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Hague Tribunal controversy hints at US-Israeli aims
William PfaffPARIS -- The irresistible impulse to aggrandize power, which has been evident in American foreign policy since (at least) the fall of the East-West bipolar system in 1991, was demonstrated last week by the NSA revelations of Edward Snowden. Now there is a...Tags: Justice System, Hamas, Crime, Law and Justice, International Relations, Wars and Interventions
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Afghanistan suspends security pact talks with U.S.
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided to suspend talks on a security pact with the United States, accusing Washington of mixed messages regarding peace talks with the Taliban, his spokesman said on Wednesday. "In a special meeting...Tags: U.S. Military, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Kabul (Afghanistan), Taliban
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Officials await return of ex-USC professor accused of sex crimes
U.S. officials are working with Mexican authorities to bring a former USC professor accused of sexually abusing children back into this country, FBI officials said. Walter Lee Williams, 64, was arrested Tuesday evening by Mexican authorities, Bill...Tags: Justice System, Abusive Behavior, Philippines, FBI, Police Investigations
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NYU denies it is evicting China dissident Chen Guangcheng
NEW YORK -- The relationship between New York University and Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng--whose flight from his homeland last year came amid a major diplomatic tangle--has soured as the university denies claims it is evicting Chen from his campus...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), New York University, Greenwich Village, China, Chen Guangcheng
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CORRECTED-Chinese dissident to leave New York University shortly
Reuters(Corrects to say Chen blind from childhood, not birth, in paragraph 3.) By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who left his home country last year and became a visiting scholar at New York University, will...Tags: Education, Politics, Beijing (China), New York University, Crime, Law and Justice
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CHINA-ACTIVIST/USA (PIX, TV)
ReutersHBEAT-MESSAGE @ 2013-06-17 17:06:17 +0000. Generated from NTM heartbeat by HTCP-JANMDN01A.Tags: Education, New York City, Politics, New York University, Beijing (China)
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Chinese dissident to leave New York University shortly
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who left his home country last year and became a visiting scholar at New York University, will leave the school this summer, but will likely remain in the United States, university officials said...Tags: Education, New York City, New York University, Crime, Law and Justice, Shanghai (China)
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CORRECTED-China pressured U.S. university to make him leave, dissident says
Reuters(Corrects to Shandong province, not Shandon province, in paragraph 6) By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) - Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University, accused the...Tags: Education, New York University, Crime, Law and Justice, Chen Guangcheng, China
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Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says NYU pushing him out
BEIJING -- Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese dissident, is charging that New York University is kicking him out of a fellowship because of pressure from the Chinese government. The self-trained lawyer, who set off an international incident last year by...
Tags: Education, Politics, New York University, Beijing (China), China
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China pressured U.S. university to ask me to leave, dissident says
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University accused the school on Sunday of asking him to leave because of "unrelenting pressure" from China. NYU denied the claim, saying that...Tags: Education, New York University, Crime, Law and Justice, Communist Party of China, China
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Convicted sex offender extradited from Brazil after 12 years on run
A convicted sex offender was back in a Broward jail Friday after 12 years on the run and a two-year extradition process with Brazil, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Kenneth Andrew Craig, 44, who landed on an international Most Wanted Sex...Tags: Broward County Sheriff's Office, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Law Enforcement, Punishment
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Foreign affairs
Ever since President Bill Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," whatever remains of standards seem to have fallen even lower among people who hold offices and positions once thought to require good behavior and strong...Tags: Bill Clinton, Sexual Misconduct, Prostitution, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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