Two co-defendants charged along with Saddam Hussein testified Thursday that chemical weapons were not used against Kurds during the so-called "Anfal" campaigns as the ousted Iraqi president's genocide trial continued in Baghdad. Former defense minister Sultan al-Tai and former army operations deputy director General Hussein Mohammed claimed that only conventional weaponry was used, and that [...]

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Former Tyco executive Richard "Skip" Heger reached a $450,000 settlement on financial reporting and record-keeping charges, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday. The charges are connected to a fraud case in which Tyco agreed to pay a $50 million civil penalty and a $1 disgorgement fee for fraudulent accounting procedures used between 1996 [...]

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US Marines Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich was charged Thursday with 13 counts of murder in connection with the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last November, according to Wuterich's lawyer. Officials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton are expected to announce charges against several other military personnel later Thursday. Wuterich, commander of the [...]

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The Zambian government will hold a national referendum on its proposed new constitution , Justice Minister George Kunda said Thursday. Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has to date voiced objections to the draft constitution proposed by the Constitution Review Process Implementation Committee, but has now agreed to put the draft to a national vote by issuing [...]

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New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed into law Thursday legislation providing legal recognition to same-sex civil unions . The New Jersey Legislature passed the civil unions bill last week in response to an October New Jersey Supreme Court ruling that same-sex couples must be given equal rights. The court said the state legislature must decide [...]

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Sandy Berger , President Clinton's National Security Adviser from 1997 to 2001, hid classified documents from the National Archives under a construction trailer while preparing himself, Clinton administration witnesses and documents for testimony before the 9/11 Commission, according to a report released Wednesday. Berger later unsuccessfully tried to retrieve documents he discarded from a garbage [...]

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