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News Report: drone attacks by US may lead to perpetual war
Report: drone attacks by US may lead to perpetual war
Bradley McAllister
June 27, 2014 10:14:57 am

The use of lethal Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones poses a risk of putting the US on a "slippery slope" to perpetual war, according to a report published Thursday by the Stimson...

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Jordan court acquits radical cleric of terrorism charges
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June 27, 2014 09:36:20 am

A three-man civilian panel in the Jordanian State Security Court on Thursday declared radical preacher Abu Qatada not guilty of terrorism offences relating to an alleged plot in...

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Egypt court sentences top Muslim Brotherhood official to death
Bradley McAllister
June 20, 2014 08:31:12 am

The Giza Criminal Court in Egypt sentenced the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie , to death on Thursday for the second time in three months. Badie was sentenced along with...

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UN reports breakdown of law and order in Ukraine
Bradley McAllister
June 20, 2014 06:47:29 am

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday issued a report on Ukraine that cites increasing evidence of abductions, detentions, torture and killings in the two eastern regions of...

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UK appeals court allows partial secrecy in terrorism trial
Bradley McAllister
June 13, 2014 09:43:29 am

The criminal division of the UK Court of Appeal on Thursday declared that some coverage of the trial of two terrorism suspects from London will be held in open court, but core aspects of the...

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Italy high court to review law on transgender marriage rights
Bradley McAllister
June 13, 2014 08:09:23 am

Italy's Constitutional court ruled Wednesday that an Italian law that annuls a marriage once a partner undergoes a sex change operation is against the national interest because the couple may desire to...

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June 6, 2014 09:46:59 am

Officials from the UN Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia addressed the UN Security Council Thursday to discuss the work that has been achieved as the tribunals mark 20 years of existence in 2014...

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Venezuela judge orders opposition leader to stand trial
Bradley McAllister
June 6, 2014 08:22:59 am

The 16th Control Judge of Caracas, Adriana Lopez, on Thursday ordered Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez to remain in jail until trial on charges of instigating violence, damaging property and arson committed during a political rally on...

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Oklahoma governor signs abortion restrictions into law
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May 30, 2014 08:23:07 am

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed a bill into law on Wednesday that requires abortion clinics to have a physician with admitting privileges at a hospital within a 30-mile radius present when an...

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May 30, 2014 07:41:45 am

BP asked the US Supreme Court on Wednesday to stay a March ruling requiring the company to make massive settlement payments as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP contends...

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