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News UN Gaza mission presents findings to rights council
UN Gaza mission presents findings to rights council
Matt Glenn
September 29, 2009 01:58:00 pm

Head of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict Richard Goldstone formally presented the group's findings to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Tuesday. In his opening remarks , Goldstone...

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News US military anthrax vaccination ruling [DC Circuit]
US military anthrax vaccination ruling [DC Circuit]
September 29, 2009 01:57:00 pm

Rempfer, et al. v. Sharfstein, et al., US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, September 29, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary...

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News Former Enron Broadband CEO sentenced to 16 months for wire fraud
Former Enron Broadband CEO sentenced to 16 months for wire fraud
Matt Glenn
September 29, 2009 01:03:00 pm

Former Enron Broadband Services (EBS) CEO Joe Hirko was sentenced Monday to 16 months in prison for misrepresenting to investors the capabilities of Enron's broadband service. Hirko pleaded guilty last October to one...

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News Peru ex-president Fujimori pleads guilty to illegal wiretapping and bribery
Peru ex-president Fujimori pleads guilty to illegal wiretapping and bribery
Safiya Boucaud
September 29, 2009 10:26:00 am

Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori pleaded guilty Monday to multiple counts of illegal wiretapping and bribery. Fujimori was charged with ordering former Peruvian intelligence director Vladimiro Montesino to use government funds to...

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News Guantanamo authorities release list of 78 detainees cleared for transfer
Guantanamo authorities release list of 78 detainees cleared for transfer
Safiya Boucaud
September 29, 2009 09:03:00 am

The Joint Task Force responsible for reviewing the Guantanamo Bay detainees on Monday released a list of 78 detainees cleared for transfer. The list contains the nationalities and the number of detainees...

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News Honduras interim government to reinstate suspended constitutional rights
Honduras interim government to reinstate suspended constitutional rights
Ximena Marinero
September 29, 2009 08:24:00 am

The head of the Honduran interim government Roberto Micheletti said Monday that he may lift restrictions on constitutional rights imposed Sunday by the end of the week. The de facto government passed an executive decree late...

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News UK chancellor urges banks to curtail bonuses in light of G-20 agreement
UK chancellor urges banks to curtail bonuses in light of G-20 agreement
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
September 28, 2009 02:52:00 pm

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling on Monday urged banks to cut back on bonuses immediately instead of waiting for legislation following an agreement reached at last week's G-20 summit. In a speech to the Labour...

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News Shawqi Omar <i>habeas</i> denial [US DC]
Shawqi Omar habeas denial [US DC]
September 28, 2009 02:30:00 pm

Omar, et al. v. Geren, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, September 28, 2009 ....

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News Zimbabwe high court dismisses charges against rights activist Mukoko
Zimbabwe high court dismisses charges against rights activist Mukoko
Matt Glenn
September 28, 2009 02:16:00 pm

Zimbabwe's Supreme Court dismissed charges Monday against ten people, including rights activist Jestina Mukoko , who had been charged with conspiring against President Robert Mugabe . The court held that Mukoko,...

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Israel pressuring Palestinians to drop ICC case for cellular network: report
Matt Glenn
September 28, 2009 01:11:00 pm

Israel has threatened to deny the Palestinian Authority (PA) permission for a second cellular phone provider to operate in the West Bank unless the PA drops its request that the International Criminal Court investigate Israel...

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Algerian National Liberation Front announces independence campaign

The pro-Algerian independence National Liberation Front released a proclamation on November 1, 1954 announcing the beginning of its campaign for Algerian independence from France, marking the start of the Algerian War. The war would rage for seven years and claim hundreds of thousands of lives until it was ended by the 1962 Évian Accords. Algeria would win its independence on July 3, 1962. Read the full November 1 declaration.

Rent control established in New York City

On November 1, 1943, the federal Office of Price Administration first established rent control in wartime New York City.

Maastricht Treaty comes into force, creating EU

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