A top Norwegian prosecutor said Wednesday that she will look into a compliant filed by Norwegian lawyers accusing Israeli government figures of war crimes during the recent offensive in the Gaza Strip . The chief prosecutor at Norway's...
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Norway considering war crimes charges against Israel leaders
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Supreme Court rules traditional test governs stay of deportation requests
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US prosecutors charge Afghan with funding Taliban terrorism with drug money
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Senate declassifies report implicating Bush officials in harsh interrogation policies
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DOJ considering dropping charges against former pro-Israel lobbyists
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Chile judge indicts three Pinochet-era officers for ‘Caravan of Death’ killings
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Federal judge orders Sudan funds unfrozen to compensate USS Cole victims’ families
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Russia court orders release of former Yukos lawyer
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Federal court to try Somali piracy suspect as adult
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Obama open to prosecuting CIA interrogation memo authors
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The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 7-2 in Nken v. Holder , retitled from Nken v. Mukasey, that an alien's stay of deportation request pending consideration of...
The US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday announced charges against an Afghan of conspiring to finance terrorist activity. Haji Juma Khan, who was already detained on charges of...
The US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Tuesday declassified a November 2008 report detailing the extent of top Bush administration officials' involvement in implementing severe interrogation techniques employed by US military...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) might drop charges of disclosing national defense secrets against former pro-Israel lobbyists Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman, a senior official said Tuesday. Government...
A Chilean judge has charged three former Pinochet-era military officers as accomplices for their role in the October 1973 killings of 14 leftist political opponents as part of the so-called "Caravan of Death" ....
A lawyer for the relatives of 17 sailors killed in the 2000 al Qaeda attack on the USS Cole said Tuesday that the families will receive compensation from the Sudan...
A Russian court Tuesday ordered the release on parole of Svetlana Bakhmina, the former lawyer for Russian oil firm OAS Yukos Oil Co. . Bakhmina was convicted of embezzlement and tax evasion in...
Alleged Somali pirate Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, captured by US forces following an attempted attack on the container ship Maersk Alabama , was charged Tuesday and will be tried as an adult following a ruling by federal...
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he would not rule out the possibility of prosecuting lawyers responsible for authoring memos released last week outlining CIA interrogation policies. Obama had previously said that he would not...
