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LONDON – Saddam Hussein’s (search) lawyers plan to challenge the legitimacy of the tribunal set to try him in Iraq and argue that he is immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed as president, one of his lawyers said. The tribunal “was drafted by an occupying power,” Abdel-Haq Alani, …

SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. (GOOG) is financing its promise to make the world a better place with an initial commitment of nearly $1 billion to a philanthropic arm devoted to causes that mesh with the online search engine leader’s crusade. The altruistic effort, formally announced late Tuesday under the …

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – An international human rights court announced Wednesday that it has ordered Colombia to pay damages in the 1997 massacre of dozens of villagers by right-wing paramilitary fighters. Human rights groups and former soldiers have criticized the Colombian army for not sending troops to the village …