New leak shows Julian Assange sought Russian visa in 2010

LONDON (AP) — Julian Assange had just pulled off one of the biggest scoops in journalistic history, splaying the innards of American diplomacy across the web. But technology firms were cutting ties to his website, WikiLeaks, cable news pundits were calling for his head and a Swedish sex crime case was threatening to put him... Read More

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Julian Assange

September 14, 2018

Submarine murder appeal adjourned after juror collapse

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The last session of Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen’s appeal against his life sentence for the murder of Swedish reporter Kim Wall was abandoned Friday after a juror collapsed during closing remarks. Officials at the Eastern High Court in Copenhagen adjourned the hearing without setting a new date. Madsen, in a... Read More

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Peter Madsen

September 13, 2018

Court: British surveillance violates European law

STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Europe’s human rights court handed a partial victory Thursday to civil rights groups that challenged the legality of mass surveillance and intelligence-sharing practices exposed by American whistleblower Edward Snowden. The European Court of Human Rights ruled that some aspects of British surveillance regimes violated provisions in the European Convention on Human... Read More

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Edward Snowden

September 13, 2018

Indonesian court rules militant guilty of terrorism

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court sentenced an Islamic militant on Thursday to 11 years in prison after finding him guilty of conducting training in preparation for a terrorist attack. Wawan Kurniawan was arrested along with four other militants last October by the anti-terror squad in Pekanbaru, the capital of Riau province. Judge Suhartono,... Read More

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Wawan Kurniawan

September 12, 2018

Peru court gives ex-rebel leader life sentence for car bomb

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian court convicted and gave a second life sentence to imprisoned Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman on Tuesday for a 1992 car bombing in the capital that killed 25 people and injured 155. The 83-year-old Guzman is already serving a life sentence for a 1983 massacre in an Andean village.... Read More

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Abimael Guzman

September 11, 2018

Hillsborough police commander enters not guilty plea

PRESTON, England (AP) — The man who was in control of police operations at the Hillsborough Stadium tragedy in 1989 pleaded not guilty on Monday to a charge of manslaughter by gross negligence. David Duckenfield, who is now 74, appeared via video link at Preston Crown Court in northern England. The charge was put to... Read More

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David Duckenfield

September 6, 2018

Inquest: Cranberries singer O’Riordan drowned after drinking

LONDON (AP) — The Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan accidentally drowned in a bathtub after drinking, a coroner’s inquest concluded Thursday. A police officer told the inquest at Westminster Coroner’s Court that O’Riordan was found submerged in her bathtub at a London hotel on Jan. 15. The 46-year-old singer didn’t leave a note and there was... Read More

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Dolores O'Riordan

September 6, 2018

India decriminalizes homosexual acts in landmark verdict

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s supreme court on Thursday struck down a colonial-era law that made gay sex punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a landmark victory for gay rights that one judge said would “pave the way for a better future.” The 1861 law, a relic of Victorian England that hung on... Read More

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September 5, 2018

David Beckham challenges speeding charge on technicality

LONDON (AP) — Former England captain David Beckham is challenging a charge of speeding in his Bentley over a technicality. Lawyer Nick Freeman says Beckham accepts driving at 59 mph in a 40 mph (95 kph in a 65 kph) zone in London in January. But Freeman told a hearing at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on... Read More

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David Beckham

September 4, 2018

Myanmar court sentences Reuters reporters to 7 years in jail

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Myanmar court sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison Monday on charges of illegal possession of official documents, a ruling met with international condemnation that will add to outrage over the military’s human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had been reporting on... Read More

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Kyaw Soe Oo, Wa Lone

August 31, 2018

Canada court halts Pacific pipeline in blow to Trudeau

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday halted the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that would nearly triple the flow of oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast — a setback that comes just as the government is buying the project. The court ordered the country’s National Energy Board... Read More

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Pacific Pipeline

August 31, 2018

Harrowing account of tortured teen sparks outcry in Morocco

OULAD AYAD, Morocco (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old Moroccan girl who told police she was gang-raped, forcibly tattooed and held against her will for two months recalled how her daughter was dumped at the family’s home by two men, the scars of horror stamped on her body, “her honor lost.” The harrowing case... Read More

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August 30, 2018

Congo rebel on trial at ICC denies involvement in atrocities

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A rebel militia leader known as “The Terminator” denied involvement in atrocities in Congo as his three-year trial at the International Criminal Court ended Thursday and judges began considering their verdicts. “I am a revolutionary but I am not a criminal,” Bosco Ntaganda told the three-judge panel. Ntaganda faces a... Read More

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Bosco Ntaganda

August 27, 2018

Ugandan pop star, government critic Bobi Wine free on bail

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — To chants of “People power! Our power!” Ugandan pop star-turned-government critic Bobi Wine was freed on bail Monday, ending days of incarceration during which he and some of his co-accused were allegedly tortured by security forces. The 36-year-old lawmaker, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, was on crutches as left the... Read More

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Bobi Wine

New leak shows Julian Assange sought Russian visa in 2010

Submarine murder appeal adjourned after juror collapse

Court: British surveillance violates European law

Indonesian court rules militant guilty of terrorism

Peru court gives ex-rebel leader life sentence for car bomb

Hillsborough police commander enters not guilty plea

Inquest: Cranberries singer O’Riordan drowned after drinking

India decriminalizes homosexual acts in landmark verdict

David Beckham challenges speeding charge on technicality

Myanmar court sentences Reuters reporters to 7 years in jail

Canada court halts Pacific pipeline in blow to Trudeau

Harrowing account of tortured teen sparks outcry in Morocco

Congo rebel on trial at ICC denies involvement in atrocities

Ugandan pop star, government critic Bobi Wine free on bail

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