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News India court convicts three in 2003 Mumbai bombing
India court convicts three in 2003 Mumbai bombing
Devin Montgomery
July 27, 2009 10:52:00 am

A special Indian terrorism court on Monday found Ashrat Ansari, Hanif Sayed Anees, and Fehmida Sayed guilty of planning and carrying out a 2003 bomb attack in Mumbai that killed 52 people. They were convicted ...

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News Russia authorities release alleged mob leader wanted by US
Russia authorities release alleged mob leader wanted by US
Devin Montgomery
July 27, 2009 09:44:00 am

Russian police on Monday released suspected organized crime leader Semyon Mogilevich after a court found that prosecutors lacked sufficient evidence to continue holding him. Mogilevich and another man, Vladimir Nekrasov, were arrested in January 2008....

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News Microsoft offers ‘browser ballot’ to resolve European antitrust allegations
Microsoft offers ‘browser ballot’ to resolve European antitrust allegations
Abigail Salisbury
July 27, 2009 08:46:00 am

Microsoft announced on Friday that it will offer European consumers an option to select from a list of several Web browsers "in an effort to address competition law issues related to Internet Explorer and interoperability." The European Commission...

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News Rights groups hold Iran election protests in more than 100 cities worldwide
Rights groups hold Iran election protests in more than 100 cities worldwide
Ximena Marinero
July 27, 2009 08:37:00 am

Protesters in more than 100 cities gathered Saturday to show opposition to the alleged Iranian human and civil rights violations which followed the nation's controversial presidential election . The Global Day of Action was...

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News Returning US soldiers’ alleged crimes due to combat stress: report
Returning US soldiers’ alleged crimes due to combat stress: report
Christian Ehret
July 27, 2009 08:24:00 am

Crimes committed by US soldiers after returning from Iraq were caused by a lack of discipline combined with combat stress and substance abuse, according to a Colorado Springs Gazette report released Friday. Ten infantry soldiers from a Fort...

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News Egypt to try 26 Hezbollah-linked  terror suspects in special state security court
Egypt to try 26 Hezbollah-linked terror suspects in special state security court
Tere Miller-Sporrer
July 26, 2009 02:07:00 pm

Twenty-six men suspected both of plotting numerous attacks in Egypt and of having links to Hezbollah were transferred Sunday to an emergency state court that deals specifically with terrorism and state...

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News Congo prison worst in Africa: UN official
Congo prison worst in Africa: UN official
Tere Miller-Sporrer
July 26, 2009 01:46:00 pm

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Dmitry Titov has called conditions in a Goma, Congo prison "inhumane" and said that it is the worst in...

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News Gaza female lawyers ordered to wear religious headscarves in court
Gaza female lawyers ordered to wear religious headscarves in court
Ximena Marinero
July 26, 2009 01:00:00 pm

Chief Justice of the High Court of Justice in Gaza Abdul Ra'ouf al-Halabi Sunday announced an order requiring female lawyers to wear traditional religious robes and headscarves or hijab for any court appearances....

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News US  to sign UN disability rights treaty: Obama
US to sign UN disability rights treaty: Obama
Ximena Marinero
July 25, 2009 09:48:00 pm

President Barack Obama announced Friday that the United States will sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities . At a celebration commemorating the 19th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act...

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News Obama administration may bring more Guantanamo detainees to US
Obama administration may bring more Guantanamo detainees to US
Ximena Marinero
July 25, 2009 08:43:00 am

The Obama administration is considering transferring more Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US, according to testimony Friday by US Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Charles Johnson to the the House Armed Services Committee . Some...

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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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