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News GE agrees to settle SEC complaint in oil-for-food scandal
GE agrees to settle SEC complaint in oil-for-food scandal
Andrea Bottorff
July 28, 2010 08:26:24 am

General Electric Co. (GE) on Tuesday agreed to a $23.5 million settlement after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint accusing GE of bribing Iraqi officials to receive...

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News Russia court jails neo-Nazis for hate crimes
Russia court jails neo-Nazis for hate crimes
Andrea Bottorff
July 28, 2010 07:25:54 am

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced 14 neo-Nazis , including a group leader and several teenagers, to jail terms for committing hate crimes against ethnic minorities in the country. The group leader, 22-year-old Dmitry Orlov, was sentenced...

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News UK court blocks extradition of former Bosnia president
UK court blocks extradition of former Bosnia president
Drew Singer
July 27, 2010 03:42:26 pm

A UK court on Tuesday blocked the extradition of former Bosnian president Ejup Ganic to Serbia to stand trial for alleged war crimes. Ganic, who served as vice president during the outset of the 1992-1995 Bosnian...

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News ICTY denies early release of former Serb parliament head
ICTY denies early release of former Serb parliament head
Daniel Richey
July 27, 2010 02:48:17 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday denied early release to former Bosnian Serb Assembly leader and convicted war criminal Momcilo Krajisnik . Krajisnik was sentenced...

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News Serbia parliament rejects Kosovo independence in perpetuity
Serbia parliament rejects Kosovo independence in perpetuity
Dwyer Arce
July 27, 2010 01:22:25 pm

The Serbian National Assembly on Monday voted 192-26 to pass a resolution that Serbia would never recognize Kosovo as an independent nation. The declaration comes a week after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official...

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News US government increasing enforcement of immigration laws: report
US government increasing enforcement of immigration laws: report
Daniel Richey
July 27, 2010 11:05:59 am

Mounting emphasis on enforcement of existing immigration laws under the Obama administration has seen a sharp rise in deportations by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) , according to a Washington Post report Monday. The new emphasis...

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News Algeria court indicts ex-Guantanamo detainee
Algeria court indicts ex-Guantanamo detainee
Dwyer Arce
July 27, 2010 10:42:31 am

The Algerian prosecutor's office said Monday that former Guantanamo Bay detainee Aziz Abdul Naji had been indicted, but did not specify the charges. The charges come after a period of detention by the Algerian...

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News New Jersey high court declines to hear same-sex marriage case
New Jersey high court declines to hear same-sex marriage case
Dwyer Arce
July 27, 2010 09:24:01 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of New Jersey's civil unions law, holding that it must first be heard in the lower courts. The lawsuit was...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge leader to appeal conviction
Ex-Khmer Rouge leader to appeal conviction
Dwyer Arce
July 27, 2010 08:45:14 am

A spokesperson for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) confirmed Tuesday that former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," intends...

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News Rights group sues UK government over failure to report DRC conflict minerals trade
Rights group sues UK government over failure to report DRC conflict minerals trade
Andrea Bottorff
July 27, 2010 07:52:36 am

UK rights group Global Witness (GW) on Monday filed suit against the UK government for failing to report several UK companies to the UN Sanctions Committee for allegedly trading "conflict minerals" from the...

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Attica NY prison revolt ended in assault killing 41

On September 13, 1971, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state after a four-day standoff with rioting prisoners. This photo, released by New York state authorities, shows Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald in the Attica prison yard after it was retaken. Thirty-two prisoners and nine guards died in the final assault. Learn more about the Attica revolt and the conditions the prisoners were trying to improve in this retrospective.

Khrushchev takes over leadership of USSR

On September 13, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, taking over leadership of the country after the death of Joseph Stalin. Soon after taking office, Khrushchev exposed many of the crimes of his predecessor. He was later forced from power in 1964, largely in response to his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read an obituary of Nikita Khrushchev from the New York Times.

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