Sweden OKs law to take Liberia's Taylor
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Swedish lawmakers have approved a law that makes it possible for the Scandinavian country to imprison former Liberian President Charles Taylor if he is convicted of war crimes by a U.N.-backed tribunal, government officials said Thursday.
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EU leaders agree in principle to make targets for renewable energy binding, Sweden's prime minister says.
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Britain agreed to imprison Liberian former president Charles Taylor if he is convicted of war crimes, clearing the way for his trial in the Netherlands over some of Africa&#039;s worst atrocities.
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The US has passed a law that could see travel bans for Cambodian officials accused of looting the country's natural resources, a move hailed Wednesday by conservationists as a strike against illegal logging.
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THE HAGUE, Jan 18 (IPS) - After a delay of six months, the Charles Taylor  case resumed at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Jan.  7. The former president of Liberia is charged with crimes against  humanity and war crimes during the civil war in Sierra Leone  (1991-2001), including murder, rape, enslavement, acts of  terrorism and the recruitment of child soldiers.
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Family and friends of Charles Taylor  held a church service on Sunday in support of the former  Liberian president, on the eve of his trial in The Hague on 11  counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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European Union antitrust regulators on Monday approved by U.S. vehicle components maker ArvinMeritor Inc.'s proposed takeover of Sweden's Volvo AB axle production unit.
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The parliament of Gambia, one of the world's poorest countries, passed a law on Wednesday to give former presidents free foreign holidays, cars and personal staff for life after they leave office.
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Dutch Foreign Minister and chairman of the council Bernard Bot, right, talks with Sweden&#39;s Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds during an EU foreign ministers council in Luxembourg, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004.
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The first all-female U.N.  peacekeeping unit, made up of 103 women from India, arrived in  Liberia on Tuesday to help the West African nation recover from  14 years of on-and-off civil war.
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South Africa has become the first country on the continent to authorise marriage for gay and lesbian couples when the controversial civil union bill received the final seal of approval.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Monday awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel jointly to two US men.
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The European Union on Monday lifted its embargo on Liberian diamonds, following a decision by the UN Security Council in April that the trade in &quot;blood diamonds&quot; from the country has been stemmed.
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By MATTIAS KAREN STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sweden's government presented a contentious plan Thursday to allow a defense intelligence agency to monitor - without a court order - e-mail traffic and phone calls crossing the nation's borders.
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Sweden&#39;s supreme court gave the go-ahead yesterday for the family of the murdered foreign minister, Anna Lindh, and the prosecution to seek a tougher sentence for her killer, who in turn may appeal against his conviction.
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Sweden became the first country on  Wednesday to open an embassy in the virtual world Second Life.
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South Africa has become the first country on the continent to authorise marriage for gay and lesbian couples after the controversial civil union bill received the final seal of approval.