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Lebanon tribunal rejects Hezbollah outcry
A UN-backed tribunal set up to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese statesman Rafik al-Hariri on Thursday rejected charges by Lebanon's Hezbollah armed group that its work is politically motivated
Suspected Nazi guard charged over 430,000 killings
Prosecutors in Germany have charged a suspected Nazi camp guard with helping to kill 430,000 Jews in the Holocaust and personally shooting 10 others.
Turk opposition seeks law change to thwart coups
Turkey's main opposition party sent a proposal to parliament on Thursday to amend a 75-year-old law that enshrines the military's role as guardian of the republic, and has been used in the past to justify coups
New Kremlin bill puts FSB "above the law"
Russian president Dmitri Medvedev has signed into law a bill which expands the power of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia's secret service.
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Article: China jails three Uighur webmasters
A Chinese court has jailed the webmasters of three Uighur-language Internet sites who were detained following deadly ethnic unrest in China's Xinjiang region last year, Radio Free Asia said Thursday.
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Article: First lawsuits linked to Gulf spill go to court
Article: First lawsuits linked to Gulf spill go to court
The first lawsuits linked to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill go to court Thursday, as BP prepares -- after months of trying -- to permanently seal its ruptured well.
Article: Asia a bastion for executions despite abolitionist wave
Japan is reviewing the death penalty and Singapore's frequent use of capital punishment is under the spotlight, but Asia remains a bastion of support for executions despite outrage from rights groups.
Article: Saudi king, Syrian president to visit Lebanon together
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will visit Lebanon together on Friday to ease political tension over a UN tribunal set up after the 2005 killing of Lebanese statesman Rafik al-Hariri.
Article: Greek guerrilla group threatens to disrupt tourism
A Greek urban guerrilla group threatened on Wednesday to step up attacks and disrupt the tourist season in a pamphlet claiming responsibility for shooting dead a journalist last week.
Article: Four white S.Africans to be sentenced for racist abuse
Four white South Africans faced sentencing Wednesday after they pleaded guilty to humiliating five black housekeepers in a video depicting racial abuse at their former university.
Article: Spain's Catalonia votes to outlaw bullfighting
Lawmakers dealt the death blow to bullfighting in Catalonia on Wednesday, outlawing the centuries-old blood sport for the first time in a mainland region of Spain.
Article: Philippine massacre suspects plead not guilty
The main suspect in the massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines, Andal Ampatuan Jr, and 17 of his followers on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to the final murder charge in the case.
Article: Iraq executed 230 people between 2005-2009
Iraq executed 230 people from 2005 to 2009 and a further 1,200 have been sentenced to death, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Article: Germany arrests Rwanda genocide suspect
Federal prosecutors said Monday that a former Rwandan mayor had been arrested for a third time in Germany over his alleged involvement in the country's 1994 genocide.
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