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News ICTY terminates appeal proceedings of deceased Bosnia army commander
ICTY terminates appeal proceedings of deceased Bosnia army commander
Sarah Miley
June 30, 2010 08:33:28 am

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday terminated the appellate proceedings in the case of former Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) army commander Rasim Delic [case materials; Trial...

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News Federal judge finds for Merck in Louisiana Vioxx suit
Federal judge finds for Merck in Louisiana Vioxx suit
Patrice Collins
June 30, 2010 08:24:29 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Tuesday ruled in favor of Merck & Co. in a lawsuit filed by the state of Louisiana over reimbursements for the...

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News ACLU finds incidents of political surveillance increasing
ACLU finds incidents of political surveillance increasing
Erin Bock
June 30, 2010 07:16:28 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reported Tuesday that there have been more than 100 incidents of political surveillance and harassment by authorities in 33 states since 9/11 . The report...

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News US, EU reach deal to access suspected terrorists’ financial information
US, EU reach deal to access suspected terrorists’ financial information
Drew Singer
June 29, 2010 02:56:00 pm

The EU agreed Monday to give the US access to bank data in order to track the finances of suspected terrorists. Under the agreement, the US can use the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program to access information from...

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News Supreme Court upholds ‘soft money’ ban
Supreme Court upholds ‘soft money’ ban
Hillary Stemple
June 29, 2010 02:08:07 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday summarily affirmed a lower court's ruling in Republican National Committee v. Federal Elections Commission , upholding a ban on the use of "soft...

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News Senators question Kagan’s views on Solomon Act, Citizens United
Senators question Kagan’s views on Solomon Act, Citizens United
Sarah Miley
June 29, 2010 12:03:31 pm

The second day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan began Tuesday with Kagan defending her decision to restrict military recruiter access to Harvard Law School while she was...

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News BP facing fraud lawsuits over oil spill
BP facing fraud lawsuits over oil spill
Hillary Stemple
June 29, 2010 10:42:14 am

Two lawsuits have been filed against BP alleging violations of the Rackteer Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute in connection with the recent Deepwater Horizon oil spill . The first...

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News UK government to overhaul interrogation policy
UK government to overhaul interrogation policy
Hillary Stemple
June 29, 2010 09:24:10 am

The British government indicated Monday that it will issue a new set of regulations regarding the use of information obtained via torture. The announcement came as part of the government's defense against a lawsuit filed by the human rights...

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News Google to stop redirecting China users to unfiltered Hong Kong search engine
Google to stop redirecting China users to unfiltered Hong Kong search engine
Sarah Miley
June 29, 2010 08:53:31 am

Google announced Monday that it will stop redirecting Internet users in mainland China to its unfiltered search engine in Honk Kong in an effort to renew the company's Internet Content Provider license....

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News Rights group urges East Timor to ban amnesty for international war criminals
Rights group urges East Timor to ban amnesty for international war criminals
Ann Riley
June 29, 2010 07:42:00 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Monday called on the government of East Timor to close legal loopholes in that allow for national amnesties and pardons for war crimes. In a report...

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US and Japan sign Kanagwa Treaty

On March 31, 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry and representatives of the Japanese government signed the Convention of Kanagawa. The terms of the treaty marked the end of Japan's 500 years of self-imposed isolation by opening the Ports of Shimoda and Hakodate. Four years later, Japanese-American relations were further expanded by the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Harris Treaty), which opened more Japanese ports to US trade and set up a system of extraterritoriality for Americans in Japan.

Spanish royal decree ordered expulsion of Jews

On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand of Spain signed a decree expelling Jews from his kingdom. Read a contemporary account of the expulsion, originally written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in 1495.

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