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News Former UK Cabinet member claims Blair misled parliament on Iraq invasion
Former UK Cabinet member claims Blair misled parliament on Iraq invasion
Sarah Miley
February 2, 2010 01:28:00 pm

Former UK international development secretary Clare Short told the Iraq Inquiry in a public hearing on Tuesday that Former UK prime minister Tony Blair was "misleading" and "deceitful" with...

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Iran planning execution of 9 more election protesters: report
Sarah Miley
February 2, 2010 11:56:00 am

Iran will "soon execute" nine more Iranian citizens for their roles in last summer's post-election protests , according to a statement given by senior judiciary official Ebrahim Raisi to the Fars News Agency Tuesday. The...

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News Togo court rules opposition candidate ineligible for presidential election
Togo court rules opposition candidate ineligible for presidential election
Ann Riley
February 2, 2010 11:44:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Togo ruled Tuesday that presidential candidate Kofi Yamgnane is not eliglble to run in the February 28 election. Yamgnane was to face incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe [official...

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News Dutch high court orders retrial of suspected ‘Hofstad’ terrorists
Dutch high court orders retrial of suspected ‘Hofstad’ terrorists
Ann Riley
February 2, 2010 10:26:00 am

The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the 2008 acquittals of seven men charged with belonging to a terrorist network, ordering a new trial. The seven men, suspected of belonging to...

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France court begins Concorde jet crash trial
Andrea Bottorff
February 2, 2010 09:34:00 am

A French court on Tuesday began the trial to determine the cause of the Air France Concorde jet crash outside Paris in 2000. French officials blame US-based Continental Airlines for the accident, alleging that a...

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News Nigeria rights group urges ICC to investigate Jos violence
Nigeria rights group urges ICC to investigate Jos violence
Steve Dotterer
February 2, 2010 08:58:00 am

The Nigeria-based Socio-Economic Rights & Accountability Project (SERAP) has submitted a letter to International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo requesting an inquiry into the spate of religious violence [BBC...

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Oklahoma illegal immigration law ruling [10th Circuit]
February 2, 2010 08:49:00 am

Chamber of Commerce of the United Stated of America, et al. v. WA Drew Edmonson, et al., US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, February 2, 2010 [upholding the majority of an injunction against an Oklahoma anti-illegal immigration law,...

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Sri Lanka high court rules president’s second term to begin in November
Hillary Stemple
February 2, 2010 08:23:00 am

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka ruled Tuesday that President Mahinda Rajapaksa will begin his second term in office on November 19, 2010. Rajapaksa won re-election last week with an 18-point victory over his opponent,...

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Arar appeals rendition suit to Supreme Court
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
February 2, 2010 07:39:00 am

Canadian citizen Maher Arar on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that he cannot sue the US government for damages based on his...

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White House presses critique of high court in campaign finance case
Ximena Marinero
February 2, 2010 07:14:00 am

The Obama administration continued to criticize the Supreme Court Monday for its recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , which eased restrictions on political campaign spending by corporations and labor unions. In an...

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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.

Learn more about the Cuban Missile Crisis from the George Washington University.

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