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News ICTY reduces former Serb leader’s sentence
ICTY reduces former Serb leader’s sentence
Safiya Boucaud
March 17, 2009 03:37:00 pm

The appellate chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday partially reversed the conviction and reduced the sentence of former Bosnian Serb parliamentary leader Momcilo Krajisnik [ICTY...

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News Vermont legislature considers same-sex marriage bill
Vermont legislature considers same-sex marriage bill
Brian Jackson
March 17, 2009 11:49:00 am

The Vermont State Legislature on Monday began a series of week-long hearings on a bill that would allow same-sex marriage in the state. The bill, "An Act to Protect Religious Freedom...

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News Federal judge criticizes Senate for politicizing confirmation process
Federal judge criticizes Senate for politicizing confirmation process
Jay Carmella
March 17, 2009 09:08:00 am

Chief judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia  Royce Lamberth criticized the US Senate on Monday for politicizing the federal judicial confirmation process. Lamberth accused both political parties ...

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News UN rights investigator cites North Korea for ‘egregious’ violations
UN rights investigator cites North Korea for ‘egregious’ violations
Adrienne Lester
March 17, 2009 08:27:00 am

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea  Vitit Muntarbhorn said Monday that he found there to be a "broad range of egregious human rights violations" in the country. In a report to the UN...

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News EU leaders discuss Guantanamo detainee transfer details with US officials
EU leaders discuss Guantanamo detainee transfer details with US officials
Jay Carmella
March 17, 2009 08:17:00 am

Top officials from the Obama administration met with leaders from the European Union (EU) Monday to discuss plans to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to European countries. US Attorney General Eric...

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News Greece to reorganize police force in wake of violent protests
Greece to reorganize police force in wake of violent protests
Amelia Mathias
March 17, 2009 08:12:00 am

The Greek government announced Monday that it will seek to overhaul its police force in the wake of the December riots and last week's vandalism . The Greek Interior Ministry has enlisted...

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News Fifth Circuit rules Texas school ‘moment of silence’ law constitutional
Fifth Circuit rules Texas school ‘moment of silence’ law constitutional
Eszter Bardi
March 17, 2009 08:08:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Monday upheld the constitutionality of a Texas law mandating daily observance of a minute of silence in public schools. The three-judge panel affirmed the ruling...

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News Intel threatening to end cross-licensing agreement with rival AMD: SEC filing
Intel threatening to end cross-licensing agreement with rival AMD: SEC filing
Andrew Gilmore
March 17, 2009 07:49:00 am

Computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) revealed Monday in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that rival chip designer Intel Corp. is threatening to cancel licenses granted...

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News Pakistan lawyers, supporters welcome Chaudhry reinstatement
Pakistan lawyers, supporters welcome Chaudhry reinstatement
Andrew Gilmore
March 17, 2009 06:31:00 am

Members of the Pakistan lawyers' movement on Monday welcomed the reinstatement of Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry , hailing the move as a major victory. Lawyers' movement supporters rallied...

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News Red Cross deemed CIA interrogation tactics torture: report
Red Cross deemed CIA interrogation tactics torture: report
Eszter Bardi
March 16, 2009 02:56:00 pm

 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)  characterized CIA tactics used against terrorism suspects as constituting torture in a confidential 2007 report, according an article published in the New York Review of Books earlier this month. Author...

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Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in

On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. Learn more about the Watergate scandal.

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On June 17, 1991, South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act. Since its passage in 1950, the Act had required every South African to be racially classified at birth. These classifications, in turn, would determined the child's social and political rights for the rest of his or her life in South Africa. Learn more about the History of Apartheid in South Africa from Standford University.

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