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News Afghanistan set to release American convicted of torturing detainees
Afghanistan set to release American convicted of torturing detainees
Alexis Unkovic
April 10, 2007 08:27:00 pm

Former US Green Beret Jonathan 'Jack' Idema , the last of three US citizens jailed in 2004 on charges of running a private jail and torturing eight Afghan men, will reportedly be released from an Afghan...

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News Europol releases terrorism status report
Europol releases terrorism status report
Alexis Unkovic
April 10, 2007 07:15:00 pm

Europol , the EU law enforcement organization that handles criminal intelligence, presented its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report TE-SAT 2007 to the European Parliament Tuesday, providing an overview of terrorism in the 27-member...

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News US government not prosecuting most illegal immigrants
US government not prosecuting most illegal immigrants
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2007 12:41:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) only prosecuted about two percent of the individuals arrested on suspicion of illegally entering the country along the US-Mexico border during a five-year period, according to an Associated Press analysis of...

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News Ukraine protests continue as high court prepares to hear dissolution decree case
Ukraine protests continue as high court prepares to hear dissolution decree case
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2007 11:56:00 am

Nearly 1,000 protesters continued demonstrations Monday outside the parliament building in central Kiev as the Constitutional Court of Ukraine prepared to hear a lawsuit filed earlier this month by Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor...

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News Thailand sticks to YouTube ban
Thailand sticks to YouTube ban
Alexis Unkovic
April 9, 2007 11:11:00 am

The government of Thailand said Monday it will continue to block access to the popular video-sharing website YouTube until Google , YouTube's owner, agrees to remove video clips deemed offensive to the country's...

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News UK bomb plotter accused of planning to attack US targets appeals life sentence
UK bomb plotter accused of planning to attack US targets appeals life sentence
Alexis Unkovic
April 3, 2007 08:34:00 pm

Dhiren Barot , a British man who pleaded guilty in October to planning a series of bombs on US and British targets, filed an appeal in London’s Court of Appeal Criminal Division Tuesday. Barot...

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News Federal judge frees journalist after record imprisonment for refusing to testify
Federal judge frees journalist after record imprisonment for refusing to testify
Alexis Unkovic
April 3, 2007 07:31:00 pm

US District Judge William Alsup of the Northern District of California approved the release Tuesday of jailed video journalist and blogger Josh Wolf , who was imprisoned for 226 days, longer than any other...

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News South Africa court approves release of Zuma documents
South Africa court approves release of Zuma documents
Alexis Unkovic
April 2, 2007 12:25:00 pm

The Durban High Court in South Africa ruled Monday that the country's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) can seek the release of documents that may be used to file additional corruption charges...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Guantanamo detainee habeas appeals
Supreme Court declines to hear Guantanamo detainee habeas appeals
Alexis Unkovic
April 2, 2007 11:10:00 am

A divided US Supreme Court Monday denied petitions for certiorari in two cases brought by Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking habeas corpus review of their detentions. The petitions for certiorari came in the...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in securities antitrust case
Supreme Court hears arguments in securities antitrust case
Alexis Unkovic
March 27, 2007 08:56:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Credit Suisse Securities v. Billing , 05-1157, a case in which investors filed a class...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy

Fascist leader Benito Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on October 31, 1922 after being appointed by King Victor Emmanuel II. Mussolini came to power after his paramilitary "blackshirts" marched on Rome to take control of the country's government. Italy would be under Mussolini's authoritarian rule until 1943, after which he was arrested and subsequently freed by the Nazis. Mussolini would rule a breakaway republic in Italy's north until his execution by anti-fascist partisans in 1945. Learn more about Benito Mussolini.

Nevada admitted to US after telegraphing Constitution

On October 31, 1864, Congress admitted Nevada as the 36th state in the US. With President Lincoln coming up for re-election and looking for support for his proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Nevadans had moved quickly to meet the legal requirements for statehood, ultimately sending the entire text of the proposed state constitution to Washington by telegraph, creating in the longest—and most expensive—telegram on record to that date.

India PM Indira Gandhi assassinated

On October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two security guards, precipitating riots throughout the country.

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