Motion seeks sanctions against Nifong
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Attorneys for three Duke lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape asked a judge Friday to hold the prosecutor in the case in criminal contempt of court.
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 12 -- Durham District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, under fire from the North Carolina State Bar for his handling of sexual assault allegations against three Duke lacrosse players last year, appeared in court today to defend his own conduct on grounds it was a prosecutor's duty to...
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The chairman of the Yesha Council of Jewish settlements has called on the public to violate the transfer law, en masse, and to be ready to pay the price of mass imprisonment.
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THE Democratic Republic of Congo has asked the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his entourage, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
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Comptroller William Donald Schaefer wants to seek charges against a state delegate who called for his resignation because of comments the comptroller made about people with AIDS.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua  - Nicaragua's unpopular  president faces possible removal from office after a special  Congressional committee was created on Thursday to explore  corruption charges against him.
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Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel has filed a motion seeking to compel a Florida man to testify about his claim implicating two friends in the 1975 murder that sent Skakel to prison
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RALEIGH, N.C., June 15 -- Durham District Attorney Michael B. Nifong, the embattled prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case, took the stand Friday to defend himself against ethics charges and acknowledged that he had violated the legal profession's rules of conduct by making inflammatory public...
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Newmont Mining Corp. wants to bar shareholders from voting on a proposal that would require a company review of waste disposal programs in Indonesia, where it is accused of poisoning villagers.
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China's lawyers association has urged making slavery a specific crime, an official newspaper reported on Tuesday in the wake of a trial of brick-kiln operators accused of brutally exploiting trapped workers.
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Disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong pleaded not guilty Thursday to criminal contempt charges stemming from his failure to turn over complete DNA testing results during the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.
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The Bush administration and lawmakers from both parties are pushing for the U.N. Security Council to condemn Myanmar's recent crackdown on activists.
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BEIJING, Feb. 14 -- An activist who helped organize a petition complaining that Chinese want "human rights, not the Olympics" will be tried for inciting subversion against the state, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Â· Compulsory community work for claimantsÂ· Campaigners say benefit sanctions are outrageous
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DENVER  - Newmont Mining Co. officials said Wednesday they are considering a lawsuit against Indonesian police over the jailing of five company executives during a pollution investigation.
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A House of Commons disciplinary panel on Tuesday called for the suspension of a maverick lawmaker accused of concealing his financial dealings with Saddam Hussein's government.
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The archbishop of York has demanded that Gordon Brown campaign for sanctions against Zimbabwe