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French Appeals Court Upholds Marine Le Pen’s Conviction but Clears Her to Run for Office
A Paris appeals court sentenced the far-right leader to house arrest and a 100,000-euro fine for a decade-long embezzlement scheme, but ruled that barring her from future elections would undermine democratic freedoms.
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Former Kyrgyz Security Chief Sentenced for Trying to Violently Seize Power
A Kyrgyz court has found former security chief Kamchybek Tashiev guilty of attempting to violently seize power from his longtime ally and friend, President Sadyr Japarov. The conviction stems from an incident earlier this year when several high-ranking…
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Hot off the presses: The Declaration of Independence
A flawed first copy — dashed off in all-nighter — endures as template for democracy in action
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