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Ex-executives of Ford's Argentina subsidiary charged in torture of workers during dictatorship
Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. All three men...Tags: Ford Motor Co., Politics, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Kidnapping, Criminals
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Pentagon wants $450 million for maintaining, upgrading Guantanamo prison
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close. New details on the administration's budget request emerged on Tuesday...Tags: Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Politics, Carl Levin, Elections
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Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says
Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting more than 40% of cases compared with 22% for drug crimes, according to federal crime data. Many immigrants are now prosecuted because they try to cross the border...
Tags: Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights, International Law, Politics, Misdemeanors
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Afghanistan, Politics, Rape, Criminals
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Guatemala trial of Rios Montt has likely collapsed - lawyers
ReutersBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 21 (Reuters) - The trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has likely collapsed after the country's top court struck down his conviction for genocide, defense and prosecution lawyers said on Tuesday....Tags: Justice and Rights, Politics, International Law, Guatemala, Litigation
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Guatemala trial of Rios Montt has likely collapsed: lawyers
ReutersGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has likely collapsed after the country's top court struck down his conviction for genocide, defense and prosecution lawyers said on Tuesday. Rios Montt was sentenced...Tags: Justice and Rights, International Law, Politics, Guatemala, Litigation
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...Tags: Interior Policy, Defendants, Indigenous People, Politics, Litigation
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Leading senator to let sanctions bill lapse to reward Myanmar government for reforms
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Peter T. King, Barack Obama, Dianne Feinstein, Washington, DC
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Headlines for Tuesday, May 21, 2013
RAY MANZAREK: Doors Co-Founder Dead at 74
Ray Manzarek, a founding Member of The Doors, has died at age 74.
The keyboardist, born Raymond Daniel Manczarek, Jr., succumbed this afternoon (Monday) at the RoMed...Tags: Wrestling, Companies and Corporations, Dawes (music group), Nirvana (music group), Bon Iver (music group)
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Russia angry over "stolen" Eurovision votes
Reuters* Russian foreign minister says votes 'stolen' in song contest * Russian singer placed fifth in a field of 26 * Azerbaijan says official result inaccurate By Lada Evgrashina and Steve Gutterman BAKU/MOSCOW, May 21 (Reuters) - Moscow has clashed with...Tags: Denmark, Russia, Justice and Rights, Politics, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program)
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Apple CEO Tim Cook to senators: 'We don't depend on tax gimmicks' [video chat]
WASHINGTON -- Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the company's tax avoidance strategies in an appearance Tuesday before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Wearing a business suit, white shirt and powder blue tie, Cook read an...Tags: U.S. Senate, John F. Kennedy, Tim Cook, Politics, Corporate Officers
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Russian adoption ban leaves U.S. families in an agonizing limbo
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Andy and Bethany Nagel left photos of themselves at the orphanage for the little boy with Down syndrome who was going to be their son. We'll be back, they told 4-year-old Timofey, blowing kisses from the doorway and...
Tags: Social Issues, Russia, Justice and Rights, Politics, Family
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