Guatemalan Court Throws Out War Crimes Trial
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Guatemala's highest court has  pulled the plug on a landmark war crimes trial against soldiers  accused of the mass killing of hundreds of civilians in a  jungle village 23 years ago, court officials said on Friday.
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A Guatemalan ex-dictator and seven other former officials avoided extradition to Spain to face charges for genocide committed in the country's 36-year civil war, according to a court ruling made public on Monday.
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PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa  - A South African   judge on Wednesday threw out corruption charges against former   Deputy President Jacob Zuma, boosting the popular politician's   bid to succeed President Thabo Mbeki.
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A federal judge has dismissed a civil case against a military contractor accused of improperly billing Iraq reconstruction authorities for tens of millions of dollars worth of security services that it did not provide.
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A federal judge dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration Thursday, eliminating one of the last courtroom remnants of the leak scandal.
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - A U.S. war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo came to a screeching halt on Monday when a military judge dropped all the charges against a young Canadian in a ruling that could preclude trying any of the 380 prisoners any time soon.
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The trial of a priest accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide has been halted for a day, after protests at the UN war crimes court in Tanzania.
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A US judge throws out a lawsuit brought by ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame against Vice-President Dick Cheney.
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An Ethiopian court found exiled former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam guilty in absentia of genocide on Tuesday, ending a 12-year trial.
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A Philippine court threw out rebellion charges against a former vice-president, two clergymen and 15 other people on Thursday, saying police failed to establish their role in a botched coup attempt two weeks ago.
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A U.S. judge on Thursday threw out former CIA analyst Valerie Plame's lawsuit against Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials for disclosing her identity to the public.
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A judge has dismissed charges against a war protester who was arrested during a visit by President Bush last spring.
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Port-au-Prince  A jury acquitted former paramilitary leader Louis-Jodel Chamblain of murder charges on Tuesday after a 14-hour trial that angered human-rights groups who blamed the country&#39;s US-backed government.
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The United States on Tuesday dismissed  a U.S. newspaper report that Washington was insisting war  crimes cases linked to the Balkan conflicts should go before  domestic courts instead of the U.N. tribunal in The Hague.
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Chile&#39;s Supreme Court on Thursday morning stripped former leader August Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for the deaths of political opponents during his 1973-1990 rule.
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Guatemala's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that a politician accused of drug links can be put on trial for involvement in the murder last year of three Salvadoran deputies from a Central American parliament.
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - The military judge presiding at Omar Khadr's war crimes tribunal dismissed all the charges against the young Canadian on Monday.