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News Leaked cables reveal China officials oversaw Google hack
Leaked cables reveal China officials oversaw Google hack
Ann Riley
December 5, 2010 11:46:18 am

Chinese officials allegedly orchestrated the hacking of Google , which caused the Internet company to briefly pull out of China earlier this year, according to a Saturday New York Times report citing...

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News Senate committee hears military chiefs’ ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ testimony
Senate committee hears military chiefs’ ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ testimony
Daniel Makosky
December 4, 2010 03:10:38 pm

The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Friday heard conflicting testimony from top military leaders on the services' readiness to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) . Commandant of the...

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News US tobacco companies appeal $270 million settlement to Supreme Court
US tobacco companies appeal $270 million settlement to Supreme Court
Erin Bock
December 4, 2010 11:42:33 am

US tobacco companies including Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds , along with an industry trade group, filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a $271.5 million class action...

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News ICC prosecutor: Kenya threats will not stop election violence prosecutions
ICC prosecutor: Kenya threats will not stop election violence prosecutions
Sarah Paulsworth
December 3, 2010 04:28:59 pm

Threats against witnesses will not prevent the prosecution of six individuals responsible for Kenya's 2007 post-election violence , International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Friday. According to the statement, the prosecutor will...

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News Nigeria filing bribery charges against Cheney in connection with Halliburton contract
Nigeria filing bribery charges against Cheney in connection with Halliburton contract
Sarah Paulsworth
December 3, 2010 02:46:06 pm

Nigerian prosecutors announced Thursday that they are instituting bribery charges against former US vice president Dick Cheney in connection in with a contract that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) [corporate...

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News Guinea high court declares Conde winner of presidential election
Guinea high court declares Conde winner of presidential election
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
December 3, 2010 10:29:06 am

The Supreme Court of Guinea on Friday declared Alpha Conde the winner of November's presidential run-off election, validating the provisional results of the electoral commission and throwing out claims of electoral fraud. In light of escalating post-election violence, the...

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News New Mexico court rules same-sex partner cannot seek child custody
New Mexico court rules same-sex partner cannot seek child custody
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
December 3, 2010 09:48:50 am

The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the same-sex partner of an adoptive mother has no standing to seek custody of the couple's child as a non-parent, but may request visitation. The court...

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News ICC prosecutor urges calm following Ivory Coast election
ICC prosecutor urges calm following Ivory Coast election
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
December 3, 2010 08:08:21 am

Deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda on Thursday urged those in the Ivory Coast to refrain from further violence after unrest following presidential elections. In the...

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News Federal appeals judge declines to recuse himself from Proposition 8 case
Federal appeals judge declines to recuse himself from Proposition 8 case
Drew Singer
December 2, 2010 02:35:30 pm

Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied a motion to recuse himself from the three-judge panel that will hear arguments on Proposition 8 [text,...

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News Ohio Supreme Court rejects challenge to lethal injection
Ohio Supreme Court rejects challenge to lethal injection
Sarah Posner
December 2, 2010 02:02:35 pm

The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the lethal injection method of execution. In a split 5-2 decision, the court held that there is no basis under Ohio law for litigating the...

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Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the US in perpetuity

On February 23, 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" as part of the Cuban-American Treaty. The United States subsequently used the lease to establish a Naval Base at Guantanamo. With the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, a military prison was built at Guantanamo to house prisoners of war and terrorism suspects captured by American forces, becoming the subject of much controversy over its detentions without trial.

NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois born

W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born on February 23, 1868. Review the W.E.B. DuBois Papers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and released FBI files on DuBois kept because of his affiliation with "communist front groups."

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