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News EU threatens to suspend membership talks with Serbia over Mladic
EU threatens to suspend membership talks with Serbia over Mladic
Katerina Ossenova
February 27, 2006 06:16:00 pm

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Monday that the European Union will suspend membership negotiations with Serbia and Montenegro if it did not fully cooperate in apprehending war crimes fugitive...

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News Saddam defense lawyer meets with client, floats ending trial boycott
Saddam defense lawyer meets with client, floats ending trial boycott
Katerina Ossenova
February 26, 2006 04:20:00 pm

Khalil Dulaimi , chief defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , told Reuters Sunday he met with his client for seven hours and discussed a possible end to the defense boycott of the...

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News Head of California prison system resigning after reform effort stymied
Head of California prison system resigning after reform effort stymied
Katerina Ossenova
February 26, 2006 03:34:00 pm

California Youth and Adult Corrections Secretary Roderick Hickman said over the weekend that he is resigning his post after a two year attempt to reform California's prison system. Appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger , Hickman was...

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News US holding Afghanistan detainees in cages without charge: report
US holding Afghanistan detainees in cages without charge: report
Katerina Ossenova
February 26, 2006 02:34:00 pm

Inmates at the main US base in Afghanistan are being held in "primitive conditions, indefinitely and without charges" according to a Sunday New York Times report . Over 500 terror suspects are held at Bagram Air...

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News US public diplomacy chief defends Gitmo prison on Arab junket
US public diplomacy chief defends Gitmo prison on Arab junket
Katerina Ossenova
February 20, 2006 07:49:00 pm

Echoing views expressed by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld last week, US Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and one-time top Bush aide Karen Hughes Monday defended US practices at Guantanamo...

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News Argentina transfers Serb war crimes suspect to Hague tribunal
Argentina transfers Serb war crimes suspect to Hague tribunal
Katerina Ossenova
February 20, 2006 07:29:00 pm

An Argentine official said Monday that Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Milan Lukic has been handed over to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and is now headed to The...

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News Denmark may ban religious slander after Muhammad cartoons furor
Denmark may ban religious slander after Muhammad cartoons furor
Katerina Ossenova
February 20, 2006 06:53:00 pm

The Danish ambassador to Saudi Arabia has said that Denmark will take steps to ban religious slander in accordance with Danish and European laws, according to reports Monday. As a result of the publication of caricatures of the Prophet...

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News Former Navy lawyer warned officials that legal theories could breed detainee abuse
Former Navy lawyer warned officials that legal theories could breed detainee abuse
Katerina Ossenova
February 19, 2006 04:10:00 pm

Former US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora warned the Pentagon as early as 2002 that legal arguments advanced by Bush administration officials seeking to avoid international prohibitions against torture were wrong and could lead to the...

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UK air traffic controllers acknowledge CIA landings
Katerina Ossenova
February 19, 2006 03:33:00 pm

National Air Traffic Services , the UK's air traffic control provider, have reported that three CIA flights possibly involved in rendition landed at British airports and received assistance from UK air traffic control since 2001. The admission by...

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News UK AG says soldiers accused of abusing Iraqis will not face ICC
UK AG says soldiers accused of abusing Iraqis will not face ICC
Katerina Ossenova
February 19, 2006 02:57:00 pm

English Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith has told top British military officers that British soldiers will not appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on war crimes charges. The statement, the government's first assertion that British troops...

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