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News DOJ reaches settlement allowing telecom merger
DOJ reaches settlement allowing telecom merger
James M Yoch Jr
October 30, 2007 08:39:00 pm

AT&T and the US Department of Justice reached a consent decree Tuesday under which the telecommunications giant agreed to sell assets in seven rural US markets in exchange for DOJ approval of AT&T's...

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News Supreme Court blocks Mississippi lethal injection execution
Supreme Court blocks Mississippi lethal injection execution
Mike Rosen-Molina
October 30, 2007 07:26:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to a convicted murderer on Mississippi's death row Tuesday, pending the Court's decision on whether to grant certiorari in the case. Earl Wesley Berry was scheduled...

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News Mukasey balks at calling waterboarding illegal in response to judiciary panel
Mukasey balks at calling waterboarding illegal in response to judiciary panel
Devin Montgomery
October 30, 2007 06:32:00 pm

US Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey wrote in a letter to Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that he did not know if waterboarding was illegal, and that...

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News Thai prosecutor suggests extradition evidence against ex-PM Thaksin may be too weak
Thai prosecutor suggests extradition evidence against ex-PM Thaksin may be too weak
Melissa Bancroft
October 30, 2007 06:23:00 pm

The accumulated evidence against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may be insufficient to compel the United Kingdom to extradite the ousted prime minister on corruption charges, according to Chief Prosecutor for Foreign Litigation Sampan Sarathana as reported...

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News Bangladesh ex-home minister sentenced to 10 years for illegal weapons possession
Bangladesh ex-home minister sentenced to 10 years for illegal weapons possession
Deirdre Jurand
October 30, 2007 06:21:00 pm

A Bangladesh special tribunal sentenced former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar to 10 years in jail Tuesday for illegal possession of firearms. Babar, who served as home minister until October 2006, was found guilty of illegally possessing two pistols, a...

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News Myanmar releases six more political dissidents
Myanmar releases six more political dissidents
Caitlin Price
October 30, 2007 04:23:00 pm

The military junta in Myanmar has released six more dissidents held in the wake of a late summer crackdown against protesters and political opponents, the pro-democracy National League for Democracy (NLD) said Tuesday. Three members of...

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News Supreme Court hears child pornography, sentencing cases
Supreme Court hears child pornography, sentencing cases
Caitlin Price
October 30, 2007 03:13:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in United States v. Williams , 06-694, to determine whether part of the federal anti-child abuse PROTECT Act of 2003...

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News State Department disputes reports of ‘immunity’ granted to Blackwater guards
State Department disputes reports of ‘immunity’ granted to Blackwater guards
Alexis Unkovic
October 30, 2007 03:05:00 pm

The US Department of State does not have the authority to "immunize an individual from federal criminal prosecution," State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack said at a daily press briefing Tuesday, correcting an AP report [text; JURIST...

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News Canada prosecutors want to subject terror suspect to home video surveillance
Canada prosecutors want to subject terror suspect to home video surveillance
Alexis Unkovic
October 30, 2007 02:04:00 pm

Canadian government lawyers plan to ask a judge to take the reportedly unprecedented step of approving the installation of closed-circuit video cameras in the home of Mahmoud Jaballah, one of the so-called Secret Trial Five subject to...

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News Thailand cabinet lifts martial law restrictions in more districts
Thailand cabinet lifts martial law restrictions in more districts
Alexis Unkovic
October 30, 2007 01:22:00 pm

Thailand's cabinet voted Tuesday to lift martial law in 221 of the country's 400 districts where it is still in force, according to Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Council Thawil Pliensri. Martial law will remain...

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extended indefinitely

On May 11, 1995, over 170 signatory nations agreed to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) indefinitely. The NPT is an agreement signed by 189 countries to control the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology based on the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The treaty was opened for signature in 1968 with a provision for review conferences every five years. During the 1995 review conference in New York City, member countries decided to keep the treaty open indefinitely. Learn more about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the United Nations.

Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas

On May 11, 1682, the Massachusetts General Court repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony. Learn more about the state's ban on Christmas.

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