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News Rwanda falls short in safeguarding defendant rights: HRW report
Rwanda falls short in safeguarding defendant rights: HRW report
Benjamin Klein
July 26, 2008 08:21:00 am

A report released Friday by Human Rights Watch states that the Rwandan government has made substantial progress in reforming its justice system over the past four years, but has fallen...

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News Nepal police put down protest at China embassy
Nepal police put down protest at China embassy
Devin Montgomery
July 25, 2008 03:50:00 pm

Nepalese officials said Friday that they had arrested more than 100 Tibetans for allegedly trying to take over the Chinese embassy in Kathmandu. Chinese media said the protesters were trying to use Nepal's vulnerability as a newly-formed republic ...

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News UN Security Council discusses future of mission in Kosovo under new constitution
UN Security Council discusses future of mission in Kosovo under new constitution
Abigail Salisbury
July 25, 2008 03:23:00 pm

The United Nations Security Council on Friday discussed a report outlining UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's plans to reconfigure the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) now that...

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News US futures commission sues trading  fund over alleged gas price manipulation
US futures commission sues trading fund over alleged gas price manipulation
Deirdre Jurand
July 25, 2008 02:46:00 pm

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a lawsuit Thursday against international trading fund Optiver Holding BV and some of its subsidiaries and employees, alleging that the company...

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News ‘Enhanced’ interrogation techniques can be lawful: DOJ memos
‘Enhanced’ interrogation techniques can be lawful: DOJ memos
Deirdre Jurand
July 25, 2008 01:48:00 pm

Three Department of Justice (DOJ) memos released Thursday indicate that certain enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding , are lawful and that those who employ them in good faith lack the specific intent required to...

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News Arizona court rules illegal immigrants can be prosecuted under anti-smuggling law
Arizona court rules illegal immigrants can be prosecuted under anti-smuggling law
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 25, 2008 01:09:00 pm

The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a 2005 state law aimed at prosecuting smugglers hired to ferry illegal immigrants across the border into the US can also be used to prosecute the illegal immigrants....

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News UK court grants libel damages for fraudulent Facebook profile
UK court grants libel damages for fraudulent Facebook profile
Devin Montgomery
July 25, 2008 12:01:00 pm

A judge for the London High Court on Thursday ordered a British man to pay approximately $44,000 in damages for creating a fake profile on social networking website Facebook and posting defaming information about an...

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News House committee holds mortgage and forclosure legislation hearing
House committee holds mortgage and forclosure legislation hearing
Deirdre Jurand
July 25, 2008 11:50:00 am

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) said during a Committee hearing Friday that providing inducements to those who hold liens was the only practical legislative solution to the country's so-called "sub-prime mortgage collapse," and...

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News Foreign spouses of EU citizens have same residence rights: European Court of Justice
Foreign spouses of EU citizens have same residence rights: European Court of Justice
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 25, 2008 11:13:00 am

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Friday that the right of EU citizens to live in any EU member state also extends to non-citizen spouses and relatives. Four Irish couples brought...

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News Maryland transgender anti-discrimination law to go to voters in November
Maryland transgender anti-discrimination law to go to voters in November
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 25, 2008 10:02:00 am

A Maryland judge Thursday rejected a challenge seeking to remove a referendum on a transgender anti-discrimination law from the November ballot. Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Greenberg ruled that the Montgomery County Board of Elections [official...

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James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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