But it is certainly true that, precisely because of those links, Iran remains influential in Afghanistan, notably in the area around its border, ruled by the self-appointed governor of Herat, Ismail Khan.

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The policeman who shot 23-year-old demonstrator Carlo Giuliani was investigated by prosecutors but the case was thrown out by a judge who ruled that he was acting in self defence.

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But now, in a Washington that has elevated the concept of self-unawareness to an art form, the SEC has ruled in favor of a regulation that ensures opaqueness when it comes to the true value of stock prices.

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Here a magistrate judge ruled that producing the passphrase for the encrypted hard drive would constitute self-incrimination, but on appeal the District Court overturned that decision, holding that decrypting and producing the complete contents would not constitute self-incrimination since Boucher initially cooperated in showing some of the computer files to border agents.

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The United States Supreme Court, for the first time, has ruled that citizens have a right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense.

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Texas doctors who examined the boy ruled his death had been an accident and that bruises on his body were self-inflicted.

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