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Accused agent's mother forced to leave court...

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - The mother of a Border Patrol agent on trial for allegedly raping an illegal immigrant has been removed from court after she spoke with a juror in the bathroom during a break.

The juror and Assistant District Attorney Graciela Saenz Reyna reported the incident Wednesday to Judge Israel Ramon Jr. The judge then told Alberto Garcia's mother she would have to leave th...

admin – Wed, 2009 – 02 – 25 19:00

The Killers countersue former manager in Las Vegas...

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The rock band The Killers has countersued a former manager in federal court in Nevada, where the two side...

admin – Wed, 2009 – 02 – 25 09:00

Turmoil on legal team for Canadian at Gitmo...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Officials abruptly canceled a lawyer's visit Tuesday to Guantanamo amid an internal probe involving the defense of a Canadian accused of killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, the often outspoken Pentagon-appointed defense lawyer for Omar Khadr, was scheduled to hold two days of meetings with his client at the U.S. base in Cuba.

admin – Wed, 2009 – 02 – 25 05:00

China says 'relics for rights' offer ridiculous...

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China said Tuesday an offer to exchange two imperial bronzes looted 150 years ago by foreign troops for human rights was "ridiculous," as it called once more for the return of the relics.

The 18th-century Qing dynasty bronzes are to go under the hammer on Wednesday in Paris, and owner Pierre Berge told French radio on F...

admin – Tue, 2009 – 02 – 24 09:00

Ex-Guantanamo inmates tastes freedom...

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Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed is enjoying his first full day of freedom after being held at the US jail in Cuba for more than four years.

The Ethiopian-born British resident had an emotional reunion with hi...

admin – Tue, 2009 – 02 – 24 05:00

Green Beret: Afghan man lunged before I shot him...

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. February 23, 2009, 01:29 pm ET · A Green Beret charged with killing and mutilating an Afghan man said at his court-martial Monday that he shot the man — whom he suspected to be a Taliban insurgent — when he lunged at him during questioning.

Testifying in his own defense, Master Sgt. Joseph D. Ne...

admin – Mon, 2009 – 02 – 23 19:00

Oregon company tries to grow its timber business in China...

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admin – Mon, 2009 – 02 – 23 05:00

Supreme Court hears immigrant's ID theft case...

WASHINGTON Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa, an undocumented worker from Mexico, made a curious and undeniably bad decision. After working under an assumed name for six years, he decided to use his real name and exchanged one set of phony identification numbers for another.

The change made his employer in East Moline, Ill., suspicious and the authorities were called in. The old numbers were...

admin – Sun, 2009 – 02 – 22 19:00

Opinion: Stamp out drunk driving, but don't trample rights...

Reiff, a South Florida lawyer, is the author of ''Drunk Driving & Related Vehicular Offenses.'' Fingerhut is a professor of law and an honors college fellow at Florida International University College of Law.

``Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.''

There is proba...
admin – Sun, 2009 – 02 – 22 09:00

Thailand pardons jailed Australian writer: lawyer...

SYDNEY, Feb 21, 2009 (AFP) - The Thai king has pardoned and freed an Australian writer jailed for insulting the royal family, his lawyer said Saturday.

Harry Nicolaides, 41, was last month sentenced to three years in jail by a Bangkok court, after pleading guilty to lese majeste, or slandering the monarchy.

Canberra had lobbied intensely for a royal pardon, and barrister Mark Dean s...

admin – Sun, 2009 – 02 – 22 05:00