An Italian judge confirmed Monday that 28 Italian police officers will face trial in connection with violence against anti-globalization protestors at the 2001 G8 Summit in Genoa. One protestor was killed and hundreds of protestors and police were injured...
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Italian police to face trial for violence at G8 Genoa summit
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Peterson jury reaches decision on sentencing
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Puerto Rico election dispute draws protestors to 1st Circuit hearing
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Bush taps EPA director Leavitt for Health and Human Services post
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Human rights group alleges two more Afghan detainee deaths caused by US soldiers
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Ohio Supreme Court asked for last-minute vote review as Electoral College meets
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Ruling on whether attorney's unauthorized admission of client's guilt warrants new trial [US SC]
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Ruling on entitlement to Superfund recovery against polluter not directed to clean up [US SC]
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Six reservists court-martialed for using abandoned vehicles on mission
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No Canadian referendum on same-sex marriage after high court ruling
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AP is reporting that jurors in the Scott Peterson trial have reached a decision on his sentence, which will be announced at 4:30 PM ET (1:30 PM PT)....
A hearing by the US 1st Circuit Court of Appeals Monday on disputed ballots in the Puerto Rico gubernatorial race drew protestors calling for no federal intervention in the election. The 1st Circuit will decide whether Puerto Rico's Supreme...
President Bush nominated Environmental Protection Agency chief Mike Leavitt Monday to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Leavitt, a former three-term governor of Utah, stepped into the EPA role in 2003, and much of...
Two more Afghan detainees have died while in US custody, and the US failed to properly investigate a third death this fall, Human Rights Watch charged Monday in an open letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. According to...
Activist groups Monday made a last-minute request for the Ohio Supreme Court to review the state's presidential election results as members of the Electoral College were scheduled to cast their votes in meetings in Ohio and across the country....
Florida v. Nixon, United States Supreme Court, December 13, 2004 . Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's...
Cooper Industries v. Aviall Services, United States Supreme Court, December 13, 2004 ....
Six Army reservists have been court-martialed for salvaging parts and vehicles abandoned in Kuwait for a fuel delivery mission in Iraq, AP reported Monday. News of the court-martials comes shortly after Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was questioned by...
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has joined opposition leaders in rejecting a call for a national referendum on same-sex marriage in the wake of Thursday's Supreme Court of Canada ruling (reported in JURIST's Paper Chase) that opened the way...
