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News Russian prosecutors charge officer in conscript death
Russian prosecutors charge officer in conscript death
Leslie Schulman
August 29, 2007 05:01:00 pm

Russian prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a Russian officer accused of fatally beating a conscript. Cpl. Vadim Kalinin was charged with inflicting "deliberate bodily harm resulting in death" on Russian conscript Pvt. Sergei Sinkonen after Sinkonen's death ...

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News Hezbollah organizing lawsuits against Israel for Lebanon war reparations
Hezbollah organizing lawsuits against Israel for Lebanon war reparations
Michael Sung
August 29, 2007 02:30:00 pm

Hezbollah is organizing lawsuits against Israel seeking reparations for damage caused during the summer 2006 Lebanon conflict . Hezbollah legal affairs director Ibrahim Awada told Syrian media last week that Hezbollah...

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News UK minister rejects calls for EU reform treaty referendum
UK minister rejects calls for EU reform treaty referendum
Michael Sung
August 29, 2007 01:50:00 pm

UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband Tuesday rejected calls for a general referendum on the proposed EU Reform Treaty , instead insisting that the treaty is "different...in absolute...

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News Sudan still not cooperating on war crimes arrests: ICC prosecutor
Sudan still not cooperating on war crimes arrests: ICC prosecutor
Brett Murphy
August 29, 2007 01:33:00 pm

Sudan has failed to cooperate with the arrests of two suspects wanted for allegedly committing war crimes and crimes against humanity, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Tuesday. Moreno-Ocampo told...

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News Indicted ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief appeals pre-trial detention
Indicted ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief appeals pre-trial detention
Brett Murphy
August 29, 2007 12:46:00 pm

Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Kaing Khek Iev , also known as Duch, has appealed his pre-trial detention, Duch's lawyers said Wednesday. Lawyers filed the appeal last week asking that Duch be released on bail, but have declined...

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News Abu Ghraib intelligence officer reprimanded, spared jail time
Abu Ghraib intelligence officer reprimanded, spared jail time
Brett Murphy
August 29, 2007 12:09:00 pm

US Army Lt. Col. Steven Jordan was reprimanded Wednesday following his conviction earlier this week for disobeying an order not to discuss the investigation into allegations of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib...

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News Chile high court delays decision on extradition of Peru ex-president Fujimori
Chile high court delays decision on extradition of Peru ex-president Fujimori
Brett Murphy
August 29, 2007 11:40:00 am

The Supreme Court of Chile put the question of whether to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori on hold Tuesday as the court could not come to an agreement on further action in the...

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News Chile Supreme Court upholds life sentence for Pinochet-era intelligence chief
Chile Supreme Court upholds life sentence for Pinochet-era intelligence chief
Brett Murphy
August 29, 2007 11:08:00 am

The Supreme Court of Chile on Tuesday upheld the life sentence for former National Intelligence Centre (CNI) director General Hugo Salas Wenzel for his involvement in the murder of 12 suspected opposition members in 1987....

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News Truscott death penalty verdict reversal [Ontario CA]
Truscott death penalty verdict reversal [Ontario CA]
August 29, 2007 10:35:00 am

Her Majesty the Queen v. Steven Murray Truscott, Ontario Court of Appeal, August 28, 2007 . Read the full...

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News White House considering five names in Gonzales replacement search
White House considering five names in Gonzales replacement search
Brett Murphy
August 29, 2007 10:28:00 am

The White House has compiled a list of the top five candidates to replace US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as head of the Department of Justice, an anonymous White House official told AP Tuesday....

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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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