U.S. lawyers call accused Laos coup leaders "heroes"
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SACRAMENTO, California  - A Hmong leader and others charged with attempting to overthrow the Communist government in Laos are heroes with high integrity who oppose violence, their attorneys said on Tuesday.
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Three labor leaders killed in what an army commander claimed was a gunbattle were instead murdered by soldiers, Colombian prosecutors are now saying in a case highlighting U.S. concerns over Colombia's human rights record.
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Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby believe that NBC News holds a key to clearing him of perjury and obstruction charges in the CIA leak case.
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The top prosecutor for Sierra Leone's war crimes court on Monday accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of recruiting fighters in the country he once led and working to destabilize other West African nations. A spokesman for Taylor denied the allegations.
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A defense lawyer for one of three Americans accused of torturing a dozen Afghan prisoners in a private jail showed a video in court Monday of Afghanistan's former education minister congratulating the group and offering his help in arresting terrorists.
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Prosecutors told the jury Tuesday that former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby made up a ludicrous lie to save his job during the CIA leak investigation. But defense attorneys said he behaved like an innocent man with a bad memory.
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Officials of the U.S.-led coalition lauded Afghan security forces Friday for repulsing Taliban militants in fierce fighting, but raised doubts over Afghan claims that a captured man might be a top rebel leader.
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Government prosecutors rested their terrorism case against a civil rights attorney and two others by invoking references to Osama bin Laden, anti-American hatred and Sept. 11, drawing immediate protests from the defense.
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Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby believe that NBC News holds a key to clearing him of perjury and obstruction charges in the CIA leak case
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Lawyers are mobilizing to press the rights of victims of a Chinese slave labor scandal that has unleashed widespread outrage, while prosecutors vowed on Wednesday to punish officials tied to the exploitation.
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By Denny Walsh, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--A Sacramento federal magistrate judge, concerned about the gravity of the accusations and the level of detail in the government's papers, on Thursday ordered four of the 10 men charged with plotting Laos' overthrow held without bail.
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Hmong refugees flocked Monday to the state Capitol grounds in a show of support for a revered leader who is accused of conspiring to overthrow the communist government of Laos.
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The suspected head of the U.S. branch of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebel group and four others pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of assisting a foreign terrorist organization.
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Malabo - The trial of 18 men charged with plotting to oust Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema went into a fourth day on Thursday, with an Armenian pilot accused of being a hired gun for the coup bid giving evidence.
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Leading allies of the United States defended the legal basis for the US-led invasion of Iraq and their involvement there after UN chief Kofi Annan reignited the debate over its legitimacy.
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A top Justice Department lawyer acknowledged Tuesday that more than a half-dozen U.S. attorneys were fired in the last year, in some cases without cause, but denied Democrats' charges that they were dismissed and replaced for political reasons.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Advisers to Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, projected winner of Indonesia's presidential election, said yesterday that he would move quickly to prosecute several major graft cases to counter Indonesia's reputation as one of the world's most corrupt countries.