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Iraq seeks bank head's arrest, denies witchhunt

Iraqi authorities have issued an arrest warrant for the head of one of the nation's biggest banks, which is under investigation for alleged irregularities, a government source and the bank's lawyer said on Sunday.
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Dutch luxury seaside cell awaits the butcher of Bosnia

The Scheveningen detention center in the Hague, where Mladic will be detained, seems relatively luxurious. The location of the detention center is about 2 km (one mile) from the beach where top properties have views of rolling sand dunes and the whiff of sea spray.

Serbian court rejects Mladic’s extradition appeal

A war crimes court in Serbia has rejected an extradition appeal by the lawyers of Ratko Mladic, meaning the former army general will be transferred to a United Nations tribunal in The Hague to face charges that he committed genocide.

Serb Court Declares Mladic Fit To Be Extradited, Tried

A court in Serbia has determined that Ratko Mladic, the former army commander accused of committing war crimes and genocide during the Bosnian conflict in the 1990s, is fit to be extradited and stand trial in The Hague.

Supreme Court to California: Release 33,000 prisoners in 2 years

In what is being billed as one of the biggest prison release orders in history, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered California government to reduce its prison population by nearly 33,000 over a period of two years to avoid serious constitutional violations.

Strauss-Kahn’s DNA Found On Assault Victim’s Dress: Report

According to reports in the French website Atlantico.fr, DNA samples taken in the sexual assault charge confirmed traces of his sperm on a dress worn by the hotel chambermaid who was allegedly raped by the former boss of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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The Fall of the U.S. Empire and the Breakup of the Geopolitical Matrix

There are two carved-in-granite long-term economic trends; one of them being the decline of the dollar and the other one being war. I think those are locked in, and so I recommend people buy investments that do well during wartime or during periods of currency debasement, which we have.
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Former U.S. probation officer pleads guilty in sex predator case

A former U.S. probation officer, Mark John Walker, 52, of Eugene, Ore., has pleaded guilty to charges related to his engaging in sexual contact or aggravated sexual abuse with female offenders who were under his direct supervision as a federal probation officer from 2006 to 2009. Sentencing is scheduled for July 18, 2011 before Chief U.S. District Judge Ralph R. Beistline, who is a visiting judge from Alaska.

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