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News ICTR convicts allowed to serve sentences in Rwanda under new agreement
ICTR convicts allowed to serve sentences in Rwanda under new agreement
Devin Montgomery
March 4, 2008 05:43:00 pm

Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande and the registrar of the UN-backed International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) , Adama Dieng signed an agreement Tuesday allowing those convicted by the genocide tribunal to serve...

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News Arizona congressman pleads not guilty to fraud in connection with land deal
Arizona congressman pleads not guilty to fraud in connection with land deal
Caitlin Price
March 4, 2008 04:25:00 pm

US Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ) pleaded not guilty Tuesday in the US District Court of Arizona to charges including extortion, money laundering, and wire fraud in connection with a complex land scheme....

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News Italian prosecutors appeal dismissal of murder charge against US soldier
Italian prosecutors appeal dismissal of murder charge against US soldier
Caitlin Price
March 4, 2008 04:00:00 pm

Italian prosecutors have filed an appeal of a Rome court's dismissal of a criminal case against US Army Spc. Mario Lozano for the alleged 2005 murder of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari [BBC profile; JURIST...

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News California high court hears oral arguments in same-sex marriage ban case
California high court hears oral arguments in same-sex marriage ban case
Caitlin Price
March 4, 2008 03:10:00 pm

The California Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in consolidated cases challenging California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage . In 2006, the state Attorney General requested that the Court review an...

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News Afghanistan lawmakers rally against reprinting of Muhammad cartoons
Afghanistan lawmakers rally against reprinting of Muhammad cartoons
Leslie Schulman
March 4, 2008 01:34:00 pm

Some 200 Afghan parliamentarians demonstrated Tuesday at the parliament building in Kabul against last month's reprinting of a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Poste . The protesters urged the government to...

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News Federal judge dismisses challenge to over-the-counter sale of ‘morning after’ pill
Federal judge dismisses challenge to over-the-counter sale of ‘morning after’ pill
Leslie Schulman
March 4, 2008 12:33:00 pm

A federal judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) against the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Barr Pharmaceuticals seeking to overturn...

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News East Timor parliament urges international probe into assassination attempts
East Timor parliament urges international probe into assassination attempts
Leslie Schulman
March 4, 2008 11:54:00 am

The National Parliament of East Timor voted Monday to recommend that an international commission be formed to investigate last month's assassination attempts against East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao [BBC...

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News Egypt police arrest 54 Muslim Brotherhood members as candidate registration opens
Egypt police arrest 54 Muslim Brotherhood members as candidate registration opens
Michael Sung
March 4, 2008 09:17:00 am

Egyptian security officials arrested 54 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday, as Egypt began candidate registration for the upcoming April 8 provincial council elections . Egypt's provincial councils administer local municipal government services....

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News Serbia prosecutors order arrest of suspected US embassy arsonist
Serbia prosecutors order arrest of suspected US embassy arsonist
Michael Sung
March 4, 2008 09:00:00 am

Serbian prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the arrest of an unidentified suspect believed to be responsible for the burning of the US embassy in Belgrade last month. The unidentified suspect, who is facing charges of violating public security...

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News Chertoff urges holdout states to comply with REAL ID act
Chertoff urges holdout states to comply with REAL ID act
Joshua Pantesco
March 4, 2008 08:19:00 am

US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff sent letters to the governors of several states on Monday, urging them to comply with an upcoming deadline to adopt comprehensive driver's license standards to bring their state IDs in...

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President Carter signed bill restoring US citizenship of Jefferson Davis

On October 17, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill retroactively restoring the US citizenship of Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, US Senator from Mississippi and US Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

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