Prime Minister Gordon Brown is preparing to be grilled by the Iraq inquiry over his role in the build up to war and its aftermath.

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John Terry has made his first public comments since being stripped of his role as England’s football captain, thanking the fans of his club Chelsea for their support.

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Troubled Terry thanks fans for support

Judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Wednesday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir may be charged with genocide for his role in a five-year campaign of violence in western Sudan’s Darfur region.

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Sudan leader can face genocide charge

Prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for his role in a subversion case, the official Chinese news agency reports.

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Prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was arrested in 1989 for his role in the Tiananmen Square protest, faces trial Wednesday for allegedly “inciting subversion” in a more recent case.

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Lawyers for Cambodia’s ex-foreign minister call for the removal of the judge investigating his role in the Khmer Rouge era.

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Khmer Rouge Duch trial nears end

A former Iranian vice president was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in post-election violence, but will remain free on bail while his case is appealed, the semi-official Iranian Student’s News Agency reported.

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British mercenary Simon Mann, jailed last year for his role in a plot to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s president, is granted a pardon, the West African country announces.

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Mercenary pardoned over Equatorial Guinea plot

An Iranian-American man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in an Iranian prison for his role in protests following the disputed presidential election in June, Iran’s state-run news agency reported Tuesday.

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Iranian-American gets 12 years for protests