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Charges sought in death of Congo leader Lumumba (AP)

June 21st, 2010

FILE - This is a July 3, 1960 file photo of  Patrice Lumumba, the first prime minister of the Republic of Congo.  A team of Belgian lawyers said Monday June 21. 2010  it is asking prosecutors to bring war crimes charges against officials allegedly involved in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba Congo's first democratically elected prime minister 50 years ago. (AP Photo, File)AP - A group of legal activists formally requested war-crimes charges Monday against a dozen Belgian government officials and military officers widely suspected in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s…

Chile police hunt Dutchman sought in Peru killing (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

In this Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005 file photo, eighteen-year-old Joran van der Sloot, center, a resident of Aruba who had been held by police on the Caribbean island in connection with the disappearance of American tourist Natalee Holloway, exits Schiphol airport accompanied by unidentified relatives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Peruvian police confirmed on  June 2, 2010, they are seeking Joran van der Sloot in last Sunday's killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores at a Lima hotel.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - Police in neighboring Chile are checking hotels for a young Dutchman long suspected in the 2005 disappearance of U.S. teen Natalee Holloway who is now being sought in…

Suspect in Holloway case sought in Peru killing (AP)

June 2nd, 2010

In this Tuesday Sept. 6, 2005 file photo, eighteen-year-old Joran van der Sloot, center, a resident of Aruba who had been held by police on the Caribbean island in connection with the disappearance of American tourist Natalee Holloway, exits Schiphol airport accompanied by unidentified relatives in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Peruvian police confirmed on  June 2, 2010, they are seeking Joran van der Sloot in last Sunday's killing of 21-year-old Stephany Flores at a Lima hotel.(AP Photo/Peter Dejong)AP - A young Dutchman previously arrested in the 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba is the prime suspect in the weekend killing of a Peruvian woman,…

$2 billion sought to overhaul ruined Haiti schools (AP)

May 16th, 2010

A girl looks on at the Marie Esther catholic school in Port-au-Prince upon the visit of Luis Moreno, president of the Inter American Development Bank, BID, unseen, Friday, May 14, 2010.(AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - The Inter-American Development Bank is seeking $2 billion to expand access to Haitian schools.


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Yukos tells court: Russia sought to destroy us (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Greek judge of the European Court of Human Rights, center, Christos Rozakisat, is seen at the beginning of an hearing on the Yukos versus Russia case at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France, Thursday March 4, 2010. The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday began hearing a complaint against Russia's government by representatives of now-defunct oil giant Yukos, whose jailed founder, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, claims authorities illegally drove the company out of business. Others judges are unidentified. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz)AP - The Russian government deliberately sought to “destroy” the now-defunct oil giant Yukos for political reasons, a lawyer for the company argued Thursday before the European Court of Human…