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News Italy court acquits ex-PM Berlusconi of false accounting
Italy court acquits ex-PM Berlusconi of false accounting
Katerina Ossenova
January 30, 2008 02:40:00 pm

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was acquitted of false accounting by a Milan court on Wednesday. The charges were related to Berlusconi's membership in a group trying to buy the SME state food...

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News Kenya opposition leader condemns police ‘shoot to kill’ order as illegal
Kenya opposition leader condemns police ‘shoot to kill’ order as illegal
Katerina Ossenova
January 30, 2008 02:14:00 pm

Kenyan opposition candidate Raila Odinga has condemned as illegal the latest "shoot to kill" order given to Kenyan police in response to continued violence across the country after last month's disputed presidential election , according to...

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News Israel high court upholds Gaza supply cuts
Israel high court upholds Gaza supply cuts
Katerina Ossenova
January 30, 2008 01:35:00 pm

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Israeli government can continue to cut supplies of fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip , rejecting legal challenges by human rights groups that...

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News Mukasey refuses to pass judgment on waterboarding during Senate hearing
Mukasey refuses to pass judgment on waterboarding during Senate hearing
Katerina Ossenova
January 30, 2008 01:11:00 pm

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday refused to provide the Senate Judiciary Committee an opinion on whether waterboarding constitutes an illegal form of torture. Wednesday's hearing is Mukasey's first appearance before the Judiciary Committee...

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News Chaudhry open letter on judicial ousters [Pakistan]
Chaudhry open letter on judicial ousters [Pakistan]
January 30, 2008 10:23:00 am

Open letter from ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, January 30, 2008 . Read the full text of the letter . Reported...

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News UK Law Lords allow lawsuit against lottery-winning rapist after limitations period
UK Law Lords allow lawsuit against lottery-winning rapist after limitations period
Brett Murphy
January 30, 2008 10:17:00 am

The judicial panel of the UK House of Lords unanimously ruled Wednesday that a sexual assault victim could sue a convicted attacker who later won £7 million in the National Lottery even though the six-year limitation for...

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News Ousted Pakistan chief justice slams Musharraf for deposing judges
Ousted Pakistan chief justice slams Musharraf for deposing judges
Brett Murphy
January 30, 2008 09:31:00 am

Ousted Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry labeled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf an "extremist" on Wednesday, chiding Musharraf for deposing 60 judges, slandering judges, and keeping Chaudhry under house arrest . The government of Pakistan...

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News Prosecutors ask for 2-year sentence for former Milberg Weiss partner
Prosecutors ask for 2-year sentence for former Milberg Weiss partner
Brett Murphy
January 30, 2008 09:03:00 am

The US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California has recommended that former Milberg Weiss partner William Lerach receive two years in prison for his part in the firm's illegal kickback scheme. Lerach pleaded...

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News Khmer Rouge second-in-command requests removal of ECCC judge
Khmer Rouge second-in-command requests removal of ECCC judge
Leslie Schulman
January 30, 2008 08:06:00 am

Lawyers for former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea on Wednesday filed a motion with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) requesting the removal of Cambodian military court chief Ney...

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UN SG urges measures to combat use of child soldiers
Leslie Schulman
January 30, 2008 07:17:00 am

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Tuesday issued a report pushing for the enforcement of sanctions against more than 12 countries who continue to use child soldiers in armed combat. According to the report, child soldiers...

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Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the US in perpetuity

On February 23, 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" as part of the Cuban-American Treaty. The United States subsequently used the lease to establish a Naval Base at Guantanamo. With the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, a military prison was built at Guantanamo to house prisoners of war and terrorism suspects captured by American forces, becoming the subject of much controversy over its detentions without trial.

NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois born

W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born on February 23, 1868. Review the W.E.B. DuBois Papers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and released FBI files on DuBois kept because of his affiliation with "communist front groups."

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