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News EU justice, immigration ministers balk at UN call to take more refugees
EU justice, immigration ministers balk at UN call to take more refugees
Alexandria Samuel
January 29, 2005 03:08:00 pm

A UN appeal to European Union countries to draft a joint resettlement policy that would allow for acceptance of more refugees was met with reluctance Saturday by European justice and immigration ministers gathered in Brussels. UN High Commissioner for...

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News Colombia and Venezuela resolve dispute over rebel arrest
Colombia and Venezuela resolve dispute over rebel arrest
Alexandria Samuel
January 29, 2005 02:31:00 pm

Colombia officials in Bogota have announced the end of a dispute with Venezuela over the capture of leftist rebel leader Rodrigo Granda . Colombian officials have acknowledged paying bounty hunters to capture Granda, a spokesperson for...

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News Violence escalates on Iraq election eve, but leader hopes for two-thirds turnout
Violence escalates on Iraq election eve, but leader hopes for two-thirds turnout
Tom Henry
January 29, 2005 10:39:00 am

Insurgents attacked a police station Saturday in Khanaqin near the border with Iran, killing eight people and making a total of seventeen killed across the country on the eve of elections. The latest attacks came even as security forces...

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News Afghan human rights watchdog wants war crimes justice
Afghan human rights watchdog wants war crimes justice
Tom Henry
January 29, 2005 09:29:00 am

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission , a watchdog group supported by the UN and set up pursuant to the 2001 Bonn Agreement , called on the international community and the US-backed Afghan government [official website> Saturday...

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News Ross execution abruptly postponed
Ross execution abruptly postponed
Tom Henry
January 29, 2005 08:35:00 am

The execution of serial killer Michael Ross was postponed early Saturday morning one hour before it was scheduled to take place . Ross attorney T.R. Paulding, hired by Ross last year to speed the execution process,...

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News Ruling on Ross execution [2nd Circuit]
Ruling on Ross execution [2nd Circuit]
January 28, 2005 10:50:00 pm

Ross v. Rell, et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 28, 2005 . Read the full text of the order here. Reported...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Supreme Court rejects Ross appeal, clearing way for execution
BREAKING NEWS ~ Supreme Court rejects Ross appeal, clearing way for execution
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 28, 2005 10:08:00 pm

AP is reporting that the US Supreme Court has refused to overturn a Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that earlier Friday had lifted a restraining order against the execution of serial killer Michael Ross. Ross wishes to die...

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News Merck woes deepen as federal appeals court nixes drug patent
Merck woes deepen as federal appeals court nixes drug patent
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 28, 2005 04:17:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that the patent for the once-a-week version of Fosamax , the second best selling drug produced by Merck & Co. , is...

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News EU threatens Microsoft with heavy fines over antitrust non-compliance
EU threatens Microsoft with heavy fines over antitrust non-compliance
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 28, 2005 03:44:00 pm

The European Commission announced Friday that Microsoft may be fined up to five percent of its daily turnover, nearly $5 million per day, unless it complies with last year's antitrust decisions ...

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News Security measures in place for pending Iraqi election as attacks mount
Security measures in place for pending Iraqi election as attacks mount
Phillip Hong-Barco
January 28, 2005 02:59:00 pm

Extra security measures running through Sunday's election came into force in Iraq Friday on a day when attacks on voting stations around Iraq resulted in 11 deaths. Driving of automobiles is now banned...

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Treaty with Russia ceded Alaska to the United States

On March 30, 1867, the US and Russia signed a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States for a payment of $7,200,000 in gold.

Review the terms of a Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America, the terms of which were included in the Treaty's Proclamation by President Andrew Johnson on June 20, 1867.

Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War

On March 30, 1856, representatives of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Paris of 1856, ending the Crimean War. The treaty confirmed Russia's loss of power and territory a result of the war. The Black Sea region and some Russian islands were demilitarized, and Russia lost its influence over Romanian principalities and Christians in the Ottoman Empire under the terms of the treaty.

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