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News Austria denounced as ‘paradise for Nazi war criminals’
Austria denounced as ‘paradise for Nazi war criminals’
Angela A. Onikepe
February 2, 2006 02:55:00 am

Following a meeting Wednesday with Austrian Interior and Justice ministers, Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized Austria for being complacent in investigating and prosecuting suspects involved in Nazi war crimes, saying that the...

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Putin says new NGO law aimed against ‘puppeteers abroad’
Angela A. Onikepe
February 1, 2006 05:04:00 am

At his annual news conference Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin defended a new Russian law restricting the activities of domestic and foreign-based non-governmental organizations - including a number of international...

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News Trial set for London bombing suspects
Trial set for London bombing suspects
Angela A. Onikepe
December 9, 2005 01:48:00 am

The trial of the five main suspects in the failed July 21 London bombings will begin in September 2006. The five Londoners, Hussein Osman, Manfo Kwaku Asiedu, Muktar Said Ibrahim, Yassin Omar, and Ramzi Mohamed,...

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News French airports ‘apparently not’ used by CIA, says French minister
French airports ‘apparently not’ used by CIA, says French minister
Angela A. Onikepe
December 8, 2005 04:48:00 am

French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has stated that contrary to press reports, French airports were 'apparently not' used by CIA 'ghost flights' allegedly moving US detainees around the world where they might have been...

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News French judges rule against deportation of accused rioter
French judges rule against deportation of accused rioter
Angela A. Onikepe
December 8, 2005 04:36:00 am

French judges ruled Wednesday against the deportation of a 21-year old Mauritanian man accused of participating in the suburban riots that broke out across France last month. The regional court in Pontoise , a town...

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Dutch foreign minister calls Rice rendition assurances ‘unsatisfactory’
Angela A. Onikepe
December 7, 2005 03:16:00 am

Addressing the Dutch Parliament Tuesday, Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot called assurances by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the US does not conduct renditions for torture "unsatisfactory." The Netherlands has been reported...

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News French judiciary leak may have accelerated Belgian anti-terror raids
French judiciary leak may have accelerated Belgian anti-terror raids
Angela A. Onikepe
December 2, 2005 04:17:00 am

Belgium Justice Minister Laurette Onkelinx said Thursday that Belgian anti-terror raids held Tuesday night, which resulted in 15 arrests , were accelerated in order to stem the effects of a leak reported [RTL report, in...

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EU justice ministers approve anti-terror plan
Angela A. Onikepe
December 2, 2005 02:06:00 am

European Union justice and security ministers announced the adoption of a new anti-terror strategy and action plan at an EU Council meeting in Brussels Thursday. The UK-sponsored proposal is intended to fight radicalization and...

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News Arrests made in probe of Belgian suicide bomber in Iraq
Arrests made in probe of Belgian suicide bomber in Iraq
Angela A. Onikepe
December 1, 2005 05:29:00 am

Authorities in France and Belgium have arrested fifteen suspects connected with a suicide bombing attack in Iraq on November 9 carried out by a woman who has been confirmed as a Belgian national married to an...

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UK court hears Enron extradition appeal
Angela A. Onikepe
December 1, 2005 04:34:00 am

A UK High Court has heard an extradition appeal by three British men charged in connection with the Enron scandal challenging the validity of the British government's approval of a US extradition request ....

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Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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