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News US intelligence agents using secret prisons in Ethiopia: AP
US intelligence agents using secret prisons in Ethiopia: AP
Ryan Olden
April 3, 2007 07:23:00 pm

United States intelligence agents from the FBI and the CIA have been using secret prisons in Ethiopia to conduct interrogations, according to AP Tuesday. The report...

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News Cambodia bar association stance on fees threatens Khmer Rouge genocide trials
Cambodia bar association stance on fees threatens Khmer Rouge genocide trials
Lisl Brunner
April 3, 2007 05:22:00 pm

A meeting to sort out remaining differences over the rules governing the Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal in Cambodia has been delayed after the Cambodian Bar Association (BAKC) refused to compromise on fees for...

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News Thai court rejects extraditon for Vietnamese anti-communist leaflet dropper
Thai court rejects extraditon for Vietnamese anti-communist leaflet dropper
Lisl Brunner
April 3, 2007 04:55:00 pm

A court of appeals in Thailand Tuesday refused to extradite dissident Ly Tong to Vietnam for using a hijacked plane to drop anti-communist leaflets over Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)...

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News South American war crimes suspects arrested in US for immigration violations
South American war crimes suspects arrested in US for immigration violations
Lisl Brunner
April 3, 2007 04:08:00 pm

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tuesday announced the arrests of three former South American military officials suspected of war atrocities in their home countries. Ernesto Guillermo Barreiro is a former Argentine military officer accused...

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News ICTY reduces sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader by two years
ICTY reduces sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader by two years
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 02:26:00 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Tuesday slightly reduced the 32-year sentence of former Bosnian Serb leader Radislav Brdjanin , but upheld the...

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FCC order strengthens pretexting regulations
Brett Murphy
April 3, 2007 02:23:00 pm

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted new privacy rules for telephone and wireless companies on Tuesday aimed at strengthening safeguards against pretexting , the disclosure of personal telephone records...

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Nigeria appeals court allows VP disqualification from presidential race
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 01:54:00 pm

The Nigerian Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the right to disqualify presidential candidates for fraud, thus barring Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar from running...

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Australia AG says Hicks gag order cannot be enforced
Brett Murphy
April 3, 2007 01:40:00 pm

Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Tuesday that the gag order placed on Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks as part of his plea agreement cannot be enforced once he returns to...

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News Taiwan opposition leader pleads not guilty to corruption
Taiwan opposition leader pleads not guilty to corruption
Holly Manges Jones
April 3, 2007 01:08:00 pm

Taiwanese Nationalist Party (KMT) leader Ma Ying-jeou pleaded not guilty Tuesday to corruption charges and said he plans to run in the 2008 presidential elections no matter...

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Ukraine PM seeks court review of presidential decree dissolving parliament
Jeannie Shawl
April 3, 2007 11:46:00 am

Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and leaders of the Ukrainian Parliament filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a decree from Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to dissolve parliament and hold elections in May....

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Pennsylvania police killed 19 miners during strike

The Luzerne County Sheriff and deputies opened fire on a group of 400 striking miners in the town of Lattimer, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1897. Around 19 strikers were killed, and 39 were injured as a result. Luzerne County Sheriff James Martin and his deputies were later acquitted by a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania jury after claiming that the strikers advanced upon the police. Learn more about the Lattimer Massacre from the Zinn Education Project and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book.

Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines. Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France. The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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