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Obama advisers: No charges likely vs interrogators
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who has criticized the use of torture, is being urged by some constitutional scholars and human rights groups to investigate possible war crimes by the Bush administration.
People:Patrick Leahy Barack Obama Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin. CIA Prison Scandal
2008-11-17
SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators on Monday charged Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban with insider trading for allegedly using confidential information on a stock sale to avoid more than $750,000 in losses.
People:Mark Cuban Martha Stewart Source:(AP)
2008-11-17
Italy fights mob terror near Naples
CASAL DI PRINCIPE, Italy - The paratroopers' armored vehicles had barely taken up position in this fiefdom of the Casalesi crime clan when the mobsters decided to show who was boss.
Nations:Italy Source:(AP)
2008-11-16
Congo rebel backs U.N. peace plan, fighting persists
JOMBA, Congo - Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda agreed on Sunday to take part in U.N.-backed peace talks, but fighting between the army and rebels raged on in the east despite his declared support for a ceasefire.
Nations:Congo Rwanda Source:(Reuters)
2008-11-16
'Sopranos' actor on trial in NYPD cop slaying
NEW YORK - Lillo Brancato Jr. was a young actor with a solid resume: He made his debut in 1993 in "A Bronx Tale" opposite Robert De Niro, went on to appear in more than a dozen movies and played a doomed mobster wannabe in HBO's "The Sopranos."
People:Robert De Niro Source:(AP)
2008-11-16
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