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News UK rights commission says airport body scanners may be illegal
UK rights commission says airport body scanners may be illegal
Steve Dotterer
February 16, 2010 07:18:00 am

Controversial full-body scanners currently used in two UK airports may be illegal, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced Monday. The EHRC made the statement in a letter to Department...

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News Karadzic claims documents evidence weapons smuggling to Bosnian Muslims
Karadzic claims documents evidence weapons smuggling to Bosnian Muslims
Ximena Marinero
February 16, 2010 06:37:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Monday appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) claiming that documents he seeks from former UN peacekeeper countries would provide evidence...

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News Guantanamo suicide wrongful death case ruling [US DC]
Guantanamo suicide wrongful death case ruling [US DC]
February 16, 2010 12:46:00 am

Al-Zahrani, et al. v. Rumsfeld, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, February 16, 2010 [holding that claims of unlawful treatment and wrongful death brought on behalf of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees are barred by the...

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News Convention on cluster munitions [UN]
Convention on cluster munitions [UN]
Alina Rizvi | Vermont Law School, US
February 16, 2010 12:31:00 am

United Nations Convention on Cluster Munitions, United Nations, ratified by the 30th country February 16, 2010 and scheduled to enter into force August 1, 2010 [banning the use, development, and production of cluster munitions; prescribing particular disposal/destruction methods for cluster...

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News Iran defends human rights record before UN council
Iran defends human rights record before UN council
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
February 15, 2010 01:00:00 pm

Iranian official Mohammad Javad Larijani told the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Monday that Iran is fulfilling its human rights obligations . Larijani also said that the nation has implemented long-term plans to protect human rights [Reuters...

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News Holder ‘flexible’ on trying 9/11 suspects in civilian or military courts
Holder ‘flexible’ on trying 9/11 suspects in civilian or military courts
Carrie Schimizzi
February 15, 2010 12:01:00 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder said in an interview with the New York Times Sunday that he hopes to hold a civilian trial for accused 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ,...

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News Pakistan lawyers boycott courts over judicial appointments dispute
Pakistan lawyers boycott courts over judicial appointments dispute
Ann Riley
February 15, 2010 11:25:00 am

Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers boycotted the courts Monday in protest of the recent clash between President Asif Ali Zardari and the Supreme Court of Pakistan . Lawyers protested and boycotted the courts , refusing to attend court...

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News China prosecutors charge billionare with insider trading
China prosecutors charge billionare with insider trading
Patrice Collins
February 15, 2010 10:15:00 am

A Beijing court on Friday indicted Huang Guangyu, formerly China's richest man , with insider trading, bribery, and illegal business practices. The charges , brought by the Supreme People's Procuratorate come almost 15...

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News Spain to accept 5 Guantanamo detainees
Spain to accept 5 Guantanamo detainees
Hillary Stemple
February 15, 2010 09:22:00 am

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced Monday that Spain will accept five detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay . Spain had previously agreed to accept only two detainees, one Yemeni and...

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News Australia court sentences 5 in domestic terrorism case
Australia court sentences 5 in domestic terrorism case
Dwyer Arce
February 15, 2010 08:20:00 am

The New South Wales Supreme Court on Monday sentenced five men for conspiring to commit acts of terrorism. The five men are Australian citizens from Sydney and are of Lebanese, Libyan, and Bangladeshi descent. The lead conspirator...

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French king revoked Edict of Nantes on religious freedom

On October 22, 1685, the Edict of Nantes, which permitted religious freedom in France, was revoked by King Louis XIV, prompting thousands of French Protestants, Huguenots, to flee the country. Read the instrument of revocation in English.

President Kennedy announces blockade of Cuba

On October 22, 1962, President John Kennedy announced a naval blockade of Cuba. After six days of negotiations, the Soviet Union agreed to remove its missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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