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News BOA reaches $10 billion settlement with Fannie Mae over faulty lending practices
BOA reaches $10 billion settlement with Fannie Mae over faulty lending practices
Dan Taglioli
January 7, 2013 11:20:22 am

Bank of America (BOA) on Monday reached a $10.3 billion settlement with Fannie Mae to settle claims that Countrywide Financial Corporation , now a BOA subsidiary, employed faulty lending practices on $1.4 trillion in...

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News Bangladesh war crimes tribunal rejects retrial plea by Jamaat-e-Islami leader
Bangladesh war crimes tribunal rejects retrial plea by Jamaat-e-Islami leader
Sarah Posner
January 7, 2013 10:38:56 am

The second International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) rejected a plea on Monday from Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Molla for a re-trial. Justice Obaidul Hassan of the ICTB rejected ...

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News Sri Lanka appeals court orders parliament to drop impeachment proceedings
Sri Lanka appeals court orders parliament to drop impeachment proceedings
Sarah Posner
January 7, 2013 09:51:02 am

The Court of Appeals of Sri Lanka on Monday ordered parliament to drop the impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake, quashing a guilty verdict against her. This decision further fuels the dispute between the...

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News Cuba rights abuses against political opposition increasing: report
Cuba rights abuses against political opposition increasing: report
Matthew Pomy
January 6, 2013 01:49:37 pm

Dissident groups, such as the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation, said Sunday that the Cuban government imprisoned more than 6,000 political activists last year. This is more than 2,000 more than were arrested in 2011. Most...

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News Libya to try Gaddafi son, intelligence chief within next month
Libya to try Gaddafi son, intelligence chief within next month
Cynthia Miley
January 6, 2013 12:44:38 pm

Libyan Justice Minister Salah Maraghni announced Saturday that the war crimes trials of Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , and brother-in-law and former intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi , will occur within the next month. Maraghni...

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News Egypt ex-culture minister acquitted of corruption charges
Egypt ex-culture minister acquitted of corruption charges
Cynthia Miley
January 6, 2013 11:55:23 am

An Egyptian court on Saturday acquitted former culture minister Farouq Hosni, who had served under ousted president Hosni Mubarak , on charges of corruption and illegal enrichment. Prosecutors alleged in September that Hosni...

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News Federal judge finds Tennessee law targeting online sex ads unconstitutional
Federal judge finds Tennessee law targeting online sex ads unconstitutional
Matthew Pomy
January 6, 2013 11:52:54 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ruled Friday that a Tennessee law that restricts online sex advertising is unconstitutional. The law came in response to concerns of human...

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News US credit union regulator sues JPMorgan over faulty mortgage securities
US credit union regulator sues JPMorgan over faulty mortgage securities
Jerry Votava
January 5, 2013 01:18:51 pm

The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) on Friday filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase & Co. for the sale of $2.2 billion of faulty residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) to credit unions....

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News Nepal army officer charged in UK with torture during 2005 civil war
Nepal army officer charged in UK with torture during 2005 civil war
Samuel Franklin
January 5, 2013 12:30:08 pm

A Nepalese army officer was arrested and charged in the UK on Friday with two counts of torture during his country's civil war in 2005. Colonel Kumar Lama, a 46-year-old officer currently serving in the UN mission in Sudan,...

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News UNICEF reports recruitment of child soldiers in Central African Republic
UNICEF reports recruitment of child soldiers in Central African Republic
Jerry Votava
January 5, 2013 12:02:32 pm

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday that it has received "credible reports" of armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) recruiting and including children in the country's...

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Inquisition of Galileo begins

On April 12, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church began its formal inquisition of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was tried by the Roman Inquisition "for holding as true the false doctrine taught by some that the sun is the center of the world" in direct contradiction to the Catholic Church's teaching that man and the Earth are the center of the Universe. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" and sentenced to life in prison. His punishment was later commuted to house arrest. Learn more about the trial of Galileo Galilei.

President Clinton cited for contempt in Paula Jones case

On April 12, 1999, US District Judge Susan Webber Wright found President Bill Clinton in contempt of court in the Paula Jones case, concluding that the President had provided "intentionally false" evidence in that case about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

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