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They say 18-year-old De La Fuente's case shows the pitfalls of a system that often releases property crime offenders almost as soon as police arrest them. Now, a task force of dozens of officers will swarm areas where there's a lot of property crime to...
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The Associated Press Wednesday, October 21, 2009; 12:00 AM -- Today is Wednesday, Oct. 21, the 294th day of 2009. There are 71 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 21, 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank...
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Kenya ministers are holding a meeting of the cabinet to discuss the legislation for setting up a local tribunal and the explosive Mau issue. Related Stories The meeting, chaired by President Kibaki, started at 10.00am and a final decision on whether...
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Colonel Dursun Cicek was set free late Wednesday from a military detention center in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul, following an appeal by his lawyer. The senior military officer was arrested late Tuesday following the publication of a document in the...
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Sudanâs President Omar al-Bashir won backing from his peers on Monday to postpone a war crimes trial amid complaints that Africans appear to be the sole targets of the global war crimes court. The African Union has agreed to lobby for a one-year suspension...
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The trial of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo opened on Monday before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, a UN news release said. It is the first such trial before the ICC and the first where the victims will testify. A...
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Criminal Courts Reporter/rhussain@suntimes.com A 60-year-old defense attorney had been smuggling marijuana and cigarettes into Cook County Jail as part of a scheme orchestrated by an inmate, authorities said. Dave Compton was arrested Wednesday afternoon...
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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has opened a three-day conference he says is aimed at finding peace in the war-ravaged Darfur region. No rebel groups involved in the conflict are attending the meeting, held in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The rebel...
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The Sudanese government has arrested one of the most wanted men in the country, a notorious janjaweed militia leader charged by an international court with orchestrating mass murder in Darfur, Sudanese officials said Monday. The move is widely being interpreted...
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A Sudanese court sentenced to death 12 alleged Darfur rebels on Wednesday, bringing to 50 the number condemned to hang over an attack on Khartoum and defying criticism from Amnesty International. A special court in the capital's twin city of Omdurman...
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