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Iraqi guards questioned over Saddam hanging video
Legal World 01/04/2007Two Iraqi Justice Ministry guards are now being questioned in connection with the taping and release of a camera phone video showing the execution of Saddam Hussein, according to Iraqi lawmaker Sami al-Askeri. Iraqi officials said Wednesday that an o...
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Protests continue in wake of Saddam hanging
Legal World 01/02/2007Sunnis demonstrated in the streets of Iraq Monday in continuing opposition to the Saturday execution of Saddam Hussein, which was captured on camera phone video taken at the scene. Most notably, Sunni protestors in Samarra stormed into a damaged Shii...
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Italy urges global execution ban
Legal World 01/02/2007Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Tuesday that he would push the United Nations to adopt a universal ban on the death penalty after this weekend's execution of Saddam Hussein. Italy, which assumed a two-year non-permanent seat on the UN Securi...
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Rush to Hang Hussein Was Questioned
Legal World 01/01/2007[##_1L|1145756606.jpg|width="150" height="122" alt=""|_##]The unruly nature of the weekend hanging of Saddam Hussein as especially revealed by a grainy but graphic camera phone video taken at the scene prompted protest and disavowal Monday as Sunnis ...
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Legal age for buying tobacco to rise in Britain
Legal World 01/01/2007Britain is raising the legal age to purchase tobacco from 16 to 18 years, the government announced Monday.The new age limit is aimed at helping retailers to spot underage smokers, and making it more difficult for young people to begin smoking, the go...
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World leaders divided on Saddam execution
Legal World 12/30/2006[##_1L|1065182971.jpg|width="156" height="125" alt=""|_##]World political and religious leaders were divided Saturday in their reaction to the execution of Saddam Hussein. In a statement released from his ranch at Crawford, Texas, late Friday night E...
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Iraqi court confirms Saddam Hussein’s death sentence
Legal World 12/27/2006[##_1L|1073398746.jpg|width="200" height="148" alt=""|_##]The confirmation yesterday of the death sentence against Saddam Hussein is the final act in a legal charade directed from Washington. The Iraqi Appeal Court upheld the verdict against Hussein ...
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Hussein to be executed “within 30 daysâ€
Legal World 12/26/2006[##_1L|1258443656.jpg|width="209" height="147" alt=""|_##]Iraq's highest appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for Saddam Hussein in his first trial and said it must be carried out within 30 days.The sentence “must be implemented withi...
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UN imposes nuclear sanctions on Iran
Legal World 12/25/2006The UN Security Council voted 15-0 Saturday to impose its first sanctions on Iran for continuing to enrich uranium past an August 31 deadline imposed by Security Council Resolution 1696. In unanimously adopting Resolution 1737 the Council cited repor...
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Israel's high court upheld the military action
Legal World 12/15/2006Israel's high court on Thursday upheld the military's right to assassinate members of what the state defines as terrorist organizations, but cautioned that decisions to launch such operations should always weigh the potential harm to civilian bystand...
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ICTR convicts Rwandan Catholic priest of genocide
Legal World 12/13/2006The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Wednesday convicted a Roman Catholic priest for committing genocide and extermination during the mass killings of Tutsis and moderate Hutus that swept the central African nation in 1994. Father Athanase ...
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Italy court sets hearing in CIA abduction case
Legal World 12/12/2006A Milan court will hear arguments on January 9 on whether to try CIA and Italian agents on charges of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured, a court source said on Monday.Prosecutors want to tr...