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News US soldier pleads not guilty to Iraqi civilian pre-meditated murder
US soldier pleads not guilty to Iraqi civilian pre-meditated murder
Brett Murphy
September 26, 2007 10:30:00 am

US Army Spc. Jorge G. Sandoval pleaded not guilty at his court-martial in Iraq Wednesday to charges that he and two other soldiers killed three unarmed Iraqis and then placed weapons next to the bodies. Sandoval, along with Staff...

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News Chinese lawyer detained for sending letter to US Congress
Chinese lawyer detained for sending letter to US Congress
Brett Murphy
September 26, 2007 10:02:00 am

Chinese lawyer and outspoken critic of the Chinese government Gao Zhisheng has been arrested again, this time for writing a letter to the US Congress asking the US to help the human rights situation in his...

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News Texas executes inmate despite pending Supreme Court lethal injection review
Texas executes inmate despite pending Supreme Court lethal injection review
Brett Murphy
September 26, 2007 09:30:00 am

Texas continued with the lethal injection execution of a convicted murderer Tuesday, despite the US Supreme Court's grant of certiorari in a case reviewing whether the method is cruel and unusual and therefore unconstitutional. On Tuesday,...

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News Federal judge rules DOJ needs warrants for dialed digits wiretaps
Federal judge rules DOJ needs warrants for dialed digits wiretaps
Brett Murphy
September 26, 2007 08:59:00 am

US federal Magistrate Judge Joan M. Azrack has ruled that the government must obtain warrants in order to place taps on phones that would reveal dialed digits. Under the Patriot Act , government agents are...

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News US extends free legal services coverage to resident Micronesians
US extends free legal services coverage to resident Micronesians
Lauren Becker
September 26, 2007 07:34:00 am

Micronesian Legal Service Corporation (LSC) attorney Omar Calimbas said Tuesday that beginning October 15, 2007, the US will permit Micronesians living on the US mainland to receive free legal aid services. The decision will change a 1983...

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News ACLU challenges US exclusion of South Africa scholar
ACLU challenges US exclusion of South Africa scholar
Leslie Schulman
September 25, 2007 06:27:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the US Department of State and the US Department of Homeland Security , alleging that the US government is illegally...

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News Getty Museum signs agreement to return looted Italy antiquities
Getty Museum signs agreement to return looted Italy antiquities
Leslie Schulman
September 25, 2007 06:10:00 pm

The Getty Museum Tuesday signed a formal agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture Heritage and Activities to return 40 allegedly looted Italian artifacts to Italy over the next...

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News Myanmar imposes curfew, bans public gatherings in wake of protests
Myanmar imposes curfew, bans public gatherings in wake of protests
Leslie Schulman
September 25, 2007 06:04:00 pm

The military government of Myanmar Tuesday banned public gatherings of more than five people and imposed a curfew in response to anti-government protests . These measures come the day after the government threatened ...

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News Pentagon to move ahead on Khadr trial after court approves jurisdiction
Pentagon to move ahead on Khadr trial after court approves jurisdiction
Caitlin Price
September 25, 2007 02:50:00 pm

The Pentagon Tuesday declared its intention to "expeditiously" move forward with the trial of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr , following a Monday decision from the Court of Military Commissions Review (USCMCR) granting...

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News Khadr military commission charges reinstatement [US CMCR]
Khadr military commission charges reinstatement [US CMCR]
September 25, 2007 02:25:00 pm

United States of America v. Omar Ahmed Khadr, US Court of Military Commission Review, September 24, 2007 [reversing the dismissal of charges against Khadr and ruling that the difference between "enemy combatants" and "unlawful enemy combatants" under the Military Commissions...

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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.

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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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