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BREAKING NEWS ~ Lawyer convicted of helping terrorist client communicate with followers
AP is reporting that civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart has been convicted of helping imprisoned Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman communicate with his terrorist followers.3:45 PM ET - After 13 days of deliberation, a jury has convicted Stewart on charges of (More) |
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International brief ~ Israel, Palestinians announce truce
In Tuesday's international brief, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today announced a truce between Israelis and Palestinians. The announcement came at the end of Tuesday's summit at Sharm al-Sheik (More) |
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Israel, Palestinians to sign truce Tuesday
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon [official website; JURIST Newsmaker] and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will sign a truce on Tuesday at a summit being held in Egypt, according to reports. The truce will end four years of fighting and signals (More) |
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International brief ~ Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian detainees
In Thursday's international brief, Israel has announced its approval of a plan to release as many as 900 detained Palestinians in coming weeks. The details of the exact number of prisoners to be released, and the conditions for their release, (More) |
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UK releases terror suspect from prison, citing lack of evidence
The British government has released an Egyptian man it had held since December 2001 without trial or charges, the Home Office reported Tuesday. The man, identified only as "C," was released from prison Monday because there was not enough (More) |
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Prostitutes used in Gitmo torture, lawyer for Australian detainee says
Steven Hopper, lawyer for soon-to-be-released Australian Gitmo detainee Mamdouh Habib , has said that Habib has been subject to atrocities fit for a "vulgar concentration camp" while detained at Guantanamo Bay. Hopper said that interrogat (More) |
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Travel snafu delays return home for Guantanamo detainee
A week after the United States agreed to release accused terrorist Mamdouh Habib to his native Australia, the Guantanamo Bay detainee's return home is now being delayed by logistical problems centered on the US government's refusal to allo (More) |
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Ex-Guantanamo translator enters guilty plea
A former civilian Arabic translator at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp pleaded guilty Monday to charges of mishandling classified information and lying to investigators. Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, a naturalized US citizen of Egyptian origin, has been (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ US to free last four UK Gitmo prisoners
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has announced in the House of Commons that the last four Britons held by the US at the terror suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay will be released in a few weeks. UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith talked (More) |
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Australian Gitmo detainee says US transfered him to Egypt for torture
Military lawyers for an Australian detainee held at Guantanamo Bay Cuba have said in court papers that their client, originally detained by the US in Pakistan in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, was later tranfered to US authorities in E (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
