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UN report reexamines US profiling

2 July 09 - Millions of U.S. citizens continue to face discrimination at the hands of police and other law enforcement agencies just because they are not white, although the country's new leader in the White House is himself of African descent on his father's side. Read

New Charges Threaten Congo Trial

1 July 09 - Thomas Lubanga's legal team has strongly criticised a recent move to add new charges to the case against the accused rebel leader, just as the prosecution prepares to rest its case. Read

Serbia probes media role in war crimes

30 June 09 - Serbia's war crimes prosecutor plans to investigate the role of media in fomenting ethnic hatred and encouraging war crimes during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. But for many observers it is too little, too late Read

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