Four men sentenced to death for the murder of a US Agency for International Development (USAID) official and his driver in Sudan escaped prison on Thursday, according to police officials. John Granville and his Sudanese...
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Four men convicted of killing USAID worker escape Sudan prison
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US lawmakers call for release of lawyer in Rwandan custody
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Finland court convicts Rwanda pastor of genocide
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Taiwan ex-president Chen’s life sentence reduced to 20 years
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US Senate blocks measure aimed at preventing EPA regulation of carbon emissions
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ICC nations lack consensus on crime of aggression
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Turkish president criticizes ban on Google services
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Obama calls for new pollution laws in wake of oil spill
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NYC reaches $712.5 million settlement with World Trade Center cleanup workers
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Canada high court upholds publication ban on evidence at bail hearings
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US Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) on Wednesday introduced a resolution calling on the Rwandan government to release detained US lawyer and JURIST Forum contributor Peter Erlinder [professional profile;...
A Finnish court on Friday convicted former Rwandan pastor Francois Bazaramba on charges relating to his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide , sentencing him to life in prison. Bazaramba had denied...
The Taiwan High Court on Friday reduced the life sentence of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian to 20 years, finding that he had not embezzled as...
The US Senate on Thursday defeated a resolution aimed at limiting the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act . The...
Nations attending the final day of the Review Conference of the Rome Statute on Friday in Kampala, Uganda, have been unable to reach a consensus on the adoption of the crime of aggression by the International Criminal Court...
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Thursday criticized the country's ban on several Google services, calling for officials to find a legal way to restore access. Gul, in messages posted to his...
US President Barack Obama on Thursday called for new oil pollution laws in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill . Speaking at a meeting of congressional leaders from both...
New York City reached a settlement Thursday with the 10,000 rescue and cleanup workers who became sick or injured from responding to the 9/11 attacks . The agreement follows two failed settlement attempts between...
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday upheld a defendant's right to a publication ban that applies to the evidence and information produced at a bail hearing. Canadian media organizations have claimed that the statutory...
