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Jurors in Edwards case finish 8th day of talks
Wed,30 May 2012 03:52 PM PDT
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John Edwards leaves a federal courthouse after the seventh day of jury deliberations in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)The judge overseeing the campaign corruption trial of former-U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards sent the jury home Wednesday after eight days of talks without a verdict and released the four alternate jurors, who have garnered attention for their matching shirts but have not participated in the deliberations.


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Ex-Cameron aide arrested, charged with perjury
Wed,30 May 2012 03:18 PM PDT
Associated Press -

FILE - This is a Thursday, May 10, 2012 file photo of Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World newspaper and former director of communications for Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron as he arrives to appear at the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in London, Coulson was arrested by police Wednesday May 30, 2012 on suspicion of perjury. Scottish police said Wednesday that Andy Coulson, was detained at his home in London over an accusation of committing perjury at a case at the High Court in Glasgow. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)The former top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron was arrested and charged with perjury Wednesday in the trial of a flamboyant ex-Scottish lawmaker — the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers.


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Andy Coulson Has Been Arrested and Charged with Perjury
Wed,30 May 2012 02:28 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -

Andy Coulson Has Been Arrested and Charged with PerjuryThe predictable outcome from this morning's news that police had detained News of the World editor-turned-David Cameron aide Andy Coulson is in: Coulson has been arrested and charged with perjury.


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Liberian warlord Taylor sentenced for atrocities in Sierra Leone
Wed,30 May 2012 01:36 PM PDT
The Daily Caller - African warlord Charles Taylor was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison by an international criminal court for his role in atrocities that took place during the civil war in Sierra Leone during the 1990s. Full Story
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Attorneys want some Sandusky sex-abuse charges dropped
Wed,30 May 2012 01:21 PM PDT
Reuters -

Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State football defensive coordinator, arrives for a hearing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, PennsylvaniaBELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Attorneys for former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky, charged with sexually abusing 10 boys, urged a judge on Wednesday to toss out the charges for three of the alleged victims. Defense attorney Joe Amendola told Judge Joseph Cleland the charges involving Victims 2, 6 and 8 should not be tried because evidence was hearsay and not allowed. But prosecutors in the high-profile case argued the circumstantial evidence was strong and should be presented to the jury when it convenes next month. ...


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Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison
Wed,30 May 2012 01:16 PM PDT
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Charles Taylor Sentenced to 50 Years in PrisonLiberian President Found Guilty of War Crimes, Selling 'Blood Diamonds'


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John Edwards Judge Lets Colorful Alternate Jurors Stay Home
Wed,30 May 2012 11:57 AM PDT
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John Edwards Judge Lets Colorful Alternate Jurors Stay HomeJudge in John Edwards Case Allows Alternate Jurors to Go Home


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John Edwards Judge Dismisses Colorful Alternate Jurors
Wed,30 May 2012 11:57 AM PDT
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John Edwards Judge Lets Colorful Alternate Jurors Stay HomeJudge in John Edwards Case Allows Alternate Jurors to go Home


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John Edwards Judge Dismisses Colorful Alternate Jurors
Wed,30 May 2012 11:57 AM PDT
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John Edwards Judge Lets Colorful Alternate Jurors Stay HomeJudge in John Edwards Case Allows Alternate Jurors to go Home


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John Edwards Judge Lets Colorful Alternate Jurors Stay Home
Wed,30 May 2012 11:57 AM PDT
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John Edwards Judge Lets Colorful Alternate Jurors Stay HomeJudge in John Edwards Case Allows Alternate Jurors to Go Home


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Hedge fund boss found guilty in $600 million fraud
Wed,30 May 2012 10:01 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Magnus Peterson, the boss of collapsed hedge fund business Weavering, has been found guilty of defrauding investors and ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages. London's High Court ruled that Peterson, manager of the Weavering Macro Fixed Income fund, deceived clients and breached his duty of care to investors with a strategy that could not cope with the vagaries of markets at the height of the global credit crisis. ... Full Story
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Assange can be extradited from UK - but not yet
Wed,30 May 2012 08:58 AM PDT
AFP -

The appeal was Julian Assange's last hope for legal recourse in BritainBritain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden, but put his deportation on hold to give his lawyers a final chance to reopen the case.


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Azerbaijan: 40 arrested in Eurovision terror plot
Wed,30 May 2012 07:34 AM PDT
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Russia Buranovskiye Babushki perform during rehearsal for the final show of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Friday, May 25, 2012. The finals of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be held at the stadium on May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)Security services in Azerbaijan say they have arrested 40 suspects and seized weapons as they thwarted a series of planned terror attacks against the Eurovision Song Contest.


