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News Pakistan bar leader says lawyers resuming protests if ousted judges not restored
Pakistan bar leader says lawyers resuming protests if ousted judges not restored
Katerina Ossenova
February 20, 2008 02:25:00 pm

Pakistani lawyers will resume protests in Islamabad unless the superior court judges ousted in November 2007 by President Pervez Musharraf are reinstated, Pakistani Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan said Wednesday. Ahsan, originally detained...

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News US engages in ‘persistent’ racial discrimination: rights groups
US engages in ‘persistent’ racial discrimination: rights groups
Katerina Ossenova
February 20, 2008 01:36:00 pm

The United States engages in widespread and systematic racial discrimination in violation of its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) , human rights groups said Wednesday. US Human Rights Network...

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News ICC says Uganda rebel arrest warrants still in effect despite national war crimes court deal
ICC says Uganda rebel arrest warrants still in effect despite national war crimes court deal
Katerina Ossenova
February 20, 2008 01:00:00 pm

Indictments for the leaders of Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) still remain in effect despite a recent agreement between the LRA and the Ugandan government to establish a national war crimes court ,...

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News Argentina woman sues parents in ‘Dirty War’ abduction
Argentina woman sues parents in ‘Dirty War’ abduction
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2008 12:03:00 pm

An Argentinean woman has brought charges against her adoptive parents for kidnapping her and falsifying her identity during Argentina's "Dirty War" . While several other cases have dealt with the abduction of children ...

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News Khmer Rouge war crimes suspect will no longer cooperate with ECCC: lawyer
Khmer Rouge war crimes suspect will no longer cooperate with ECCC: lawyer
Brett Murphy
February 20, 2008 10:54:00 am

Former Cambodian head of state Khieu Samphan is ending his cooperation with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , Khieu Samphan's lawyer told the Cambodia Daily in a Wednesday report. Khieu Samphan...

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News Nebraska AG files motion in state supreme court to review electric chair ban
Nebraska AG files motion in state supreme court to review electric chair ban
Brett Murphy
February 20, 2008 10:28:00 am

Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning on Tuesday filed a motion for rehearing asking the Nebraska Supreme Court to reconsider its recent decision banning the use of the electric chair . The motion...

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News Supreme Court rules in preemption, ERISA retirement plan cases
Supreme Court rules in preemption, ERISA retirement plan cases
Jeannie Shawl
February 20, 2008 10:24:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in five cases Wednesday, including Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Association , where the Court held that federal law preempts two provisions...

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News Egypt police arrest 70 more Muslim Brotherhood candidates ahead of local elections
Egypt police arrest 70 more Muslim Brotherhood candidates ahead of local elections
Leslie Schulman
February 20, 2008 07:54:00 am

Egyptian police arrested 70 more members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood Wednesday, most of whom were expected to run in upcoming provincial council elections scheduled for April 8 . Egypt's provincial councils...

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News Court-martial opens for US soldier accused in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
Court-martial opens for US soldier accused in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
Leslie Schulman
February 20, 2008 07:25:00 am

The court-martial of US Army Specialist Christopher P. Shore began in Hawaii Tuesday for charges of third-degree murder in the June 23, 2007 killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian near the Iraqi city of Kirkuk . Shore originally...

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News Castro resignation could prompt suits over rights abuses
Castro resignation could prompt suits over rights abuses
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2008 06:09:00 am

The resignation of Cuban President Fidel Castro could prompt lawsuits against him in Spanish courts for crimes against humanity, Spanish human rights lawyers indicated on Tuesday. In December, the Spanish Audiencia Nacional dismissed a claim against...

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Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.

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