Turkish novelist acquitted in rights trial
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A Turkish judge acquitted a prominent  author on Thursday in a case seen as a fresh test of freedom of  expression in the European Union candidate nation.
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An Italian military court on Monday acquitted an 87-year-old former lieutenant in the German army of charges stemming from the 1944 World War II massacre of 48 civilians in a small town in Tuscany, Italian news agencies reported.
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A trio of photographers accused of invading the privacy of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed are acquitted.
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A Dutch court has acquitted a marine of criminal negligence in the fatal shooting of an Iraqi civilian last year.
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Turkish author Ipek Calislar goes on trial accused of insulting Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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An Italian military court has acquitted a former Nazi officer charged over the 1944 massacre of 60 people in an Italian monastery where German troops found Jews hiding, a judicial source said.
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A teacher who forced a pupil to  write &quot;I am a retard&quot; 100 times was acquitted by an Italian  court on Wednesday of abuse charges.
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A military jury on Thursday acquitted a former Naval Academy quarterback of raping a female midshipman in her dormitory room.
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An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld the four-year prison sentence given to an Egyptian blogger who criticized conservative Muslims and was convicted of insulting Islam and Egypt's president, court officials said.
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A Libyan court acquitted five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian medic on Sunday of charges of slandering policemen by protesting that their confessions had been extracted under torture.
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A Yugoslav war crimes tribunal acquitted a Bosnian Serb leader of genocide on Wednesday, while former Yugoslav President Slobodan
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A Turkish court has acquitted prize-winning author Elif Shafak in a trial over a book about the massacres of Armenians during World War I, saving the government from fresh embarrassment in its ties with the European Union.
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The High Court of Zimbabwe here on Friday announced that the leader of the main opposition party, Morgan Tsvangirai, is acquitted of accusation of planning to kill President Robert Mugabe.
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An Istanbul court acquits Turkish novelist Elif Safak,  who was accused of insulting "Turkishness".
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One of seven indigent men charged with plotting to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago as part of an Islamic jihad was acquitted on Thursday, and a mistrial was declared in the prosecution of the six others.
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NINGI, Nigeria  - A young Nigerian mother  sentenced to death by stoning for having sex outside marriage  was acquitted and discharged by an Islamic appeals court on  Thursday.
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Former Indian actress Monica Bedi  was acquitted on Monday of charges of passport forgery in a  high-profile case involving Mumbai&#39;s underworld.