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News UN Myanmar expert says some government rights violations may be war crimes
UN Myanmar expert says some government rights violations may be war crimes
Amelia Mathias
March 12, 2010 03:11:00 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana released a report Friday criticizing the government of Myanmar for long-standing human rights abuses and said some of those might qualify as war...

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News Taiwan justice minister resigns over death penalty dispute
Taiwan justice minister resigns over death penalty dispute
Amelia Mathias
March 12, 2010 02:03:00 pm

Taiwanese Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng resigned Thursday in defense of her position against the death penalty. Though Taiwan has not executed a criminal since 2005, Wang said she would not sign the execution warrants of...

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News Italy PM Berlusconi may face third corruption trial: reports
Italy PM Berlusconi may face third corruption trial: reports
Amelia Mathias
January 24, 2010 03:27:00 pm

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi could face a third corruption trial based on new information that recently surfaced, according to Saturday reports. Berlusconi, who is already facing two separate trials on charges of corruption...

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News Russia PM calls for human rights protections in Caucasus region
Russia PM calls for human rights protections in Caucasus region
Amelia Mathias
January 24, 2010 11:56:00 am

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday called for a new age of human rights and safety in the embattled Caucasus region of Russia, where the killings of journalists...

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News Kenya lawmakers refuse to include equal marriage rights for women in constitution
Kenya lawmakers refuse to include equal marriage rights for women in constitution
Amelia Mathias
January 20, 2010 10:07:00 am

Kenya's Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) decided Tuesday not to grant women equal marriage rights to men in the new constitution. References to civil society, religious groups, and rights of gays were also omitted as the PSC...

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News US trial begins for Pakistani woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent
US trial begins for Pakistani woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent
Amelia Mathias
January 20, 2010 09:01:00 am

The federal trial of Aafia Siddiqui , a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al Qaeda, began Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York . Siddiqui is charged ...

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News Imprisoned Saddam-era Iraqi foreign minister suffers stroke
Imprisoned Saddam-era Iraqi foreign minister suffers stroke
Amelia Mathias
January 17, 2010 03:28:00 pm

Former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz has suffered a severe stroke while in detention, his son Ziad Aziz said Sunday. Aziz, who also suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, was taken to...

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News Iraq court hands down fourth death sentence for ‘Chemical Ali’
Iraq court hands down fourth death sentence for ‘Chemical Ali’
Amelia Mathias
January 17, 2010 03:01:00 pm

The Supreme Iraq Criminal Tribunal sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid to death by hanging on Sunday, finding him guilty of having ordered the Kurdish village of Halabja gassed in 1988. The gassing...

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News France conservative leader introduces bill to ban burqas in public
France conservative leader introduces bill to ban burqas in public
Amelia Mathias
January 13, 2010 10:02:00 am

The leader of France's conservative party introduced legislation Tuesday to the National Assembly that would ban wearing of the burqa in public and make it punishable by 750...

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News Spain judge finds ETA attempted to kill former prime minister
Spain judge finds ETA attempted to kill former prime minister
Amelia Mathias
January 13, 2010 09:04:00 am

Spanish Judge Fernando Grande-Marlaska ruled on Tuesday that Basque separatist group ETA had tried three times to assassinate former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar in 2001 but had failed. Grande-Marlaska detailed the three assassination attempts...

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On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. Learn more about the Watergate scandal.

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