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  • How judges responded to warnings about ammonium nitrate stored at the Beirut port

    08/07/2020 7:38:22 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 47 replies
    cnn ^ | August 7, 2020 | Katie Polglase, Mary Ilyushina, Mia Alberti and Ali Younes
    Baroudi & Associates, who represented the Russian vessel's crew, published a statement on Wednesday saying they sent letters in July 2014 to officials at Beirut Port and the Ministry of Transportation "warning of the dangers of the materials carried on the ship." Customs authorities issued repeated notices to a judge about the dangerous cargo, according to documents seen by CNN. But the judge, who cannot be named for legal reasons, responded multiple times saying that the ship and its cargo might not be within the court's jurisdiction, the documents show. In four handwritten responses written in 2016 and 2017, the...
  • Russian spy ship docks unannounced in Havana on eve of historic US-Cuba talks

    01/22/2015 3:08:47 PM PST · by Veto! · 20 replies
    Daily Mail, UK ^ | January 21, 2015 | By SIMON TOMLINSON
    Cold War games? In a throwback to the Cold War, a Russian spy ship caused a stir after unexpectedly docking in Havana on the eve of historic talks between the U.S. and Cuba. There was nothing stealthy about the arrival of the Viktor Leonov CCB-175, which was moored to a pier in Old Havana where cruise ships often dock.