Mexican Court  Clears Ex-Leader In '68 Massacre
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MEXICO CITY, July 12 -- A Mexican court ruled Thursday that a 1968 student massacre was genocide because government officials plotted to "exterminate" demonstrators, but the court cleared former president Luis EcheverrÃÂ­a of involvement.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chile's Supreme Court on  Thursday stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity  from prosecution in a notorious human rights case, raising  hopes of victims that he may finally face trial for abuses  during his 17-year regime.
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Latin America's top human rights court upholds the conviction of US citizen Lori Berenson in Peru.
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A federal court has cleared the way for TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman to be extradited to face charges in Mexico, but the decision can still be appealed.
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Port-au-Prince  A jury acquitted former paramilitary leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain of murder charges on Tuesday after a 14-hour trial that angered human-rights groups who blamed the country&#39;s US-backed government.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chile's Supreme Court Thursday  stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity from  prosecution in a notorious human rights case, raising hopes of  victims that he may finally face trial for abuses during his  17-year regime.
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An Italian military court cleared a former Nazi SS officer of ordering the execution of dozens of people hiding in a monastery that sheltered Jews during World War II, a lawyer for the accused man said.
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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has upheld the conviction and 20-year sentence of Lori Berenson, a New York native imprisoned in Peru for terrorist collaboration with Marxist guerrillas, President Alejandro Toledo said Thursday.
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BERLIN -- A court paroled a one time leader of Germany's notorious Red Army Faction yesterday after 24 years in prison, amid bitter memories of the left-wing terrorist group's attacks on law enforcement and business leaders, which plunged the country into fear three decades ago.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's Supreme Court cleared the way yesterday for former dictator Augusto Pinochet to face charges of murder, torture, and other rights abuses perpetrated at Villa Grimaldi, one of the most infamous prisons run by his secret police.
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A Mexican judge re-instates an arrest warrant for ex-President Luis Echeverria, who is accused of genocide.
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A former Mexican police commander was convicted Wednesday of helping run a notorious Gulf cartel's drug smuggling operation.
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Argentina's Supreme Court revokes a pardon granted to a former general accused of human rights abuses.
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A judge on Friday acquitted a business owner, manager and promoter accused of manslaughter in a 2003 nightclub stampede that killed 21 people. In his ruling, Cook County Judge Dennis Porter agreed with defense attorneys that prosecutors had failed to show the men played any role in causing the tragedy.
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A jury acquitted former paramilitary leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain of murder charges Tuesday after a secretive trial that began in the middle of the night, angering human rights groups who blamed the country's U.S.-backed government.
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BERLIN, Aug 23  - An alleged lieutenant of Carlos the Jackal, legendary international terrorist mastermind through two decades, was acquitted here Monday of murder and bomb attacks in France more than 20 years ago.
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The U.N.'s highest court cleared Serbia Monday of genocide against Muslims in Bosnia's bloody war. But it said the country's former government should have stopped the 1995 slaughter of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica and ordered Serb leaders to hand over the alleged architect of the massacre.