Word: defendents
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With Stone anchoring the net, the entire Crimson defense, led by Shapiro, pulled together to defend against six penalty corners...
...fighting began after an explosion detonated near the U.S. convoy, but the incident report does not reflect that. The Blackwater official declared that, contrary to some reports from Iraq, "the convoy was violently attacked by armed insurgents, not civilians, and our people did their job, they fired back to defend human life." The official said that "Blackwater is contracted to work in a war zone, its personnel are under frequent fire, and all the rules of engagement permit them to defend themselves...
...price for the ghastly crime of the Germans? Why were the property rights of the German perpetrators sacrosanct and those of the guiltless Palestinians adjudged an acceptable casualty? In U.S. foreign policy, not all racial groups are guaranteed the same rights and protections. Otherwise, why does the U.S. rightly defend Jewish people’s claims on European bank accounts, property, and compensation for labor expropriated during the 1930s and 1940s, while quashing the rights of millions of Palestinians refugees to lands, houses, and goods stolen as a condition of Israel’s founding in the late 1940s...
...decision. The magazine stands by its story. "This is a blow to freedom of the press, and it means it is not safe for the press to work," Todung Mulya Lubis, an Indonesian lawyer representing TIME, told Agence France Presse. "TIME will take any legal measures available to defend freedom of the press, because this is important to uphold justice and the truth...
...Ironically, the Indonesian government has pursued its own cases against Suharto, alleging widespread corruption. Indonesia's attorney general dropped corruption charges last year, citing Suharto's inability to defend himself due to poor health. But press reports indicate that a civil case seeking more than $1.5 billion, which alleges that Suharto misused charity funds during his rule, is still pending...