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News Katrina storm surge insurance case remanded to Mississippi state court
Katrina storm surge insurance case remanded to Mississippi state court
Gabriel Haboubi
December 28, 2006 12:37:00 pm

US Senior District Judge L.T. Senter Jr. of the US Southern District of Mississippi remanded to Mississippi state court Wednesday a key Hurricane Katrina case involving whether insurance...

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News Nigeria leaders file suits over VP party switch
Nigeria leaders file suits over VP party switch
Gabriel Haboubi
December 28, 2006 11:25:00 am

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo , and Vice President Atiku Abubakar filed competing lawsuits in the capital city of Abuja Wednesday over whether Abubakar should resign from office after accepting a presidential nomination from a...

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News Ohio governor reprimanded on attorney record for ethics violations
Ohio governor reprimanded on attorney record for ethics violations
Gabriel Haboubi
December 28, 2006 10:19:00 am

Governor Bob Taft (R-OH) Wednesday received a public reprimand from the Ohio Supreme Court for ethics violations stemming from charges that he received over 50 gifts worth up to...

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News Same-sex marriage ban ruling [MA SJC]
Same-sex marriage ban ruling [MA SJC]
December 27, 2006 08:50:00 pm

Doyle v. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, December 27, 2006 . Read the full text of the...

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News Lebanon PM open to Hariri tribunal changes
Lebanon PM open to Hariri tribunal changes
Leslie Schulman
December 27, 2006 03:52:00 pm

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told reporters Wednesday that "the door remains open" for possible changes to the structure and procedure of a divisive UN-supported international tribunal being proposed to try suspects accused of...

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News Massachusetts high court refuses to force legislative vote on gay marriage ban
Massachusetts high court refuses to force legislative vote on gay marriage ban
Leslie Schulman
December 27, 2006 02:45:00 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled unanimously Wednesday that it could not force the state legislature to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. After lawmakers failed to vote on the ballot initiative in...

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Pending Saddam execution raises Iraqi constitutional question
Gabriel Haboubi
December 27, 2006 12:47:00 pm

Iraqi judges and lawyers Wednesday mulled over a potential constitutional complication in the wake of Tuesday's Iraqi High Tribunal appeals chamber affirmation of a death sentence against ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ...

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Leslie Schulman
December 27, 2006 12:41:00 pm

In the latest corruption scandal involving Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian and his family, a Taiwanese court on Wednesday sentenced Chen son-in-law Chao Chien-min to six years in prison for insider trading. Chao Chien-min,...

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French Interior Minister launches defamation lawsuit in face of smear campaign
Gabriel Haboubi
December 27, 2006 11:31:00 am

French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy has initiated a defamation lawsuit against a computer specialist believed to have included his name among a list of people falsely accused of accepting kickbacks to secret bank accounts from...

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China environmental agency blames corruption for rampant pollution
Gabriel Haboubi
December 27, 2006 10:41:00 am

The director of China’s State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) claimed Tuesday in an official report that corruption on the part of local government leaders has contributed to the rampant pollution found in...

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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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