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News Turkish court begins second Ergenekon coup trial
Turkish court begins second Ergenekon coup trial
Devin Montgomery
July 20, 2009 09:10:00 am

A Turkish court on Monday began the trial of two former generals and 54 others suspected of planning to overthrow the country's ruling Justice Development Party (AKP) . Sener Eruygur, Hursit Tolon, and their...

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News US military recommends overhaul of Afghanistan prison system: report
US military recommends overhaul of Afghanistan prison system: report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 20, 2009 08:21:00 am

A US military study has recommended a complete overhaul of both the US-run and Afghan-run prisons in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported Sunday. After prison conditions continued to deteriorate, and a January report by the UN...

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News China official says police killed 12  in regional ethnic violence
China official says police killed 12 in regional ethnic violence
Tere Miller-Sporrer
July 19, 2009 04:36:00 pm

Nur Bekri, chairman of the government in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region , told the Xinhua News Agency Sunday that twelve "mobsters" had been fatally shot by police in the Chinese city of Urumqi on July...

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News Egypt court reverses conviction of teacher accused of insulting president
Egypt court reverses conviction of teacher accused of insulting president
Ximena Marinero
July 19, 2009 01:28:00 pm

The Adawa court of misdemeanors in the Egyptian city of Menya Saturday reversed the conviction of Mounir Saeed Hannah, a teacher charged with insulting President Mohamed Hosni Mubarak by authoring an unpublished satirical poem....

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News Pakistan court  begins trial of 5 Mumbai terror attack suspects
Pakistan court begins trial of 5 Mumbai terror attack suspects
Ximena Marinero
July 19, 2009 11:19:00 am

A Pakistan anti-terrorism court Saturday began the trial of five men allegedly belonging to the Lakshar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group suspected of planning and coordinating the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai , according...

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News Federal court frees Los Angeles police department from DOJ oversight
Federal court frees Los Angeles police department from DOJ oversight
Ximena Marinero
July 18, 2009 03:55:00 pm

The US District Court of the Central District of California Friday ended the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) consent decree to federal oversight that the LAPD was forced into in 2001...

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News House Intelligence Committee to investigate CIA secret assassination plan
House Intelligence Committee to investigate CIA secret assassination plan
Matt Glenn
July 18, 2009 01:19:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee will launch an investigation into plans by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to assassinate al Qaeda members, the Committee announced Friday. The Committee has already requested...

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News Obama administration may establish special interrogators unit: report
Obama administration may establish special interrogators unit: report
Matt Glenn
July 18, 2009 12:42:00 pm

The Obama administration may create a special unit of interrogators to handle certain terror suspects, the Wall St. Journal reported Saturday, citing unidentified government officials. In creating the unit, the administration would reduce the role of the Central Intelligence...

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News Muslim scholar visa denial ruling [2nd Circuit]
Muslim scholar visa denial ruling [2nd Circuit]
July 17, 2009 09:13:00 pm

American Academy, et al. v. Napolitano, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, July 17, 2009 [ruling in favor of three organizations- including the ACLU, that had challenged the denial of a US visa to controversial Swiss...

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News Sharif hijacking acquittal [Pakistan SC]
Sharif hijacking acquittal [Pakistan SC]
July 17, 2009 08:55:00 pm

Sharif v. State, Supreme Court of Pakistan, July 17, 2009 ....

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Dutch East India Company established

On March 20, 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands established the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The creation edict granted VOC a monopoly over Dutch colonial activities in Asia for twenty-one years. During that time, VOC became the world's first multinational company and the first to issue stock. Read a history of the VOC and view the world's oldest share of stock, as issued by the VOC.

First woman executed by electric chair

On March 20, 1899, Martha Place, convicted of the murder of her stepdaughter, became the first woman to die in the electric chair. The execution was carried out at New York's Auburn Prison.

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