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News Ethiopia pressed to reveal details of secret prisons
Ethiopia pressed to reveal details of secret prisons
Lisl Brunner
April 6, 2007 12:55:00 pm

Canada, Sweden and Eritrea are pressuring Ethiopia to reveal details regarding the foreign nationals it has allegedly detained in secret prisons in collaboration with the FBI and CIA . The existence of prisons in which...

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News Serbia high court upholds sentence of ethnic Albanian convicted of Kosovo war crimes
Serbia high court upholds sentence of ethnic Albanian convicted of Kosovo war crimes
Lisl Brunner
April 6, 2007 12:27:00 pm

The Serbian Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of Anton Lekaj , the first ethnic Albanian to be convicted by a Serb court of war crimes in the Kosovo region. A member of the Kosovo Liberation...

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News UN rights chief details Darfur rapes, disappearances in new reports
UN rights chief details Darfur rapes, disappearances in new reports
Lisl Brunner
April 6, 2007 11:41:00 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour released two reports Friday detailing alleged rapes and disappearances carried out by militia soldiers in the Darfur region of Sudan at the end of...

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News Senate panel wants Gonzales statement on US Attorney firings before hearing
Senate panel wants Gonzales statement on US Attorney firings before hearing
Michael Sung
April 6, 2007 11:25:00 am

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , chair of the US Senate Judiciary Committee , asked Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in a letter Thursday to provide more details and respond to outstanding questions...

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News California appeals ruling against prisoner transfer plan as governor seeks stay
California appeals ruling against prisoner transfer plan as governor seeks stay
Michael Sung
April 6, 2007 10:42:00 am

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday filed a stay order in California's 3rd District Court of Appeal to block a ruling unfavorable to his plan to transfer excess prisoners to out-of-state...

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News Kosovo parliament votes for UN-supervised independence
Kosovo parliament votes for UN-supervised independence
Robert DeVries
April 5, 2007 08:50:00 pm

Kosovo's parliament voted 100-1 Thursday in support of a UN plan to establish an independent Kosovar state under UN supervision. The plan was drafted by UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari , who believes independence from Serbia with international supervision...

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News Mexico ‘dirty war’ probe ‘disappointing’: HRW
Mexico ‘dirty war’ probe ‘disappointing’: HRW
Gabriel Haboubi
April 5, 2007 08:41:00 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday that Mexico's now-closed Special Prosecutor's Office failed in its effort to address past human rights abuses stemming from the "Dirty War" of the late 1960s to 1970s [GWU Mexico...

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News UK charges three in 2005 London transit bombings
UK charges three in 2005 London transit bombings
Gabriel Haboubi
April 5, 2007 07:52:00 pm

Three men arrested last month in connection with the July 7, 2005 London transit bombings were charged Thursday with unlawfully and maliciously conspiring with the...

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News Turkish lawmakers clear way for censorship of websites insulting founder
Turkish lawmakers clear way for censorship of websites insulting founder
Robert DeVries
April 5, 2007 07:17:00 pm

A Turkish parliamentary committee okayed legislation Thursday that would censor websites seen as insulting to the founder of modern Turkey, Kemal Atatürk . Legislators debated whether Turkey should also have the right to censor sites...

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News UK appeals court grants asylum to Darfur refugees, blocking Sudan return
UK appeals court grants asylum to Darfur refugees, blocking Sudan return
Leslie Schulman
April 5, 2007 04:27:00 pm

The England and Wales Court of Appeals (Civil Division) on Wednesday ruled that three Africans formerly living in the Darfur region of Sudan could be granted asylum in the UK, overruling a...

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Sandra Day O'Connor confirmed as first female US Supreme Court justice

On September 21, 1981, the US Senate approved the nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor to the US Supreme Court by a vote of 99-0, making her the first female Supreme Court justice. Learn more about Justice O'Connor from Oyez.

Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines

On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation 1081, implementing martial law in the Philippines. Marcos used the proclamation not only to suppress a communist insurgency but to eliminate political opponents as well. He remained in power until he was forced from office and into exile by the People Power Revolution in 1986.

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