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Sen. Stevens loses bid to move trial to Alaska WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge says he will not move Sen. Ted Stevens' corruption trial to his home state of Alaska. Stevens is to go on trial next month on charges of lying about hundreds of thousands of dollars in home renovations and other services he received from an oil services contractor.
First payments in Vioxx deal to begin Aug. 28 By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Partial payments for people claiming withdrawn painkiller Vioxx caused heart attacks will go out starting Aug. 28 under the $4.85 billion settlement between drugmaker Merck & Co. and plaintiffs' lawyers, the claims administrator said Wednesday.
Drug lord's extradition to US approved BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's Justice Ministry said Wednesday it has approved the extradition of Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia to the United States to face racketeering charges. The announcement comes six months after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Ramirez Abadia's extradition.
Judge: Company must give experimental drug to teen By JEFFREY GOLD AP Business Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A federal judge has ordered a research company to supply an experimental drug to a 16-year-old Minnesota boy who is terminally ill with muscular dystrophy. PTC Therapeutics plans to appeal Wednesday's ruling in Newark.
Iraq official: US, Iraq finish draft security deal By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - An Iraqi official says U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have finished a draft agreement that would see all American troops removed from Iraqi cities by June 30. He says the deal is awaiting final government approval.
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Military Commissions, So FarBy JOANNE MARINER
FindLaw columnist and human rights attorney Joanne Mariner discusses the 19 military-commission trials that will now follow on the heels of the recent trial of Salim Hamdan. As Mariner explains, the upcoming 19 trials will present allegations much more serious than those that had been made about Hamdan and another detainee who had been scheduled for a military-commission trial, but pled guilty. In particular, the seven trials in which the government will seek the death penalty concern men alleged to have been major figures in terrorist activities, including 9/11 and earlier bombings targeting U.S. personnel. Mariner describes a number of flaws in the Hamdan trial that could undermine both the appearance and the reality of justice, if they are repeated in these and other high-stakes, upcoming military-commission trials as well. View more Commentary »
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