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Cotonou -
Wealthy Benin businessman and failed presidential candidate Sebastien Ajavon is under investigation over an allegedly fraudulent export deal, a judicial source said on Monday.
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Paris -
France has charged eight men, including three minors, following an investigation into far-right activists allegedly plotting to target politicians and mosques, prosecutors announced Saturday in Paris.
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Buenos Aires -
A body recovered from a river bed in southern Argentina was that of a missing activist who disappeared two months ago during a police operation, his brother confirmed Friday.
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This week’s releases include an inspiring documentary; a comedy that stands the test of time; a dangerous love affair; a fun animated film that flew under the radar; and a new series that takes on an unfilmable book.
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Baghdad -
A Baghdad court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for the vice president of Iraqi Kurdistan on charges of "provocation" against Iraq's armed forces, the judiciary said.
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Skopje -
A Macedonian nationalist was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for violently pulling the hair of an MP during an attack on parliament.
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New York -
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an end to the death penalty Tuesday, insisting it has "no place in the 21st century.
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Cotonou -
Three senators from Haiti pause in reflection in front of a statue of their country's independence hero Toussaint Louverture in Allada, southern Benin, where he had his roots.
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Istanbul -
Turkish prosecutors on Sunday demanded up to 15 years jail for almost a dozen activists, including leaders of Amnesty International in Turkey, in a case intensifying alarm over freedom of expression in the country.
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Den Haag -
The world's top criminal court is probing two staff members after media reports implicating them in dealings involving the tribunal's former prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo.
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Istanbul -
Journalism in Turkey is at "death's door" but there is still hope it can emerge from a comatose state, one of the country's top journalists said after being released from jail.
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Istanbul -
The United States on Thursday said it was "deeply disturbed" over the arrest by Turkish authorities of a local staffer working at its consulate in Istanbul, saying the charges against him were baseless.
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Brazilian police on Wednesday detained Italian ultra-leftist militant and writer Cesare Battisti, who was convicted of murder in his home country and has been on the run for decades.
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Los Angeles -
Disgraced American football star O.J. Simpson, whose racially charged 1995 murder trial riveted the nation, was released from jail on parole early Sunday after nine years behind bars for armed robbery.
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Taipei -
Three naval personnel have been jailed for up to two years for mistakenly launching a missile towards China that killed one person and triggered a stern response from Beijing last year.
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Los Angeles -
Disgraced American football star O.J. Simpson, whose racially charged 1995 murder trial riveted the nation, was released from jail on parole early Sunday after nine years behind bars for armed robbery.
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Washington -
The US Supreme Court on Monday opens its 2017-2018 session, facing thorny issues that include gay and labor rights, voter restrictions and limits on gathering private information.
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Washington -
Human rights organizations announced Friday they are suing the Trump administration over the latest version of the president's controversial travel ban, continuing a long-running legal battle over the restrictions.
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Ankara -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the United States Thursday that Turkey could release a jailed American pastor if Washington handed over exiled Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen who Ankara blames for last year's failed coup.
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Ankara -
A jailed academic who has been on a six-month hunger strike to protest her dismissal in an unprecedented purge has been transferred into intensive care by Turkish authorities, her family said Tuesday.
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Istanbul -
An Istanbul court on Monday ordered the release of leading Turkish journalist Kadri Gursel in the controversial trial of staff from the Cumhuriyet opposition newspaper, but ruled that four other detained suspects must stay in jail.
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London -
An activist with a London-based rights group was convicted of a terrorism offence on Monday for refusing to divulge the passwords for his phone and laptop computer to the police.
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Istanbul -
The controversial trial of 17 journalists and staff from the Turkish opposition daily Cumhuriyet began hearing witness testimony on Monday, with a key witness dismissing charges that the accused are linked to terror groups.
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Montevideo -
As corruption goes in Latin America, it amounted to small beans, but the excess that ended the Uruguayan vice-president's career this month shows the region's politics are still locked in a cycle of sleaze.
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New York -
The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously decided to set up an investigation team to collect evidence on the massacres of Iraq's Yazidi minority and other atrocities committed by the Islamic State group in Iraq.
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Istanbul -
A Turkish court on Thursday jailed on terror charges 14 lawyers representing two detained teachers who have been on hunger strike for six months after being sacked in a mass crackdown.
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Girona -
Spanish police carried out searches on Tuesday across Girona, a fiefdom of Catalonia's pro-separatist president Carles Puigdemont, as part of probe into suspected graft at a local water company, police said.
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New York -
About 60 countries led by the European Union on Monday launched a bid at the United Nations to end the trade in goods like electro-shock batons and lethal drugs used to carry out torture and death sentences.
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Mexico -
Thousands of women of all ages marched Sunday through Mexico City, demanding justice in the case of a young woman who was kidnapped and murdered.
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Tucuman -
Six Argentinians were handed life sentences Friday, convicted of committing crimes against humanity during rightwing military rule from 1976-1983.
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Scales of justice. Donkey Hotey
California State Assemblymen and former San Francisco City Supervisor, Tom Ammiano was a prominent figure at the Jobs With Justice protest rally at City Hall, Dec. 14, 2010. Photo courtesy of Jobs With Justice, San Francisco Chapter
Scales of Justice Easy Stock Photos
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Justice Antonin Scalia Phil Farnsworth / Harvard Law School
400 men walk in heels to raise women's rights awareness Screengrab via fox2now
Memorial vigil for Kyle Young. Rob Wells, a concerned citizen who took a personal interest in the situation.
Memorial vigil for Kyle Young.
The often debated concept of blind justice is represented figuratively on the Mississippi State Capitol building. Szlea (ShawnZlea)/Flickr.com
Memorial vigil for Kyle Young. Young's sister Amanda Grift.
Memorial vigil for Kyle Young.
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Memorial vigil for Kyle Young. Organizer Jim Gurnett.
After attending a mass at the Church, Ladies in White group in Havana peacefully march demanding the release of their loved ones who are political prisoners. dumplife (Mihai Romanciuc)
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