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FILE - In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 4, 2011 file photo US actor Danny Glover gestures as he arrives at Rome's main train station. The lawyer of Haiti's Jean-Bertrand Aristide says actor Danny Glover has arrived in South Africa to escort the exiled former president home. Miami lawyer Ira Kurzban flew to Johannesburg Wednesday on the same mission amid unexplained delays as the United States called for Aristide to put off his departure until Sunday's disputed presidential runoff in his homeland. Kurzban says the star of the "Lethal Weapon" action movies arrived Thursday, March 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito, File)

EDITORIAL: Court throws out attempted shakedown of Chevron

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

NY judge rules for Chevron in Ecuador case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

FILE - This image made from video provided by by Al-Jazeera shows Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law and spokesman. Abu Ghaith goes to trial Monday, March 3, 2014 in New York on charges that he conspired to kill Americans in his role as al-Qaida's mouthpiece after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He is the highest-ranking al-Qaida figure to stand trial on U.S. soil since the attacks. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera, File)

Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law goes on trial in NYC

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Lawyers allowed to question Khalid Sheik Mohammed

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Bin Laden relative seeks interview for NY trial

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

With a gas mask on his head, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, gestures as he runs away from tear gas during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. There were no reports of serious violence against the government, but Correa was hospitalized due to the effects of tear gas after being shouted down and pelted with water as he tried to speak with a group of police protesters. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

EDITORIAL: Stopping the Chevron shakedown

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

With a gas mask on his head, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, center, gestures as he runs away from tear gas during a protest of police officers and soldiers against a new law that cuts their benefits at a police base in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010. There were no reports of serious violence against the government, but Correa was hospitalized due to the effects of tear gas after being shouted down and pelted with water as he tried to speak with a group of police protesters. (AP Photo/Patricio Realpe)

EDITORIAL: An Ecuadorian racket

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Ghailani

Civilian court metes out life sentence to terrorist

By Ben Conery - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is shown in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office. (AP Photo/File)

Gitmo detainee gets life sentence in embassy plot

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROD LAMKEY JR./THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Chevron executive Silvia M. Garrigo (left) and others are renewing calls to have Ecuador's trade status with the U.S. revoked. "The only remedy [in Chevron's legal battle with Ecuador] is for the preferences to be suspended," said Chevron spokesman Kent Robertson (right).

EDITORIAL: Assassination threat by Chevron accusers

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is shown in an undated photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office. (AP Photo/File)

Judge bans key witness from Gitmo detainee’s trial

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

** FILE ** An undated file photo provided by the U.S. District Attorney's office shows Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani. Ghailani arrived in New York early Tuesday June 9, 2009, and is the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the United States. (AP Photo/File)

Judge permits trial of Guantanamo detainee in U.S.

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

13 let go in KPMG tax case

13 let go in KPMG tax case