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Pinochet indicted for 'Caravan of Death'
Legal World 11/26/2006[##_1L|1248492734.jpg|width="107" height="107" alt=""|_##]Chilean Judge Victor Montiglio indicted former dictator Augusto Pinochet Monday and placed him under house arrest in connection with the firing-squad deaths of two of former President Salvador...
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U.S. and Canada Work Together to Fight Gun Crime
Legal World 11/19/2006WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Canadian Minister of Public Safety Stockwell Day today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the ninth annual United States-Canada Cross-Border Crime Forum. The agreement allows for...
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U.S. and Europe Agree to Combat Transnational Crime
Legal World 11/10/2006WASHINGTON – (USDOJ) Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales announced on Monday that the United States signed an Executive Agreement with Eurojust, the judicial cooperation unit of the European Union (E.U.), which will improve transatlantic law enfor...
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UK bomb plotter sentenced to life in prison
Legal World 11/08/2006Dhiren Barot, a British man who pleaded guilty to planning a series of bombs on US and British targets, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. Barot was accused of planning several attacks, including the "Gas Limo Project" to blow up three limousin...
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E.U. Sign Agreement to Combat Transnational Crime
Legal World 11/07/2006WASHINGTON – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales announced on Monday that the United States signed an Executive Agreement with Eurojust, the judicial cooperation unit of the European Union (E.U.), which will improve transatlantic law enforcement c...
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Curfew Lifted After Hussein Sentenced to Death
Legal World 11/06/2006On Sunday, Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging for the murders of 148 people in the mainly Shia town of Dujail following the 1982 assassination attempt on him. After two days of anticipation of the Hussein verdict, civilians have been al...