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Judge green-lights Gitmo trial
The Swampby James Oliphant A federal judge Thursday refused to block the war-crimes trial of Guantanamo detainee Salim Hamdan and it will go forward Monday as scheduled. Hamdan will be the first detainee to go before the Pentagon's revamped military commission.......Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Government, International Law, National Government
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Evidence suppressed in first Gitmo trial
The Swampby James Oliphant Looking for the shape of things to come after the first day of the trial of accused al Qaeda operative Salim Ahmed Hamdan at Guantanamo Bay? How about the ruling by the military officer overseeing the proceedings......Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prosecution, Prisoners and Detainees, International Law, Trials
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Texas murderer asks Court for stay
The Swampby James Oliphant Lawyers for convicted Texas murderer Jose Medellin filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court Friday in an attempt to stave off his execution, scheduled for Aug. 5. The application was made to Justice Antonin Scalia, who......Tags: Politics, Constitutional Issues, Government, Diplomacy, International Law
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Mexican murderer set to die in hours
The Swampby James Oliphant Lawyers for convicted murderer Jose Ernesto Medellin are awaiting word from the Supreme Court whether his execution in Texas by lethal injection, set for this evening at 7 pm CST, will be stayed. Last night, they filed......Tags: Politics, Constitutional Issues, Diplomacy, International Law, International Relations
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Hamdan receives light sentence
The Swampby James Oliphant A military jury in Guantanamo Thursday gave Salim Hamdan a surprisingly light sentence of 5 1/2 years. And since Hamdan has already been imprisoned at the Navy base for five years, his sentence would be completed sometime......Tags: Government, International Law, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Osama bin Laden
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Bush in China: No drugs in baseball
The Swampby Mark Silva It was only fitting, since President Bush had gone to China to promote sports and not politics, but did plenty of talking about international politics while he was there, that Bob Costas, emcee of NBC Sports'coverage of......Tags: Politics, Government, Justice and Rights, Diplomacy, NBC (tv network)
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George W. Bush scoring some sweet Olympic tickets
WatchdogClick below for a transcript of Bob Costas' interview with President Bush during Sunday night's Olympic telecast.......Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Government, Diplomacy, Track and Field
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Obama's busy first full day as president
The Swampby Frank James With the pomp and ceremony of his inauguration as the nation's first African American commander-in-chief largely behind him, President Barack Obama was expected on his first full day in the Oval Office to take up the three......Tags: Politics, Timothy Geithner, Government, National Government, U.S. Military
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Obama team careful in Sudan minefield
The SwampSudanese President Omar al-Bashir, center, attends a graduation ceremony at an air force academy near Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf) by Frank James It was about as straightforward as a question can get: does President........Tags: White House, Police Arrests, Politics, Government, Diplomacy
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CIA interrogation abuses detailed anew
The Swampby Greg Miller The Obama administration disclosed new cases of alleged abuse in the CIA's interrogation program today,issuing a report that described how prisoners were choked to the point of passing out and threatened with harm to their immediate...Tags: Crimes, Politics, Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Military, Justice System
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2012: From Arab Spring to early winter
Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter. That was the case this year in the...Tags: Pakistan, Politics, Justice and Rights, Government, Mohamed Morsi
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Argentina is cautionary tale as U.S. debates debt limit
You know all those warnings about how America's addiction to deficit spending is going to make us look like Greece? Stop worrying. The bigger concern should be that America will look like Argentina. That could happen, theoretically, if the...
Tags: Government Debt, Politics, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Ghana
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