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News ICTY warned over health of war crimes suspect
ICTY warned over health of war crimes suspect
Brett Murphy
October 8, 2007 12:06:00 pm

The registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has expressed concern over the refusal of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Zdravko Tolimir to accept medical treatment in prison while awaiting...

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News Spain judge jails 17 Basque political leaders
Spain judge jails 17 Basque political leaders
Jaime Jansen
October 8, 2007 08:26:00 am

Spanish anti-terror judge Baltasar Garzon ordered 17 leaders of the Batasuna party to remain in jail Sunday, after Spanish police arrested 23 senior members of the political organization last week....

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News Thailand maintaining martial law indefinitely in some provinces: military leader
Thailand maintaining martial law indefinitely in some provinces: military leader
Jaime Jansen
October 8, 2007 07:54:00 am

Martial law will remain in some regions of Thailand indefinitely, General Winai Phattiyakul said Monday, citing unspecified security concerns in border provinces. Winai said that martial law will be lifted in some provinces, but gave no...

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News Iraq government probe concludes ‘deliberate murder’ in Blackwater incident
Iraq government probe concludes ‘deliberate murder’ in Blackwater incident
Jaime Jansen
October 8, 2007 07:02:00 am

Blackwater USA private security guards deliberately shot Iraqi civilians during a September shooting incident , a spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Sunday after the Iraqi government concluded an investigation into...

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News Iraq government taking legal action against former anti-corruption chief
Iraq government taking legal action against former anti-corruption chief
Benjamin Klein
October 7, 2007 04:10:00 pm

The Iraqi government said Sunday it would sue the former head of the country's Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) , Judge Radhi al-Radhi, for smuggling official documents, defaming the prime minister and corruption. In testimony Thursday...

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News Russian police detain foreign activists honoring murdered reporter Politkovskaya
Russian police detain foreign activists honoring murdered reporter Politkovskaya
Andrew Gilmore
October 7, 2007 03:31:00 pm

Russian police Saturday briefly detained five foreign activists in Nizhny Novgorod on charges of violating the terms of their Russian travel visas. The activists were detained for approximately four and a half hours, and were ordered to pay a...

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News Sudan appeals court refuses release of uncharged opposition leaders
Sudan appeals court refuses release of uncharged opposition leaders
Benjamin Klein
October 7, 2007 02:56:00 pm

The Court of Appeal in Sudan has rejected a request for the release of 25 uncharged members of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), alleged to have plotted the overthrow of the government. Sudan's Criminal Procedure...

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News Pinochet family members, former associates ordered released on bail
Pinochet family members, former associates ordered released on bail
Andrew Gilmore
October 7, 2007 02:02:00 pm

Twenty-three family members and former associates of late Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet were ordered released on bail Saturday by a three-member panel of an appeals court in Chile. The appeals court...

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News Campaign lies prohibition ruling [WA SC]
Campaign lies prohibition ruling [WA SC]
October 7, 2007 01:15:00 pm

Marilou Rickert v. State of Washington, Public Disclosure Commission, and Susan Brady, et al., Supreme Court of the State of Washington, October 4, 2007 ....

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News Myanmar continues monk arrests as junta pressed for unconditional talks with Suu Kyi
Myanmar continues monk arrests as junta pressed for unconditional talks with Suu Kyi
Eric Firkel
October 7, 2007 11:47:00 am

Myanmar military leaders increased pressure on opponents Sunday, detaining at least 135 Buddhist monks in connection with weapons allegedly seized from monasteries. The ruling junta claims raids have uncovered guns, knives and ammunition and insists they will...

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World Intellectual Property Organization created

On April 26, 1970, the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) went into force, creating WIPO. WIPO is a United Nations agency that works to promote intellectual property rights in the international community. Today, 184 nations have signed the convention.

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US soldier arrested for killing John Wilkes Booth

On April 26, 1865, Sergeant Thomas P. Corbett was placed under technical arrest for killing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

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