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News Italy CIA rendition trial to continue despite excluded evidence
Italy CIA rendition trial to continue despite excluded evidence
Christian Ehret
May 21, 2009 11:52:00 am

An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that the trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians involving the 2003 abduction of Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr by the CIA will proceed despite excluded evidence. Judge Oscar Magi...

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News Obama signs financial fraud legislation to create investigatory commission
Obama signs financial fraud legislation to create investigatory commission
Christian Ehret
May 21, 2009 10:40:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act , which aims at expanding the federal government's authority to prosecute acts of financial fraud. Obama said [press...

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News Slovakia Constitutional Court finds anti-corruption court unconstitutional
Slovakia Constitutional Court finds anti-corruption court unconstitutional
Andrew Morgan
May 21, 2009 10:02:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Slovakia ruled Wednesday that the Special Court, established to try corruption and organized crime cases, violates the Slovak Constitution . The Constitutional Court found that the ability...

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News Obama issues preemption directive limiting Bush regulatory overrides of states
Obama issues preemption directive limiting Bush regulatory overrides of states
Christian Ehret
May 21, 2009 08:43:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday directed heads of executive departments and agencies that a sufficient legal basis is required to preempt state laws and that any legitimate state prerogatives should be fully considered, marking a...

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Canadian held in US pleads guilty to supporting al Qaeda
Andrew Morgan
May 21, 2009 08:34:00 am

A Canadian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda before a federal court. Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, a Canadian citizen of Somali descent, was charged with...

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FBI director says releasing Guantanamo detainees into US could harm national security
Devin Montgomery
May 21, 2009 08:06:00 am

FBI Director Robert Mueller told the US House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US could pose a threat to national security, even...

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House passes Senate version of credit card holders’ ‘bill of rights’
Brian Jackson
May 21, 2009 07:07:00 am

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted 361-64 to pass the Senate version of the Credit Card Holders' Bill of Rights . Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called the...

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UN rights investigator to continue Gaza Strip mission despite Israel objections
Devin Montgomery
May 21, 2009 06:03:00 am

UN rights investigator Richard Goldman said Wednesday that his fact-finding mission into possible human rights violations during the recent Gaza Strip conflict will continue despite objections by Israel. Goldman said that he...

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Myanmar opens Suu Kyi trial to journalists and diplomats
Andrew Morgan
May 20, 2009 03:15:00 pm

Authorities in Myanmar on Wednesday granted 39 foreign diplomats and journalists limited access to the trial of pro-democracy advocate and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi . Suu Kyi met briefly with representatives of Thailand,...

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Spain congress urges limits to universal jurisdiction claims
Christian Ehret
May 20, 2009 02:01:00 pm

Spain's Congress of Deputies , the lower house of the Spanish parliament, passed a non-binding resolution Tuesday aimed at limiting the exercise of universal jurisdiction over foreign nations in Spanish courts to those cases in which...

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Organization of American States established

On April 30, 1948, the Organization of American States (OAS) was established in Bogota, Colombia with the signing of the Charter of the Organization of American States at the Ninth International Conference of American States.

Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed

On April 30, 1803, the United States and France signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris, by which France ceded its Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million.

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