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UN court convicts Mladic of genocide over Bosnia's horrors

TheUnitedNations'YugoslavwarcrimestribunalconvictedBosnianSerbmilitarychiefGen.RatkoMladiconWednesdayofgenocideandcrimesagainsthumanity,andsentencedhimtolifeinp

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UK hate crimes surge on Brexit and militant attacks

HatecrimesinBritainsurgedbythehighestamountonrecordlastyear,officialfiguresshowedonTuesday,withthevotetoleavetheEuropeanUnionasignificantfactor.TheHomeOffice(in

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Iraq seeks UN resolution to investigate IS

IraqhasaskedtheUNtoassistitwithgatheringevidenceofcrimescommittedbytheIslamicStategroupandsaiditwasworkingwithBritaintodraftaSecurityCouncilresolutiontoestablis

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Fugitive Guo Wengui's company on trial for fraud

AtrialopenedWednesdayincentralChina'sHenanProvinceonthesuspectedcrimesofHenanYudaRealEstateCompanyandthreeofitsemployees.ThecompanyanditsemployeesZhangXincheng,

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Ex-executives of billionaire Guo Wengui go on trial

AtrialopenedWednesdayincentralChina'sHenanProvinceonthesuspectedcrimesofHenanYudaRealEstateCompanyandthreeofitsemployees.ThecompanyanditsemployeesZhangXincheng,

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Japan passes controversial anti-terror law despite protests

Japan passed a controversial anti-terror law on Thursday that sparked street protests and warnings from critics that it would stomp on citizens' privacy rights and lead to over-the-top police surveillance.

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Japan passes controversial anti-terror law despite protests

Japanpassedacontroversialanti-terrorlawonThursdaythatsparkedstreetprotestsandwarningsfromcriticsthatitwouldstomponcitizens'privacyrightsandleadtoover-the-toppol

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25 "hate crime" arrested by police since London Bridge attack

Lonon'sMetropolitanPolice(Met)saidWednesdaynightthat25peoplehadbeenarrestedinthecapitalfor"hatecrimes"sinceSaturday'sterrorattackonLondonBridge."TheMetropolitan

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African Union wants Africa to withdraw from International Criminal Court

AfricanUnionchairpersonAlphaCondehascalledoncountriestocommittothedecisiontowithdrawfromtheInternationalCriminalCourt.CondemadethecommentsinSudan,aftermeetingwi

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U.S. says war crimes probe of U.S. forces in Afghanistan unwarranted

An International Criminal Court investigation of possible war crimes by U.S. forces in Afghanistan is not "warranted or appropriate," the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday after prosecutors in The Hague found initial grounds for such a probe.

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Hate crimes against Muslim Americans in 2015 at highest level since terror attacks of 2001: FBI

Reported hate crimes against Muslims rose in 2015 to their highest number since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to FBI statistics released Monday.

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U.S. Forces May Have Committed War Crimes in Afghanistan, Prosecutor Says

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday that she had a “reasonable basis to believe” that American soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan, including torture.

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Okinawa police serve fresh arrest warrant on former U.S. Marine for murder of local woman

Police in Okinawa in Japan's southernmost prefecture issued a further arrest warrant on an already detained former U.S. Marine and base worker for the rape and murder of a 20-year old local woman in April as Okinawans are becoming increasingly incensed at the U.S. presence on the island, local media reported Thursday.

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Migrants linked to 69,000 would-be or actual crimes in Germany in first three months of 2016: police

Migrants in Germany committed or tried to commit some 69,000 crimes in the first quarter of 2016, according to a police report that could raise unease, especially among anti-immigrant groups, about Chancellor Angela Merkel's liberal migrant policy.

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Indonesian government tightens watch on foreigners amid drug trafficking concerns

The government has tightened surveillance on foreigners living in the country following concerns about drug trafficking cases, according to the Law and Human Rights Ministry.

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Okinawa case stirs memories of past crimes by U.S. Personnel

The arrest of an American civilian working at a U.S. military base in connection with the slaying of a woman in Okinawa has stirred up bitter memories of crimes committed by those with ties to the U.S. military.

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France's National Assembly approves deprivation of citizenship of convicted terrorists

PARIS, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- The deputies of the French National Assembly voted Tuesday night in favor of a constitutional reform that would allow people convicted of terrorism to be stripped of their French citizenship under certain circumstances.