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News Nepal rights groups praise court rulings against caste-based discrimination
Nepal rights groups praise court rulings against caste-based discrimination
Ann Riley
March 22, 2010 10:23:00 am

Nepalese rights groups on Sunday praised two recent judgments by the District Court in Baitadi against caste-based discrimination. Earlier this month, the court sentenced a man accused of assaulting the father of the groom during a...

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China officials warn Google to obey state Internet laws
Ann Riley
March 16, 2010 11:24:00 am

Chinese officials on Tuesday repeated warnings to Google that even if the company decides to leave the country, it must obey Chinese laws and continue to filter search results. Spokesperson for China's Ministry...

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US transfers control of Camp Taji prison to Iraq authorities
Ann Riley
March 15, 2010 10:37:00 am

The US military on Monday transferred Camp Taji , one of the two remaining detention facilities under US control, to Iraqi authorities. Located approximately 25 kilometers north of Baghdad, Taji currently houses about 2,900 detainees held...

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US, Russia leaders look ahead to new nuclear arms reduction treaty
Ann Riley
March 14, 2010 09:37:00 am

In a telephone conversation Saturday, US President Barack Obama and Russia President Dmitry Medvedev approved of progress towards the first nuclear weapons reduction treaty since 1991. Wrapping up talks on the treaty to...

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Turkish general, prosecutor charged over Ergenekon coup plot
Ann Riley
March 2, 2010 10:32:00 am

Turkish prosecutors have charged an army general and a state prosecutor with belonging to the Ergenekon network and plotting to uproot Turkey's ruling Justice Development Party (AKP) [party website, in...

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Turkish PM to unveil constitutional reforms toward EU membership bid
Ann Riley
March 1, 2010 10:25:00 am

The Turkish government will submit a European Union (EU) reform package with proposed constitutional changes to Parliament by the end of March, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday, following...

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Niger rights group urges prosecution of ousted president
Ann Riley
February 23, 2010 10:38:00 am

Nigerien rights group, the United Front for the Safeguard of Democratic Assets (Fusad), called Tuesday for the prosecution of ousted president Mamadou Tandja on treason charges. Fusad, which is allied with the opposition party that led last...

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Turkish police detain more than 40 in alleged coup plot
Ann Riley
February 22, 2010 09:36:00 am

Turkish police on Monday detained more than 40 people in connection with an alleged military plot to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government. According to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan , the arrests occurred during...

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Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi supporters to prison
Ann Riley
February 16, 2010 10:45:00 am

A closed prison court in Myanmar on Monday sentenced Naw Ohn Hla and three other women to two years imprisonment with hard labor. The women, supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi , were...

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Pakistan lawyers boycott courts over judicial appointments dispute
Ann Riley
February 15, 2010 11:25:00 am

Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers boycotted the courts Monday in protest of the recent clash between President Asif Ali Zardari and the Supreme Court of Pakistan . Lawyers protested and boycotted the courts , refusing to attend court...

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West Germany becomes a sovereign nation

On May 5, 1955, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) became a fully sovereign nation. Four days later on May 9, West Germany joined NATO. West Germany then became a founding member of the European Economic Community in 1958. Read the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz), which served as the constitution of West Germany and became the governing document of the reunited Germany in 1990.

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