S Leone poll battle goes to court
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Sierra Leone's ruling party seeks an injunction to stop the electoral commission publishing presidential results.
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Sierra Leone's president warns he will impose a state of emergency if election violence does not stop.
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Opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma won Sierra Leone's presidential election after a run-off vote marked by tensions and some ballot fraud in the war-scarred West African state, electoral officials said on Monday.
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THE HAGUE, Jan 18 (IPS) - After a delay of six months, the Charles Taylor  case resumed at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Jan.  7. The former president of Liberia is charged with crimes against  humanity and war crimes during the civil war in Sierra Leone  (1991-2001), including murder, rape, enslavement, acts of  terrorism and the recruitment of child soldiers.
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BAGHDAD A bitter political struggle has erupted over control of the special Iraqi tribunal set up to try Saddam Hussein and his associates, with interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and his rivals maneuvering for influence over the appointment of judges
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Fresh fighting erupted between the military and militants in Pakistan's tribal areas yesterday, as opposition political parties announced plans to file legal challenges to General Pervez Musharraf's apparent plans to be reelected as president while continuing to hold the office of military chief.
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Two voters have filed challenges to the governor's election with the state Supreme Court &#151; the first shots in an anticipated legal battle over the amazingly close contest.
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The Supreme Court is expected to rule Friday on rerunning the country's disputed presidential election.
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The pro-independence president faces a recall bid Friday over charges of corruption and lying.
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A last-minute federal court battle over caucus rules underlines the importance Saturday's vote in Nevada has assumed as a potential momentum-builder in the Democratic presidential campaign.
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Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma is due back in court on corruption charges.
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CAPE TOWN: Mark Thatcher must submit to questioning in a South African court this week over charges he was involved in a foiled coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, the Cape High Court ruled yesterday.
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Sierra Leone counted votes on Sunday from a tense presidential run-off which went peacefully despite fears of violence, but both sides accused the other of fraud and intimidation, and observers reported ballot stuffing.
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Former South African Deputy   President Jacob Zuma is due in court this week to face   corruption charges, boosted by vocal supporters who have kept   alive his hope of political resurrection.
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Home Secretary David Blunkett took his battle to win paternity rights over his ex-lover's son to court in the latest chapter of a scandal that has transfixed British politics.
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A court fight over competing reality boxing shows is getting a third contender.
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Seven people face a court on charges relating to postal ballot fraud in Bradford at the last general election.