Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court who is heading the UN's independent investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , on Tuesday met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to discuss Syria's alleged involvement in the 2005 bombing which killed Hariri. Earlier this year Assad rejected requests [...]

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Former Computer Associates CEO Sanjay Kumar pleaded guilty Monday to charges of securities fraud, perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with allegations that the company improperly booked $2.2 billion in revenue in 1999 and 2000. Kumar and former CA sales head Stephen Richards, who also pleaded guilty Monday, initially pleaded not guilty in September [...]

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The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has refused to conduct a full court rehearing of a three-judge panel's ruling that a Mercer County, Kentucky courthouse display containing the Ten Commandments is constitutional. In the decision last December, the judges distinguished the Mercer County display from displays ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court [...]

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Opposition political parties in Nepal on Tuesday formally ended several weeks of pro-democracy protests after King Gyanendra ordered the reinstatement of parliament on Monday. Leaders from the seven-party opposition alliance said that they wanted Nepali Congress leader Girija Prasad Koirala, a former prime minister, to head the new government. The Nepal House of Representatives is [...]

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The chief military prosecutor for Guantanamo Bay , USAF Col. Morris Davis , Monday announced plans to charge an additional two dozen Guantanamo detainees and to seek the death penalty against several. Three of the 10 detainees originally charged are in the midst of pre-trial hearings which resume this week . One, Algerian Sufyian Barhoumi [...]

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