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Jurors in Edwards trial deliberate for 8th day
Wed,30 May 2012 06:41 AM PDT
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John Edwards leaves a federal courthouse after the seventh day of jury deliberations in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)The jury in John Edwards campaign finance corruption trial has started its eighth day of deliberations.


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Thai webmaster sentenced for not removing comments
Wed,30 May 2012 06:27 AM PDT
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Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of Prachatai website, smiles as she talks with reporters at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 30, 2012. A Thai court sentenced Chiranuch to an eight-month suspended sentence for failing to act quickly enough to remove Internet posts deemed insulting to Thailand's royalty. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)A court sentenced a Thai webmaster Wednesday to an eight-month suspended sentence for not moving quickly enough to delete online comments deemed insulting to the country's royalty in a case widely seen as a test of freedom of expression in Thailand.


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Timeline - UK top court decides WikiLeaks founder can be extradited
Wed,30 May 2012 04:45 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - April 5, 2010 - WikiLeaks releases a video showing a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Baghdad. Eight days later U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates criticises WikiLeaks, saying it released the video without providing any context explaining the situation. June 7 - The U.S. military says that Army Specialist Bradley Manning, who was deployed to Baghdad, has been arrested in connection with the release of the classified video. The U.S. ... Full Story
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British PM David Cameron's former media adviser arrested by police on suspicion of perjury
Wed,30 May 2012 02:53 AM PDT
Associated Press - the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers. Full Story
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British PM's former spokesman arrested
Wed,30 May 2012 02:21 AM PDT
Reuters -

Andy Coulson, former editor of the News of the World and Former spokesman for Britian's Prime Minister David Cameron, leaves after giving evidence before the Leveson Inquiry at the High Court in central LondonLONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron's former spokesman has been detained on suspicion of committing perjury in a court case in Scotland, Scotland's Crown Office said on Wednesday. Andy Coulson told a court case in 2010, while he was working for Cameron, that he had had no knowledge of illegal activities by reporters while he was editor of the News of the World. Coulson has since been arrested over allegations of phone hacking at the tabloid. Coulson stood down in January 2011 after police reopened the hacking case. He has denied any knowledge of the crime. ...


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3 arrested in kidnap of LA-area pair, kidnap of 1
Wed,30 May 2012 02:19 AM PDT
Associated Press - Authorities say they have arrested three men and are seeking a fourth who kidnapped a Los Angeles County couple and tortured the man for days. Full Story
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Ex-Cameron aide arrested over alleged perjury
Wed,30 May 2012 02:17 AM PDT
Associated Press - Police say the ex-top media adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron has been arrested on suspicion of perjury — the latest case tied to allegations of wrongdoing by British tabloid newspapers. Full Story
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Thai webmaster sentenced in free speech case
Wed,30 May 2012 02:05 AM PDT
Associated Press -

Chiranuch Premchaiporn, director of Prachatai website, smiles as she talks with reporters at the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 30, 2012. A Thai court sentenced Chiranuch to an eight-month suspended sentence for failing to act quickly enough to remove Internet posts deemed insulting to Thailand's royalty. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)A Thai court sentenced a local webmaster Wednesday to an eight-month suspended sentence for failing to act quickly enough to remove Internet posts deemed insulting to the country's royalty in a case widely seen as a test of freedom of expression in this Southeast Asian nation.


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UK Supreme Court Rules Julian Assange Can Be Extradited to Sweden
Wed,30 May 2012 01:36 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -

UK Supreme Court Rules Julian Assange Can Be Extradited to SwedenThe Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has rejected an appeal by Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, declaring that he can be on his extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault charges. Assange has been under house in Britain for months since being arrested on an international warrant. Assange has been fighting the warrant on the grounds that the Swedish judge who issued did not have the proper authority, a claim rejected by the British courts. 


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Assange can be extradited to Sweden: Supreme Court
Wed,30 May 2012 01:33 AM PDT
AFP -

Assange has been fighting deportation since his arrest in London in December 2010 on a European arrest warrantThe Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, closing his final legal avenue of appeal in Britain.


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Jurors in John Edwards campaign finance corruption trial to deliberate for 8th day
Wed,30 May 2012 01:00 AM PDT
Associated Press - GREENSBORO, N.C. - The jury in John Edwards campaign finance corruption trial will begin its eighth day of deliberations. Full Story
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Jurors in Edwards trial to deliberate for 8th day
Wed,30 May 2012 12:29 AM PDT
Associated Press -

John Edwards leaves a federal courthouse after the seventh day of jury deliberations in his trial on charges of campaign corruption in Greensboro, N.C., Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Edwards has pleaded not guilty to six counts related to campaign finance violations over nearly $1 million from two wealthy donors used to help hide the Democrat's pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)The jury in John Edwards campaign finance corruption trial will begin its eighth day of deliberations.


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