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<title>Senegal &apos;ready&apos; for Habre trial</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180022872</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 09:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  trying Chad&apos;s former leader Hissene Habre, appointing judges and passing an empowering bill. Mr Habre  ...  since fleeing Chad in 1990. Sometimes dubbed &quot;Africa&apos;s Pinochet&quot;, he is accused of human rights  ...  measures approved on Wednesday allow a 2007 law permitting the prosecution of genocide, crimes against  ...
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<title>7/22 Legal update; 8/2 Detroit Rally: Pam &amp; Ramona Africa; Mumia&apos;s 7/12 article, The Outsi</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180006230</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  update; 8/2 Detroit Rally: Pam &amp; Ramona Africa; Mumia&apos;s 7/12 article, The Outsi by mobe  ...  Law&quot; or better, the &quot;Mumia Exception&quot; the law is one thing; its application to Mumia&apos;s  ...  Police Department, the Office of the District Attorney and indeed, the entire &quot;criminal justice system.&quot;  ...
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<title>State forensic specialists probe mysteries of wildlife</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180006157</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  wardens are, after all, the lowest paid law enforcement officers in the state, and the  ...  as of cases that actually go to court have dropped off substantially since the Department  ...  there is no wildlife left. Look at Africa or India, where their tigers and elephants  ...
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<title>AQUARIUS PLATINUM LIMITED - Fourth Quarter 2008 Production Results</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180005562</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to the company&apos;s contracting model in South Africa, whilst disruptive to implement, are necessary, and  ...  and Economic Empowerment Bill was enacted into law during the last quarter of the financial  ...  during the quarter. Mr Hulme Scholes, an attorney specialising in mineral rights legislation has returned  ...
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<title>Murphy was set to sort it out the Irish way, court told</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180004434</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:20 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to sort it out the Irish way, court told IRISHMAN Nick Murphy, accused of blowing  ...  not be processed without a valid South African ID. He said Murphy, a permanent resident,  ...  you may not own a firearm. The law is clear on this and the knowledge  ...
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<title>Family wiped out in fire</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180004114</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  In the morgue was little Tomi, her sister-in-law Kemis child. I dont know how to  ...  how to tell my husband. Hes in Nigeria to bury his ex-wife, she said. I  ...  expected to appear in the Pretoria magistrates court today on charges of murder and arson.  ...
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<title> Sudan sets up special courts</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180004106</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 07:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the Arab League, the UN and the African Union would follow (the trials) but also  ...  cover all the aspects required under international law.&quot; The move follows a request by International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to have Sudanese  ...
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<title>Cleric loses appeal over extraditionv</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180002773</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the US to face terrorism charges. The Egyptian-born former cleric, who is serving a seven-year  ...  the countrys highest court. But a senior judge, Ivor Judge, said the case did not raise a point of law of public importance meriting that it be  ...
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<title>Police corruption &apos;will flourish&apos; if Scorpions go </title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180002624</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  make it difficult to encourage ordinary South Africans to abide by the law. If senior  ...  justice, she told Parliament. Respect for the law and for the institutions of government, and  ...  The submission relates to the proposed National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the SAPS Amendment bills,  ...
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<title>War crimes tribunals gain acceptance</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179997704</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  see the system as an effective deterrent, law experts say. AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- The former  ...  Charles Taylor for his role in West Africa&apos;s upheavals. The threat of prosecution also is  ...  campaign of violence against his political opponents. Judges presiding at the trial of former Yugoslav  ...
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<title>AL, Sudan reach agreement on solving Darfur crisis</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179997115</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the restive Sudanese region of Darfur, the Egyptian state MENA news agency reported on Wednesday.  ...  the Darfur crisis in cooperation with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN),  ...  the Darfur crisis, confirming the rule of law and attaining justice in the region. The  ...
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<title>Bashir offers peace, aid in defiant Darfur tour</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179995328</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:08 GMT</pubDate>
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...  peace deal, and signed a landmark election law hours after the ICC announcement on July  ...  in Darfur. Late on Tuesday the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur said  ...  court, in trials that would satisfy ICC judges. Sudan has so far refused to try  ...
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<title>Bashir offers Darfur peace, development</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179994880</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 06:02 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to Darfur yesterday since the International Criminal Court prosecutor accused him of genocide and war  ...  peace deal, and signed a landmark election law hours after the ICC announcement on July  ...  in Darfur. Late on Tuesday the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force (Unamid) in Darfur said  ...
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<title>Obama statements prompt many questions</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179990094</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 05:27 GMT</pubDate>
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...  what it&apos;s like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old.&quot; What  ...  they to do with judging? Is a judge to interpret the law to suit his agenda? Obama said, &quot;The  ...
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<title>Karadzic arrest puts spotlight on new tribunals</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=179988453</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 04:34 GMT</pubDate>
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...  for a century, said David Crane, a law professor at Syracuse University and the then-U.N.  ...  Charles Taylor for his role in West Africa&apos;s upheavals. The threat of prosecution also is  ...  hearing the footsteps behind him, said Crane. Judges presiding at the trial of former Yugoslav  ...
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