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Peru court grants parole to U.S. citizen Berenson (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

Reuters - U.S. citizen Lori Berenson was freed from a jail in Peru on Monday after serving 15 years of a 20-year sentence for working with leftist insurgents and will…

Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, criticised by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue official warnings to individuals whose actions are deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.(AFP/File/Alexey Panov)AP - Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev.


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US court grants bail to Conrad Black (AFP)

July 19th, 2010

Disgraced media mogul Conrad Black, pictured in 2007, was granted bail by a US court as he appeals a six-and-a-half year jail term imposed in 2007 after he was convicted of defrauding shareholders.(AFP/File/Jeff Haynes)AFP - Disgraced media mogul Conrad Black was granted bail by a US court as he appeals a six-and-a-half year jail term imposed after being convicted of defrauding shareholders.


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Rwanda court grants medical release to US lawyer (AP)

June 17th, 2010

US Lawyer Peter Erlinder walks after signing the papers granting his release from the custody of the Rwanda Prison Services, while returning to King Faisal Hospital to spend the night, Thursday, June 17, 2010. A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted bail on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Peter Erlinder was arrested late last month, and since his arrest has been hospitalized multiple times for high blood pressure.  (AP Photo / Adam Scott)AP - A Rwandan judge on Thursday granted release on medical grounds to a U.S. lawyer arrested in the country and accused of promoting an ideology that minimizes Rwanda’s 1994…

Michelin grants 3rd star to country auberge (AP)

March 1st, 2010

AP - Gilles Goujon shed tears of joy after learning his L’Auberge du Vieux Puits, tucked in a village in southern France, won a coveted third star Monday from the…