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News Federal judge allows Florida to proceed with voter roll purge
Federal judge allows Florida to proceed with voter roll purge
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 5, 2012 10:41:30 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday ruled that the state may move forward with its efforts to remove approximately 180 suspected non-citizens from its voter rolls....

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News Bosnia court acquits two former policemen in Srebrenica massacre case
Bosnia court acquits two former policemen in Srebrenica massacre case
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 4, 2012 12:55:17 pm

The war crimes court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Wednesday acquitted two Serbian defendants of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Dragan Neskovic and Zoran Ilic were charged with...

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News Philippines court orders arrest of former president
Philippines court orders arrest of former president
Rebecca DiLeonardo
October 4, 2012 12:25:02 pm

An anti-graft court in the Philippines on Thursday ordered the arrest of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in a corruption case alleging the misuse of state lottery funds. This is the third corruption case pending...

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News UN rights body extends mission of independent panel in Syria
UN rights body extends mission of independent panel in Syria
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 28, 2012 10:50:45 am

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday passed a resolution extending the mission of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) in Syria. The panel of independent experts is charged with investigating...

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News UN report: drug trafficking threatens rule of law in Central America, Caribbean
UN report: drug trafficking threatens rule of law in Central America, Caribbean
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 28, 2012 10:23:44 am

Drug trafficking and violent crime in Central America and the Caribbean threaten the rule of law in those regions, according to a report released Thursday by the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) [official...

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News Second Circuit hears arguments on federal same-sex marriage law
Second Circuit hears arguments on federal same-sex marriage law
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 27, 2012 12:53:26 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday heard oral arguments in a challenge to the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that defines marriage...

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Slovakia police begin investigation of accused Nazi from Hungary
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 27, 2012 12:19:28 pm

Police in Slovakia announced on Thursday that they have launched an investigation of a 97-year-old Hungarian man suspected of war crimes in connection with the Holocaust. Laszlo Csatary was arrested in Hungary in July on allegations of abusing and...

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News Turkish court sentences former military officers for coup plot
Turkish court sentences former military officers for coup plot
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 21, 2012 11:53:55 am

A Turkish court on Friday delivered the first of more than 300 verdicts expected in the trial examining the 2003 Balyoz Security Operation Plan , or "Sledgehammer" plot , which included...

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UN rights chief urges Georgia to investigate prison torture
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 21, 2012 11:11:31 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called on authorities in Georgia to investigate prisoner mistreatment after video footage earlier this week allegedly depicted the torture and rape of prisoners in the country's capital...

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Germany court rules in favor of Microsoft in patent case
Rebecca DiLeonardo
September 20, 2012 12:58:04 pm

A German court on Thursday found that Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility had infringed on Microsoft Corp. patents and issued an injunction barring the sale of several Motorola products in Germany and the US. The technology in question...

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