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In Turkey, Trial Casts Wide Net of Mistrust

Hayati — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:58:10 +0000

Few here doubt that the case began with something threatening: in June 2007, 27 hand grenades and fuses were found in the attic of a house in an Istanbul slum. Investigators claimed they were stashed there by an ultranationalist retired officer and...

26 Americans Face Verdict in Italy in C.I.A. Rendition Trial

Paolo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:44 +0000

A verdict is expected as soon as Wednesday in a landmark case in which 26 American officials are charged with kidnapping a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan more than six years ago. The case is the first of its kind to contest the practice...

Israeli tycoon charged with fraud

Dan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:34:35 +0000

Russian-Israeli billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak has been indicted on charges of fraud and money laundering. He is accused of seeking to buy a Dutch company without revealing his role in financing the deal, in contravention of Israel’s laws on...

Will Iran's Kennedys Challenge Ahmadinejad?

CJ — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:03:44 +0000

The brothers Larijani — often referred to as the Kennedys of Iran — are emerging as a powerful counterweight to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from within the conservative camp. And unlike other Ahmadinejad rivals, the Larijanis are fully...

Jail and trial are next for wounded Peru Indians

John — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:48:38 +0000

Santiago Manuin is lucky to be alive. On June 5, the Awajun Indian leader was hit by at least four bullets when police broke up a protest by Indians over government plans for large-scale economic development of their ancestral lands in...

Iran poll protests trial begins

Reza — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:47:25 +0000

The trial has begun in Iran of 100 people arrested for their alleged involvement in post-election violence. The charges included rioting, vandalism, “acting against national security”, and conspiring against the ruling system, state...

Prison looms for Aung San Suu Kyi as trial draws to a close

Maurice — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:11:47 +0000

The Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is facing an almost certain criminal conviction and a sentence of up to five years in prison when a Rangoon court delivers its verdict at the end of this week, her defence team said yesterday. Wrapping...

Snoop Dog cleared of all the charges of 2005 assualt

Triveni — Mon, 11 May 2009 12:11:57 +0000

Despite Snoop Dog being cleared of assaulting a fan at a 2005 concert, the man who sued rapper Snoop will still receive compensation for the injuries he suffered from the incident. Richard Monroe Jr. was badly injured after he hopped up...

Trial opens into alleged gang kidnap, torture and murder of French Jew

Michael Kerjman — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:12:43 +0000

France was forced to confront the moral decay of its deprived housing estates as the trial opened today one of the decade’s most harrowing murder cases: the kidnap and torturing to death of a Jewish mobile phone salesman by a gang said to...

Multi-Media Response Technology Trial Draws Early Praise

Anna Whybird — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:22:32 +0000

MULTI-MEDIA RESPONSE TECHNOLOGY TRIAL DRAWS EARLY PRAISE Australian Communication Exchange today announced that its pilot program for the innovative Internet-based Multi-Media Response Service had already met with critical acclaim from the single...