Court Won't Hear Elizabeth Taylor Case
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a dispute involving actress Elizabeth Taylor over ownership of a Vincent van Gogh painting. The painting is claimed by descendants of a Jewish woman who fled Nazi Germany.  The painting, worth mi...
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A court in South Africa has postponed until next April the trial of Mark Thatcher on charges he helped fund a coup attempt in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.
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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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Delays in the trial of Charles Taylor have caused much finger-pointing at the U.N.-backed special court.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court declined to step into the nationwide debate over same-sex marriages yesterday, refusing to hear a challenge to the only state law that sanctions such unions.
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A federal court won't consider Qualcomm's request for a stay of a trade commission order that bans the importation of its chips into the U.S.
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The Supreme Court declines to hear the music industry's appeal of a case that forbade it from trying to force phone and internet companies from turning over the names of people suspected of copyright infringement over peer-to-peer networks. Michael Grebb reports from Washington, D.C.
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A federal judge has thrown out a  lawsuit against Elizabeth Taylor by the heirs of a German woman  who claimed to be the rightful owners of a Van Gogh painting in  the actress's collection.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor made a surprise appearance at the U.N. Special Court on Tuesday after having so far boycotted his trial on charges of orchestrating atrocities in Sierra Leone.
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Charles G. Taylor, once one of West Africaâs most feared men, dismissed his defense lawyer today and refused to appear at the opening of his long-awaited war crimes trial.
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Prosecution and defense lawyers asked for another delay in the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Thursday, saying the defense will not have enough time to prepare for the first witness, who is due to testify July 3.
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DENVER -- An Army appeals court stopped a key hearing yesterday for three soldiers charged with killing an Iraqi general during an interrogation and ordered the military to explain why the proceedings have been closed to the public.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a lawsuit alleging two pharmaceutical companies conspired to monopolize the market for a drug used to treat breast cancer.
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The Supreme Court refused to hear a case Monday that challenged a Massachusetts court decision that allows same sex marriage in that state.
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider the case of a former Phoenix, Ariz., high school teacher sentenced to 200 years in prison for possessing child pornography.
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Aides to Queen Elizabeth II have denied reports that her legal team had been sent to Venice to view the world premiere of a film about the royal family's reaction to the death of Princess Diana.
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Liberia's former President Charles Taylor stayed away from the start of his war crimes trial at The Hague on Monday, saying he had lost confidence in the U.N.-backed court for Sierra Leone.