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Stores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers
Reuters* Curfew follows police shootout that killed drug dealer * More than 5,400 children turned away from schools By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early...Tags: FIFA World Cup, Drug Trafficking, 2016 Olympic Games, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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South Sudan says war crimes court persecutes Africans
ReutersJUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Thursday his country would never become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it appeared to be preoccupied with prosecuting African leaders. "It seems that this thing has...Tags: Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, Kenya, Africa, Crime, Law and Justice
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EU probes ally of Kosovo PM, ambassador for war crimes
ReutersPRISTINA (Reuters) - European Union police said on Thursday they had arrested five people, including a wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister, and were investigating the ambassador to Albania on suspicion of war crimes during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict....Tags: Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Armed Forces, International Organizations, Armed Conflicts
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Ally of Kosovo PM among five arrested for war crimes
Reuters* Five arrested for war crimes during 1998-99 war * Accused of crimes against civilians held by guerrillas PRISTINA, May 23 (Reuters) - A close wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister was among five people arrested by European Union police on Thursday...Tags: Government, NATO, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions
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Officials say more evidence being gathered as Benghazi suspects remain under surveillance
AP Intelligence WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Five men are under round-the-clock U.S. surveillance in Libya, wanted for questioning in the attack last year on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. The White House believes there is enough proof for a military force to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Benghazi, FBI, Tunisia, Barack Obama
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Chief Palestinian peace negotiator backs Kerry's efforts
Reuters* Kerry to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah on Thursday, Friday * Palestinian negotiator: no conditions on return to talks * Kerry working "below the radar" to revive peace talks By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (Reuters) - The top Palestinian...Tags: South Africa, United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice, Benjamin Netanyahu, International Criminal Court
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Former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla dies of natural causes at age 87 serving life in prison
Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate so-called "subversives," died...Tags: Paraguay, Crime, Law and Justice, Chile, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Soccer
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Justice and Rights, Beirut (Lebanon), United Nations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Guatemala government must apologize after Rios Montt verdict -judge
ReutersBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 13 (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court ordered the government on Monday to apologize for atrocities committed against indigenous people in the country's civil war after former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of...Tags: Government, Punishment, Interior Policy, Hate Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) * Warring parties film themselves committing atrocities * Neither side condemns brutality in their own ranks * Balkans, Lebanon show savagery delays reconciliation By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT, May 14 (Reuters) - Syrian...Tags: Government, Revolutions, Islam, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Beirut (Lebanon)
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Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to appear in court
ReutersZINTAN, Libya, May 2 (Reuters) - Saif al-Islam, the son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will appear in court on Thursday in the town of Zintan, where a militia has held him since his capture in November 2011, a local council official said. Saif...Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Libya, Crime, Law and Justice, Religious Conflicts, Justice System
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Ex-Chicagoan suspected of being Auschwitz guard arrested in Germany
Tribune reporterA suspected Auschwitz concentration camp guard and former Chicago resident was arrested Monday in Germany, according to a Nazi-hunting group. Prosecutors in Stuttgart did not name the 93-year-old man, but said he was arrested on "strong suspicion" of...Tags: Germany, Prosecution, Ashburn, Munich (Germany), Crime, Law and Justice
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