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News Fort Dix plot accomplice sentenced to 20 months in prison
Fort Dix plot accomplice sentenced to 20 months in prison
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 04:53:00 pm

New Jersey US District Judge Robert Kugler Monday sentenced Albanian Kosovar refugee Agron Abdullahu , one of the six men arrested in May for plotting an attack on New Jersey's Fort Dix , to...

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News Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Hicks gag order expires
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Hicks gag order expires
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 04:16:00 pm

A gag order precluding former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks from speaking to the media expired on Sunday, but Hicks is reportedly "not interested at the moment" in speaking publicly about his detention. Hicks had agreed...

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News Guantanamo detainee charged in 1998 US African embassy attacks
Guantanamo detainee charged in 1998 US African embassy attacks
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 03:24:00 pm

The US Department of Defense Monday charged Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani with several terrorism-related counts under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 stemming from...

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News Chad president pardons ‘Darfur orphans’ airlift workers
Chad president pardons ‘Darfur orphans’ airlift workers
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 03:07:00 pm

Chadian President Idriss Deby Monday officially pardoned six French aid workers convicted in Chad in December of attempting to kidnap 103 African children. The six were handed over to...

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News Supreme Court takes two First Amendment cases
Supreme Court takes two First Amendment cases
Alexis Unkovic
March 31, 2008 02:03:00 pm

The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear two cases involving the First Amendment Monday, including Pleasant Grove City v. Summum (07-665) , in which the Court will...

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News Egypt court sentences newspaper editor for Mubarak health ‘rumors’
Egypt court sentences newspaper editor for Mubarak health ‘rumors’
Alexis Unkovic
March 26, 2008 04:11:00 pm

A court in Egypt Wednesday sentenced the former editor of weekly newspaper al-Dustour to six months in prison after convicting him on charges of spreading "rumors" about the health of Egyptian President...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in self-representation, bankruptcy cases
Supreme Court hears arguments in self-representation, bankruptcy cases
Alexis Unkovic
March 26, 2008 02:57:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Indiana v. Edwards , 07-208, a case in which the Court is considering whether states may adopt a higher...

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News Federal judge sentences engineer to over 24 years in China espionage case
Federal judge sentences engineer to over 24 years in China espionage case
Alexis Unkovic
March 24, 2008 03:51:00 pm

US District Judge Cormac J. Carney of the Central District of California Monday sentenced former Chinese-American engineer Chi Mak to over 24 years in prison for conspiring to commit espionage, attempting to violate export...

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News Cambodia genocide tribunal seeks additional $114 million to fulfill mandate
Cambodia genocide tribunal seeks additional $114 million to fulfill mandate
Alexis Unkovic
March 24, 2008 02:53:00 pm

Officials from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) made a formal request to the United Nations Monday for $114 million in additional funds to allow the court to continue...

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News Federal judge allows Connecticut campaign finance law challenge to proceed
Federal judge allows Connecticut campaign finance law challenge to proceed
Alexis Unkovic
March 24, 2008 11:05:00 am

US District Judge Stefan Underhill of the District of Connecticut has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of certain portions of Connecticut's campaign finance law could proceed....

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Amsterdam Treaty signed, broadening scope of EU

On October 2, 1997, European Union delegates signed the Amsterdam Treaty, which broadened the scope of the international organization. It amended previous EU treaties to expand the power of the EU Parliament, start the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), and prepare for the influx of post-Communist countries in Eastern Europe.

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