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News Sierra Leone war crimes court convicts three former guerrilla leaders
Sierra Leone war crimes court convicts three former guerrilla leaders
Ximena Marinero
February 26, 2009 07:10:00 am

The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Wednesday found three former guerrilla leaders guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in the country's civil war. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon,...

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News Supreme Court decides First Amendment, antitrust cases
Supreme Court decides First Amendment, antitrust cases
Devin Montgomery
February 25, 2009 02:33:00 pm

The US Supreme Court decided two cases Wednesday. In Pleasant Grove City v. Summum the Court ruled unanimously that privately donated monuments displayed in public parks qualify...

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News Israel lobbyists may use classified documents in espionage defense: Fourth Circuit
Israel lobbyists may use classified documents in espionage defense: Fourth Circuit
Jake Oresick
February 25, 2009 01:33:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Tuesday that two former lobbyists may use classified documents in their defense against charges under the 1917 Espionage Act ....

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News Pakistan Supreme Court bars ex-PM Sharif from elected office
Pakistan Supreme Court bars ex-PM Sharif from elected office
Jake Oresick
February 25, 2009 12:27:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Pakistan Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that bars Nawaz Sharif , former prime minister and current leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) , from holding elected office...

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News Liberia ex-president may go free due to budget constraints on war crimes court
Liberia ex-president may go free due to budget constraints on war crimes court
Kayleigh Shebs
February 25, 2009 12:07:00 pm

Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) prosecutor Stephen Rapp has told Reuters that lack of court funds due to the global economic downturn may require the release of former Liberian President Charles...

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News Khadr lawyers denied client access amid ethics investigation
Khadr lawyers denied client access amid ethics investigation
Caitlin Price
February 25, 2009 11:55:00 am

Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr were blocked from attending a scheduled Tuesday meeting with Khadr at Guantanamo Bay . Officials have launched an investigation into the ethics of the defense...

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News Spain agrees to accept Guantanamo detainees
Spain agrees to accept Guantanamo detainees
Ximena Marinero
February 25, 2009 11:08:00 am

Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos on Tuesday indicated his country's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees during his meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington...

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News Google seeks to join European Commission antitrust case against Microsoft
Google seeks to join European Commission antitrust case against Microsoft
Caitlin Price
February 25, 2009 10:38:00 am

Internet search company Google, Inc. will apply to join a European Commission (EC) antitrust proceeding against Microsoft , accusing the software giant of hindering competition, according to a message from Google Vice President Sundar...

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News Colombia president denies ordering government agents to spy on judges, opponents
Colombia president denies ordering government agents to spy on judges, opponents
Safiya Boucaud
February 25, 2009 10:06:00 am

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe on Monday denied ordering Department of Administrative Security (DAS) agents to conduct wiretaps on politicians, judges and journalists. Journalists from the Colombian magazine Semana [official website, in...

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UK Justice Secretary vetoes release of Cabinet discussions on Iraq
Lucas Tanglen
February 25, 2009 09:31:00 am

British Justice Secretary Jack Straw on Tuesday vetoed a British Information Tribunal order for the release of redacted minutes of two Cabinet discussions from the months prior to the invasion...

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French June Rebellion ends

A republican uprising known as the June Rebellion was put down by French authorities in Paris on June 6, 1832. The rebels sought the abdication of French King Louis Philippe I, who assumed the throne two years prior following the overthrow of King Charles X. Louis Philippe would go on to rule until 1848 when he was overthrown in the wave of revolutions that took hold across Europe that year. Author Victor Hugo would later dramatize the June Rebellion in his novel Les Miserables Read excerpts of contemporary coverage about the June Rebellion from the Guardian.

Count Camillo di Cavour, the first Prime Minister of Italy, dies

On June 6, 1861, Count Camillo Benso di Cavour died He was the first Prime Minister of a united Italy and the political leader of his nation's unification movement. After Italian unification, Cavour was responsible for the creation of the Italian constitutional monarchy and its founding political documents.

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On June 6, 1934, the US Securities and Exchange Commission was established to protect the interests of investors. Its first Commissioner was Joseph P. Kennedy.

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