Zim parly upholds jail sentence
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Harare - The Zimbabwean parliament on Thursday voted to uphold a prison sentence on leading opposition white lawmaker Roy Bennett for shoving Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa to the ground during a heated debate in May.
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Roy Bennett, one of three white lawmakers in Zimbabwe&#39;s Parliament, has been taken to prison to serve a year with hard labor. He was sentenced by a Parliament dominated by the ruling Zanu PF party.
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A former U.S. commander at the jail that held Saddam Hussein was found not guilty Friday of aiding the enemy by loaning an unmonitored cell phone to an inmate, but a military judge convicted him on three lesser charges, including unauthorized possession of classified documents.
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Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa won a second term in office in an election his challenger Michael Sata accused him of rigging, official results showed on Monday.
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Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was acquitted of treason Friday in a stunning decision from a court system that routinely favors President Robert Mugabe&#39;s government.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was acquitted on treason charges Friday, a surprise end to a yearlong trial that his party had said was orchestrated by the government of President Robert Mugabe.    Hundreds of Tsvangirai's supporters danced for joy outside the courthouse when the verdict was announced...
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Asif Ali Zardari has been in jail since Bhutto&#39;s government was ousted in November 1996. He still faces legal. ultimately rewarded,&quot; Bhutto said in a statement on Monday.
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Azzam Azzam's family erupted in cheers, applause and tears on learning Sunday that the Arab-Israeli businessman had been freed after eight years in an Egyptian jail.
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Lawyers are trying to secure access to Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai after authorities defied a judge&#39;s order to either bring him to court or to set him free on Tuesday.
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An appeals court on Tuesday upheld the terrorism conviction of a Tunisian citizen once held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, the man's lawyer said. The man was not convicted of any alleged extremist activities in Afghanistan.
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Morgan Tsvangirai was jailed and beaten for his role in a banned anti-government meeting.
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A Harare court found opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai innocent of treason charges Friday, a major victory for a man who had claimed the case against him was a government bid to sabotage his political aspirations.
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THE VERDICT: A judge cleared opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason charges rooted in an alleged plot to assassinate Zimbabwe's longtime president, Robert Mugabe.
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SANTIAGO An appeals court on Monday upheld the indictment and house arrest of the former dictator General Augusto Pinochet on human rights charges.
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The leader of Zimbabwe&#39;s largest opposition party was acquitted of treason charges Friday by a High Court in Harare. The judge said there was not enough credible evidence to convict the politician, Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Nine Muslim men imprisoned without trial  will remain in jail, despite a ruling in their favor by  Britain's top court, the government said on Thursday.
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A three-judge panel of the Santiago Court of Appeals today voted unanimously to uphold the indictment and house arrest of former dictator Gen.