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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Dozens of people were wounded in street battles between supporters of rival political parties in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Saturday ahead of next weekend's presidential runoff.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor goes on trial next week charged with instigating murder, rape and terrorism during Sierra Leone's civil war in a case prosecutors say could end impunity for African strongmen.
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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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Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma is due back in court on corruption charges.
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The trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor on charges of directing atrocities in Sierra Leone resumed in The Hague on Monday with prosecutors due to call their first witnesses to the stand.
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An opposition party challenged a rule change favoring the re-election of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in court Wednesday, while a top foreign envoy arrived to quiz the military leader on Pakistan's turbulent politics.
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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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CHICHAWATNI, Pakistan  - Pakistan's suspended chief justice carried his fight for reinstatement and the independence of the judiciary deep into the south of Punjab province on Sunday, milking support from towns along the way.
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Dozens of people were wounded in clashes between supporters of rival political parties in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Saturday ahead of next weekend's presidential runoff in the war-battered African state.
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Protestors clash at a Kenya court where the case of a doctor charged with murdering a foetus began.
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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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Nigerian unions have clashed in court with the oil giant Shell as the labour movement flexed its muscles ahead of a nationwide general strike.
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Voting began calmly in Sierra Leone on Saturday despite a turbulent campaign for a presidential runoff vote meant to consolidate peace after a civil war.
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The Supreme Court in Ukraine will today consider claims of fraud in the disputed presidential election, which now threatens to split the country in two.
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JOHANNESBURG : A battle over a hostile takeover bid to create the world&#39;s largest gold mining group has spilled over into court, with Gold Fields Limited (GFI) accusing rival Harmony of being in breach of South African criminal laws.
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The top two Democratic presidential contenders fought Sunday for the support of African-American voters in a place infamous for a bloody clash between voting rights protesters and police.