena Marinero
November 14, 2008 02:00:00 pm

An Italian court on Thursday acquitted 16 police officers and convicted 13 officers on charges of violence in raiding a school that protesters of the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa ...

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News Chile judge indicts Pinochet son, associates on tax evasion charges
Chile judge indicts Pinochet son, associates on tax evasion charges
Ximena Marinero
November 11, 2008 12:10:00 pm

A Chilean judge on Monday formally charged the youngest son, former secretary, and estate executor of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for maliciously making false or incomplete tax declarations. The charges relate to multi-million...

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News Federal judge rejects Hispanic challenge to Farmers Branch election system
Federal judge rejects Hispanic challenge to Farmers Branch election system
Ximena Marinero
November 5, 2008 09:18:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday dismissed a suit filed by three Hispanic residents of the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch to change the city council...

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News UN General Assembly adopts resolution urging US to drop Cuba embargo
UN General Assembly adopts resolution urging US to drop Cuba embargo
Ximena Marinero
October 30, 2008 08:22:00 am

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Wednesday adopted by 185-3 a resolution urging the US to lift its longstanding embargo on Cuba . Only the US, Israel, and Palau voted...

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News Former ICTY spokesperson defers plea on contempt charges
Former ICTY spokesperson defers plea on contempt charges
Ximena Marinero
October 28, 2008 03:33:00 pm

Former spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Florence Hartmann declined Monday to enter a plea on two counts of contempt she faces for allegedly releasing restricted information regarding court...

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News Turkish Constitutional Court publishes decision on headscarf ban
Turkish Constitutional Court publishes decision on headscarf ban
Ximena Marinero
October 23, 2008 02:07:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of Turkey on Wednesday published its decision striking down recent amendments to the Turkish Constitution to allow the wearing of headscarves in universities. Explaining the reasoning for...

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News Russia arbitration court rules most tax claims against British Council unlawful
Russia arbitration court rules most tax claims against British Council unlawful
Ximena Marinero
October 18, 2008 09:25:00 am

A Moscow arbitration court Friday overturned most of Russian government's tax claims against the British Council , the British government's cultural relations arm, over the organization’s in-country operations in 2004-2006. The claims were made in late 2006 in...

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