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Norwegians let a song go out of their hearts
The protest was in response to Anders Behring Breivik's comments in Oslo District Court that the song "Children of the rainbow" (Barn av regnbuen) was an example of Marxist indoctrination of Norwegian children. The initiative to organise the event was
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:57P
Attorneys for John Goodman ask judge in case to step aside
"[This] requires the Court's disqualification and a reassignment of this case so that the allegations of jury misconduct can be fully and fairly exposed," attorneys said. Defense attorneys said Colbath did not tell them that Toni May,
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:55P
Charles Taylor factbox
By Reuters Former Liberian President Charles Taylor looks down as he waits for the start of a hearing to receive a verdict in a court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, on Thursday.
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:54P
Charles Taylor found guilty
By Reuters Former Liberian President Charles Taylor looks down as he waits for the start of a hearing to receive a verdict in a court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, on Thursday.
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:54P
Charles Taylor convicted for 'atrocious' war crimes
A United Nations-backed court convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the first time a head of state has been found guilty by an international tribunal since the Nazi trials at Nuremberg.
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:54P
Sierra Leone gets its day of justice
For the first time since the Nuremberg trials, a head of state has been convicted by an international court. Mr Taylor was not on trial for the many crimes he is alleged to have committed in his own country. That is a cause for regret.
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:53P
Sierra Leone gets its day of justice
For the first time since the Nuremberg trials, a head of state has been convicted by an international court. Mr Taylor was not on trial for the many crimes he is alleged to have committed in his own country. That is a cause for regret.
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:53P
Taylor's War Crimes Conviction Sends Powerful Message
The Special Court for Sierra Leone Thursday found Charles Taylor, a former president of Liberia, guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes, and other grave violations of international law, committed by his rebel forces in the one-time war-ravaged West
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:26P
Warlord guilty in landmark verdict
In the first judgement against a former head of state by a world court since the World War II Nuremberg trials, Taylor was found guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:22P
Summary of the Special Court judgement on Charles Taylor
delivers its Judgement in the case of the Prosecutor v. Charles Ghankay Taylor. For the purposes of this hearing, the Chamber will briefly summarise its findings. This is a summary only. The written Judgement, which is the only authoritative version,
Updated: 04/26/2012 02:21P
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