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News Former Bangladesh PM banned from entering country
Former Bangladesh PM banned from entering country
James M Yoch Jr
April 18, 2007 07:59:00 am

Opposition leader and former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed has been exiled from Bangladesh by President Iajuddin Ahmed's emergency government, according to a Bangladeshi Ministry of Home Affairs statement confirmed to...

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News Ukraine court hearing on dissolution decree delayed by protesters
Ukraine court hearing on dissolution decree delayed by protesters
Brett Murphy
April 18, 2007 07:38:00 am

Protests delayed a Wednesday Ukrainian Constitutional Court hearing to determine the legality of the April 2 decree by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko that ordered parliament dissolved and new elections held. Riot police...

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News Somalia transitional government fires former speaker, 29 others
Somalia transitional government fires former speaker, 29 others
Brett Murphy
April 18, 2007 07:24:00 am

The Somali transitional government dismissed former parliamentary speaker Sharif Hassan Sheik Aden and 29 other parliamentary members on Tuesday in what is purported to be an attempt to consolidate the government's power over the legislature....

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News Oregon House passes same-sex civil unions bill
Oregon House passes same-sex civil unions bill
Brett Murphy
April 18, 2007 06:59:00 am

A gay rights bill that would allow same-sex couples in Oregon to enter into contractual relationships affording them the benefits available to married couples passed in the Oregon House of Representatives Tuesday. A second...

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News European parliament members deplore ‘illegal’ CIA renditions at US House hearing
European parliament members deplore ‘illegal’ CIA renditions at US House hearing
Alexis Unkovic
April 17, 2007 08:14:00 pm

A delegation of European Parliament members told two subcommittees of the US House of Representatives Tuesday that the use of extraordinary renditions by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is...

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News Senate committee modifies earmark rules
Senate committee modifies earmark rules
Alexis Unkovic
April 17, 2007 07:23:00 pm

US Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) announced Tuesday that the Senate Appropriations Committee he chairs has agreed to adopt new standards governing so-called earmarks inserted by legislators into bills to...

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News Uganda police fire on activists urging release of environmental protestors
Uganda police fire on activists urging release of environmental protestors
Lisl Brunner
April 17, 2007 05:33:00 pm

Ugandan police fired on a Kampala press briefing held by political activists and opposition leaders on Tuesday, five days after violent protests caused the deaths of three people . Leaders of the Forum for Democratic Change ,...

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News Former Poland president can be charged for 1981 martial law declaration
Former Poland president can be charged for 1981 martial law declaration
Lisl Brunner
April 17, 2007 04:50:00 pm

The Polish National Remembrance Institute ruled Tuesday that former Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski and eight former officials can be charged with "Communist crimes" for imposing martial law in...

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News Charges dropped against US Marine cooperating in Haditha killings probe
Charges dropped against US Marine cooperating in Haditha killings probe
Lisl Brunner
April 17, 2007 04:10:00 pm

Charges have been dropped against a US Marine in exchange for his testimony in hearings regarding the November 2005 killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha , the Marine Corps announced Tuesday. Sgt. Sanick Dela...

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Egypt announces arrest of accused Israeli spy
Brett Murphy
April 17, 2007 02:37:00 pm

Egypt police have arrested an Egyptian engineer on charges of spying on an atomic research program for Israel, AP reported Tuesday. According to Egyptian High State Security Prosecutor Hisham Badawi, Muhammad Sayed Saber allegedly gave files...

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ICTY indictes former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević

On May 27, 1999, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indicted Slobodan Milošević for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Learn more about the trial of Slobodan Milošević from the ICTY.

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