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  Philippine lawmakers ask top court to nullify martial law

  International 07/09/2017

  Philippine opposition lawmakers petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to review and nullify President Rodrigo Duterte's imposition of martial law in the southern third of the country.The petition filed by six House lawmakers led by Rep. Edcel Lagman...

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  Kyrgyz court confirms life sentence for journalist

  International 01/23/2017

  A court in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday upheld a life sentence for an ethnic Uzbek journalist in a case that has drawn international criticism. Azimzhan Askarov was convicted in 2010 for stirring up ethnic hatred, a charge related to ethnic unrest in the so...