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News UN rights commission suspends session for a week in hopes of council deal
UN rights commission suspends session for a week in hopes of council deal
Holly Manges Jones
March 13, 2006 07:49:00 am

The annual six-week meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva was suspended after just four minutes on Monday to give the 191 member governments of the UN General Assembly more time to...

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News British SAS soldier cites illegality of US Iraq tactics as reason for resigning
British SAS soldier cites illegality of US Iraq tactics as reason for resigning
Tatyana Margolin
March 13, 2006 07:18:00 am

A member of the elite Special Air Service special forces of the British Army who refused to return to Iraq and later left British military service said in an interview published in the UK...

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News Berlusconi assails Italian judiciary in bid for electoral win
Berlusconi assails Italian judiciary in bid for electoral win
Tatyana Margolin
March 13, 2006 06:02:00 am

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi called Italy's judiciary “the disease of our democracy” in a weekend TV interview, promising changes to the judicial system as he himself faces the possibility of a new trial before...

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News Bush censure resolution [Sen. Russ Feingold]
Bush censure resolution [Sen. Russ Feingold]
March 12, 2006 11:23:00 pm

Resolution relating to the censure of George W. Bush, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), March 12, 2006 .Read the full...

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News UN rights commission annual session overshadowed by debate over new council
UN rights commission annual session overshadowed by debate over new council
Stefanie Presley
March 12, 2006 06:59:00 pm

The 53-member UN Commission on Human Rights is set to start its yearly and probably last six-week session in Geneva on Monday, but may not follow its customary agenda due to ongoing controversy over the...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Milosevic died of ‘heart failure’: ICTY official
BREAKING NEWS ~ Milosevic died of ‘heart failure’: ICTY official
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 12, 2006 04:27:00 pm

Wire services are reporting that initial results of an autopsy cited by an ICTY official at The Hague ahead of the public release of the findings indicate that Slobodan Milosevic died of "classical heart failure". Milosevic had a long...

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News Feingold introducing censure resolution against Bush for eavesdropping program
Feingold introducing censure resolution against Bush for eavesdropping program
Stefanie Presley
March 12, 2006 04:02:00 pm

Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) said Sunday on ABC's This Week that he plans to introduce a censure resolution in the US Senate Monday condemning President Bush for approving the National Security Agency...

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News US states restricting access to more government information in secrecy surge
US states restricting access to more government information in secrecy surge
Nishat Hasan
March 12, 2006 12:25:00 pm

A new investigatory report by the Associated Press shows an increasing trend among state legislatures to restrict access to information that was public before the 9/11 attacks. Security concerns were found to be the main driving force...

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News US officials discussing Guantanamo closure with UK counterparts
US officials discussing Guantanamo closure with UK counterparts
Nishat Hasan
March 12, 2006 11:59:00 am

A senior US State Department official has indicated that US officials are talking with their British counterparts about how to eventually close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay . US State Deputy Assistant Secretary Colleen Graffy [official...

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News War crimes prosecutor defends Milosevic trial as autopsy results awaited
War crimes prosecutor defends Milosevic trial as autopsy results awaited
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 12, 2006 09:47:00 am

Hague war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte Sunday defended the over four year long trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia , saying that although his sudden...

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