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News Tenth Circuit holds consultant liable for false SEC filings
Tenth Circuit holds consultant liable for false SEC filings
Joe Shaulis
September 3, 2008 12:20:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Tuesday that a non-employee consultant may be held liable for misstatements or omissions in periodic financial reports filed with the US Securities...

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News US releases ex-professor Al-Arian after 5 years in custody
US releases ex-professor Al-Arian after 5 years in custody
Joe Shaulis
September 3, 2008 09:56:00 am

US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released Arab activist Sami Al-Arian after five years in federal custody. The former University of South Florida (USF) computer science professor...

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News Mauritania legislators elected to court trying deposed president
Mauritania legislators elected to court trying deposed president
Joe Shaulis
September 3, 2008 08:24:00 am

The Mauritanian Parliament has elected eight of its members to a High Court set to try deposed President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on corruption charges. Legislators chose four National Assembly members and four...

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News Ex-AG Gonzales mishandled classified documents: US Justice Department report
Ex-AG Gonzales mishandled classified documents: US Justice Department report
Joe Shaulis
September 2, 2008 12:52:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report on Tuesday concluding that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales violated DOJ regulations by storing...

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News Brazil intelligence officials suspended following wiretapping allegations
Brazil intelligence officials suspended following wiretapping allegations
Joe Shaulis
September 2, 2008 12:39:00 pm

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has placed senior officials of the intelligence service Abin on suspension pending investigations of a report that its agents wiretapped a variety of high-ranking...

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Thailand PM declares state of emergency after panel calls for ban on ruling party
Devin Montgomery
September 2, 2008 11:47:00 am

Thailand's Election Commission on Tuesday voted to recommend that the country's ruling People's Power Party (PPP) be disbanded for election fraud allegedly committed by one of its former top officers. The five-member...

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Bolivia president refuses to recognize electoral court referendum decision
Joe Shaulis
September 2, 2008 11:07:00 am

The administration of Bolivian President Evo Morales is refusing to recognize a National Electoral Court (CNE) decision suspending a constitutional referendum set for Dec. 7 . Nationalization Minister Hector Arce said [ABI...

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South Africa judge takes office as UN human rights commissioner
Devin Montgomery
September 2, 2008 10:53:00 am

South African judge Navanethem Pillay on Monday assumed the role of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, replacing departing commissioner Louise Arbour . Pillay will hold the office for four years, and prior...

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News Spain judge launches probe to create Civil War victim list
Spain judge launches probe to create Civil War victim list
Joe Shaulis
September 2, 2008 09:49:00 am

Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon on Monday began an investigation to assemble a definitive registry of the tens of thousands of victims of the Spanish Civil War and the regime of Gen. Francisco...

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Pakistan prosecutor moves to revive Sharif corruption cases
Joe Shaulis
September 2, 2008 08:15:00 am

Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is seeking to reopen corruption cases against former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother, said the NAB's Deputy Prosecutor General Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta on Tuesday. Bhutta...

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India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

On March 19, 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace for twenty-five years. The treaty recognized the independence of Bangladesh by India at the conclusion of Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. The treaty expired in 1997 without renewal.

Earl Warren born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. He led the Court during a critical period of social change in the 1950s and 1960s and is perhaps best known for his Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education. Learn more about Earl Warren from the Supreme Court Historical Society, and hear him deliver the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in 1970, shortly after his retirement, on the theme "The Alternative is Chaos."

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