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News EU report finds European anti-Semitism incidents up since December
EU report finds European anti-Semitism incidents up since December
March 2, 2009 10:38:00 am
Matt Glenn

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) said in a report released Monday that incidents of anti-Semitism have increased in the EU since December 2008 after declining in 2007 and 2008. The...

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News UN torture investigator warns UK over MI5 interrogation conduct
UN torture investigator warns UK over MI5 interrogation conduct
March 2, 2009 09:24:00 am
Benjamin Hackman

UN special rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak has told the British government that the United Kingdom may have acquiesced in the mistreatment of terror suspect detainees and thereby violated the UN Convention Against Torture and...

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News Cambodia war crimes court unable to pay employees due to donation shortfall
Cambodia war crimes court unable to pay employees due to donation shortfall
March 2, 2009 08:08:00 am
Jay Carmella

A judge from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced on Monday that the ECCC's Cambodian employees will not be paid in March. The UN-backed tribunal is staffed by both local...

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News UN SG urges support for Rwanda genocide tribunal
UN SG urges support for Rwanda genocide tribunal
March 2, 2009 08:07:00 am
Tere Miller-Sporrer

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday pledged his ongoing support for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and stressed that the international community must continue to combat...

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News Israel Attorney General to prosecute outgoing PM Olmert on corruption charges
Israel Attorney General to prosecute outgoing PM Olmert on corruption charges
March 2, 2009 07:59:00 am
Eszter Bardi

Israeli Attorney General Meni Mazuz informed outgoing Prime Minister Ehmud Olmert Sunday that he intends to file an indictment against him in the District Court of Jerusalem for receiving illicit funds. Charges...

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News UN Hariri tribunal begins work at The Hague
UN Hariri tribunal begins work at The Hague
March 1, 2009 04:15:00 pm
Devin Montgomery

The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) , tasked with investigating the February 14, 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , officially began operating Sunday. The STL will be located in The Hague...

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News Somalia president announces support for Sharia law in peace negotiations
Somalia president announces support for Sharia law in peace negotiations
March 1, 2009 03:01:00 pm
Devin Montgomery

Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said Saturday that he would support the imposition of a moderate form of Sharia , Islamic religious law, as part of a cease-fire agreement with the country's Hizb...

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News Bangladesh police charge more than 1,000 in border guards mutiny
Bangladesh police charge more than 1,000 in border guards mutiny
March 1, 2009 11:18:00 am
Lucas Tanglen

Police in Bangladesh on Sunday charged more than 1,000 members of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in last week's border guards mutiny , which killed dozens of top BDR officers, including the...

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News US Army officer sentenced to 25 years  for murder of Iraqi detainee
US Army officer sentenced to 25 years for murder of Iraqi detainee
March 1, 2009 10:14:00 am
Lucas Tanglen

A military jury in Kentucky on Saturday sentenced US Army First Lt. Michael Behenna to 25 years in prison after convicting him Friday of the murder and assault of an Iraqi detainee. The 101st Airborne Division...

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Wyoming grants women sufferage

On December 10, 1869, the governor of the Wyoming Territory signed the first US legislation granting women the right to vote.

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