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News Lawyers for alleged USS Cole bomber request investigation into detention in Poland
Lawyers for alleged USS Cole bomber request investigation into detention in Poland
Hillary Stemple
September 21, 2010 10:44:30 am

A human rights group and lawyers for Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , a Saudi man accused in connection with the 2000 USS Cole attack , filed a request Tuesday with Polish prosecutors for an investigation...

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News ICC to present cases against instigators of Kenya post-election violence
ICC to present cases against instigators of Kenya post-election violence
Carrie Schimizzi
September 21, 2010 09:31:36 am

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday announced plans to present two cases against as many as six individuals who "bear the greatest responsibility" for the violence following the 2007...

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News Rights expert tells UN Sudan unprepared for January self-determination referendum
Rights expert tells UN Sudan unprepared for January self-determination referendum
Zach Zagger
September 21, 2010 08:47:52 am

A human rights expert told the UN Friday that Sudan is not prepared for its January 9 self-determination referendum that could divide the country in two. Mohamed Chande Othman, a Tanzanian judge and independent expert on the...

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News ICTY prosecutor urges greater effort to arrest war crimes suspect Mladic
ICTY prosecutor urges greater effort to arrest war crimes suspect Mladic
Matt Glenn
September 20, 2010 02:28:03 pm

Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz called on Serbia and other governments Monday to increase efforts to find and arrest former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic [case...

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News Seven arrested in China for melamine-tainted powdered milk
Seven arrested in China for melamine-tainted powdered milk
Brian Jackson
September 20, 2010 01:45:05 pm

Police in China's Shanxi province in arrested seven individuals , including the executive of a dairy company, after that company's powdered milk was found to contain melamine, according to Monday reports. In 2008, melamine-tainted milk from...

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News DOJ report criticizes FBI for domestic advocacy group probes
DOJ report criticizes FBI for domestic advocacy group probes
Ann Riley
September 20, 2010 01:31:33 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report Monday absolving the FBI of charges that agents conducted investigations of domestic groups based on their exercise of...

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News Malaysia appeals court rejects opposition leader’s bid to dismiss sodomy charge
Malaysia appeals court rejects opposition leader’s bid to dismiss sodomy charge
Carrie Schimizzi
September 20, 2010 07:57:54 am

The Malaysian Court of Appeals on Monday dismissed an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of the Kuala Lumpur High Court's refusal to throw out the sodomy charges ...

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News China PM calls for greater action against corruption
China PM calls for greater action against corruption
Dwyer Arce
September 19, 2010 12:42:05 pm

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao emphasized the importance of upholding the rule of law, combating corruption and improving transparency in a speech published by the government Sunday. During the speech, delivered last month at a national...

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News Man convicted in Air India bomb plot found guilty of perjury
Man convicted in Air India bomb plot found guilty of perjury
Erin Bock
September 19, 2010 12:34:49 pm

A man found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 1985 Air India bombings was found guilty Saturday of perjury. Inderjit Singh Reyat was the only person convicted for his role in the 1985...

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News Iran court sentences journalist charged with ‘warring against God’ to 6 years
Iran court sentences journalist charged with ‘warring against God’ to 6 years
Dwyer Arce
September 19, 2010 11:54:28 am

A judge from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Iran on Saturday sentenced Shiva Nazar Ahari, a journalist arrested following the 2009 presidential election , to six years in prison. Ahari was sentenced to...

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First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia

On September 5, 1774, the first assembly of the Continental Congress, forerunner of the US Congress, convened in Philadelphia to protest the so-called "Intolerable Acts" passed by the British Parliament. Review the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress.

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On September 5, 1798, France promulgated a conscription policy with the passage of the Jourdan Law. The law instituted a draft for all males between the ages of twenty and twenty-five with exceptions for clergy, holders of public office, and certain students and industrial workers. The law also allowed the wealthy to pay for someone else to take their place in the military.

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