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Former Peru leader Fujimori faces trial over 1992 killings

FormerPeruvianpresidentAlbertoFujimoriwasorderedtostandtrialforthe1992killingsofsixfarmersonMonday–despitearecentpresidentialpardonforadifferentcrime.TheNationa

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Peru's ex-president Fujimori released after controversial pardon

Peru'sex-presidentAlbertoFujimoriwaswheeledoutofaLimahospitallateThursdayafreemanfollowingacontroversialpardonbyPresidentPedroPabloKuczynski.Afrail-lookingFujim

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'Forgive me,' ex-Peru leader Fujimori says after pardon protests

Peru'sailingformerleaderAlbertoFujimorionTuesdayaskedthepublicforforgiveness,twodaysafterreceivingapresidentialpardonthatsparkedstreetprotests."Iamawarethatther

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Thanksgiving turkeys get presidential pardon from Trump

USPresidentDonaldTrumpisusinghispardonpowertokeepapairofturkeysfromtheThanksgivingroaster.TrumpcontinuedtheannualpresidentialtraditionduringaneventTuesdayintheW

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Trump asked attorney general about dropping Arpaio case: report

USpresidentDonaldTrumpaskedAttorneyGeneralJeffSessionsaboutdroppingacriminalcaseagainstcontroversialex-sheriffJoeArpaio,acloseallyoftheRepublicanpresidentwhohas

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Rights groups launch campaign for Snowden pardon

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the US group ACLU launched a campaign on Wednesday (Sept 14) to push President Barack Obama to pardon Edward Snowden, the fugitive NSA whistleblower living in Russia.

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Thai yellow-shirt activist flies home after Cambodian King grants pardon

Thai yellow-shirt activist Veera Somkwamkid, sentenced to eight years in jail by a Cambodian court on espionage charges in 2010, flew home on Wednesday after Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni granted him a royal pardon.

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Putin to pardon jailed former oil tycoon Khodorkovsky

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he would soon pardon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former CEO of the oil company Yukos.