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News House committee votes not to fund US facility for Guantanamo transfers
House committee votes not to fund US facility for Guantanamo transfers
Andrew Morgan
May 22, 2010 08:34:52 am

The US House Armed Services Committee has approved a bill prohibiting the Obama administration from modifying or building a facility in the US to hold detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay . The National Defense...

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News Spain court convicts three Basque separatist group members of terrorism
Spain court convicts three Basque separatist group members of terrorism
Hillary Stemple
May 21, 2010 04:07:54 pm

The Spanish National Court on Friday convicted three members of the Basque separatist group ETA on charges relating to a 2006 bombing in Madrid. Mattin Sarasola, Igor Portu, and Mikel...

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News Kyrgyzstan interim government approves draft constitution
Kyrgyzstan interim government approves draft constitution
Sarah Miley
May 21, 2010 02:18:53 pm

The interim government of Kyrgyzstan on Thursday approved a draft constitution that will shift power from the president to the prime minister. The draft constitution defines Kyrgyzstan as a secular state and limits the president...

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News Thailand PM promises independent probe of violent protests
Thailand PM promises independent probe of violent protests
Hillary Stemple
May 21, 2010 01:01:20 pm

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Friday promised an independent investigation into recent clashes between anti-government protesters know as red shirts and security officials that left more than 80 dead. Abhisit discussed...

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News DC Circuit dismisses Bagram detainee habeas petitions
DC Circuit dismisses Bagram detainee habeas petitions
Sarah Miley
May 21, 2010 11:30:53 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday in Al Maqaleh v. Gates that detainees held at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan cannot bring...

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News Germany court rejects motion to dismiss charges against alleged Nazi guard
Germany court rejects motion to dismiss charges against alleged Nazi guard
Hillary Stemple
May 21, 2010 11:11:03 am

A German court on Thursday denied a motion to dismiss charges against alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk . In a series of motions, Demjanjuk's lawyer asserted that the charges should be dismissed due to...

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News Rights group claims to have new evidence of Sri Lanka war crimes
Rights group claims to have new evidence of Sri Lanka war crimes
Sarah Miley
May 21, 2010 11:08:36 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) announced Friday that it has acquired new evidence to support allegations of wartime abuses against civilians by both the government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [JURIST news...

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News UK to launch investigation into torture allegations
UK to launch investigation into torture allegations
Sarah Miley
May 21, 2010 09:44:41 am

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary William Hague said Friday that the UK will launch an investigation into allegations that overseas UK operatives were complicit in torture. Hague stated that the new coalition government will initiate a...

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News US Senate approves financial reform legislation
US Senate approves financial reform legislation
Hillary Stemple
May 21, 2010 08:56:59 am

The US Senate on Thursday passed the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 , focused on increasing regulation in the financial sector following the recent economic crisis . The bill creates a...

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News ICC prosecutors investigating 2009 military violence in Guinea
ICC prosecutors investigating 2009 military violence in Guinea
Sarah Miley
May 20, 2010 03:45:03 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday sent a delegation from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to Guinea to further investigate the killing of more than 150 pro-democracy protesters in Conakry in...

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Watergate trial began

On October 4, 1974, the trial of Watergate conspirators HR Haldeman, John Erlichman, John Mitchell, Robert Mardian, and Kenneth Parkinson began, with Judge John Sirica presiding. Review transcripts of the Watergate tapes played at the outset of their trial.

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