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Iran foreign minister: No verdict in stoning case (AP)

November 3rd, 2010

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. France said Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 that Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki insists that no final decision has been made in the case of Ashtiani who could be executed by stoning for adultery, despite reports that her execution is imminent. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that no final decision has been made about a woman who could be stoned to death for adultery, amid reports that her execution…

France: Iran says no verdict yet in stoning case (AP)

November 3rd, 2010

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. France said Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 that Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki insists that no final decision has been made in the case of Ashtiani who could be executed by stoning for adultery, despite reports that her execution is imminent. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - Iran’s foreign minister insists that no final decision has been made about a woman who could be stoned to death for adultery, France’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, amid…

The Parcel Bomb Case: Investigators Again Playing Catch-Up (Time.com)

November 1st, 2010

Time.com - Investigators are focusing on a suspected mastermind who seems to be able to target weak spots in the global freight and air system

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Will the Palestinians Take Their Case to the U.N.? (Time.com)

October 28th, 2010

Time.com - Skeptical of the Obama Administration’s peace effort, PLO leaders could appeal to international law. But political calculations are likely to hold them back

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Saudi prince in lurid murder case sentenced (AP)

October 20th, 2010

In this handout image issued by the Metropolitan Police, Bandar Abdulaziz,a servant who was killed by Saudi Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud.  A Saudi prince has been convicted in Britain of murdering a servant. A jury in London's Old Bailey criminal court, on Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010, found Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud guilty of murdering Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz in a frenzied attack in a hotel. The 34-year-old prince faces a possible life sentence. The jury deliberated just 95 minutes before returning its verdict. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Police, HO)  EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Life in prison, with parole possible after 20 years. That was the sentence handed down Wednesday to a Saudi prince convicted of a killing so lurid it has…

Australian Case Reopened: Did a Dingo Kill Azaria Chamberlain? (Time.com)

October 19th, 2010

Time.com - More than 30 years after Lindy Chamberlain’s baby daughter died, questions still hang over what happened to 10-week-old Azaria that summer night in the Australian bush

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Iran holds 2 Germans linked to stoning case (AP)

October 12th, 2010

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday July 8, 2010, of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who is facing the punishment of stoning to death in Iran, on charges of adultery. Iran said Monday, Oct. 11, 2010,  that it had arrested two foreigners as they were interviewing the son of a woman whose sentence of death by stoning on an adultery conviction has ignited binternational/b outrage. ran's judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi said the two foreigners arrested had entered the country on tourist visas and did not have documents to prove they were journalists. His comments were carried on the official IRNA news agency. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, ho, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES **AP - Iran confirmed Tuesday that it arrested two German nationals as they approached the home of a woman whose sentence of death-by-stoning on an adultery conviction has drawn international…

Iran: 2 foreigners arrested, tied to stoning case (AP)

October 11th, 2010

An activist with red lipstick on her face to depict blood participates in a demonstration against a stoning sentence in Iran for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, pictured in the background, outside the Italian Parliament, in Rome,Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Iran has faced a growing storm of protest over a stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery that has been temporarily suspended. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Iranian authorities have arrested two foreigners as they were interviewing the son of a woman who could face death by stoning on an adultery conviction, the state news…

Iraqi court drops case in British soldier slayings (AP)

October 10th, 2010

AP - A Baghdad court says there is not enough evidence to prosecute two Iraqi men accused of taking part in the 2003 mob slaying of six British soldiers.

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Thai court drops case against Viktor Bout (AP)

October 5th, 2010

With tight security and the flak jacket on, Viktor Bout, center, a suspected Russian arms dealer, leaves the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. The Thai court dismissed a request to drop new charges against Bout, a move that means more delays to his long-awaited extradition to the United States. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - A Thai court ruled Tuesday to dismiss a new trial against alleged Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout, removing a key legal obstacle to his long-awaited extradition to the…