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News Thailand extradites accused Russia arms dealer to US
Thailand extradites accused Russia arms dealer to US
Maureen Cosgrove
November 16, 2010 12:33:24 pm

The Thai government on Tuesday extradited alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout to the US to stand trial. The Thai Cabinet approved the extradition and handed Bout...

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News US House votes to ban animal cruelty videos
US House votes to ban animal cruelty videos
Eryn Correa
November 16, 2010 11:29:42 am

The US House of Representatives voted Monday to ban animal cruelty or crush videos, revising the 1999 legislation that was struck down by the US Supreme Court ...

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News California high court rules illegal immigrants eligible for in-state tuition
California high court rules illegal immigrants eligible for in-state tuition
Carrie Schimizzi
November 16, 2010 09:42:50 am

The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that illegal immigrants are eligible to receive in-state tuition benefits at California's public colleges and universities. The plaintiffs in the class action suit, brought by the Immigration Reform...

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News Lebanon police arrest radical Muslim cleric convicted of terrorism
Lebanon police arrest radical Muslim cleric convicted of terrorism
Zach Zagger
November 16, 2010 08:08:32 am

Lebanese authorities on Monday arrested Syrian national and radical Muslim cleric, Omar Bakri Mohammed, less than a week after he was convicted of terrorism by a military court. Bakri was after a gunfire riddled car chase arrested ...

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News Bosnia authorities arrest Srebrenica war crimes suspect
Bosnia authorities arrest Srebrenica war crimes suspect
Zach Zagger
November 16, 2010 07:01:51 am

A suspected Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war criminal was arrested Monday in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the end of 1992-95 Bosnian civil war . The Prosecutors Office for BiH announced...

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Supreme Court takes two criminal cases
Matt Glenn
November 15, 2010 03:53:51 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases. In Tolentino v. New York , the court will determine whether the exclusionary rule prohibits police from...

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News Supreme Court upholds additional minimum sentences in gun cases
Supreme Court upholds additional minimum sentences in gun cases
Matt Glenn
November 15, 2010 02:42:15 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Abbot v. United States that, in construing a federal statute imposing mandatory minimum sentences for drug trafficking crimes committed with...

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News Leaked DOJ report reveals Nazi ‘safe havens’ in US
Leaked DOJ report reveals Nazi ‘safe havens’ in US
Ann Riley
November 15, 2010 01:22:08 pm

A report revealing that US intelligence officials knowingly allowed Nazis to settle in US "safe havens" after World War II was released Saturday by the New York Times after being leaked by former Department of Justice...

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News Rights group urges EU to hold nations accountable for CIA rendition programs
Rights group urges EU to hold nations accountable for CIA rendition programs
Ashley Hileman
November 15, 2010 12:29:30 pm

The EU has failed to hold member states legally accountable for their involvement in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program , according to a report published Monday by Amnesty International...

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Cuba releases first dissident prisoner refusing exile bargain
LaToya Sawyer
November 15, 2010 11:47:05 am

Cuban officials on Saturday released the first of 13 dissident prisoners who refused to go into exile as part of an agreement reached between Cuba, Spain, and the Vatican. The prisoner, Arnoldo Ramos Lauzurique, was one of...

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Cultural Revolution begins in China

On May 16, 1966, the Chinese Communist Party launched the Cultural Revolution with the issuance of the May Sixteenth Notice.

President Andrew Johnson found "not guilty" in impeachment trial

On May 16, 1868, President Andrew Johnson was found "not guilty" of high crimes and misdemeanors in his impeachment trial.

Learn more about President Jackson's impeachment from contemporary articles in Harper's Weekly.

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