"The test of the authority exercised on the ground by the Palestinian Authority is now, and we will have to judge what is happening on the ground, " said Larsen.

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That case ground to a halt after a federal judge in Corpus Christi, Texas, discovered many of the plaintiffs previously had claimed they were victims of asbestosis, a condition experts say almost never occurs in the same pair of lungs.

FORBES: Legal Affairs

It was the trial judge who acquitted Rosenthal, on the ground that the transaction in question was not a crime.

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ABERDEEN, Maryland (CNN) -- A lawyer for one of three soldiers accused of involvement in the Aberdeen Proving Ground rape scandal asked at a Friday arraignment that the judge enact a gag order on Army officials who discussed the story with the media.

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There is also concern about how ground water and irrigation wells will be affected: it is hard to judge how long it takes for a coal aquifer to refill.

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