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News Canadian court to hear US Army Iraq deserter case
Canadian court to hear US Army Iraq deserter case
Andrew Wood
November 12, 2005 10:14:00 am

The Federal Court of Canada has announced that it will hear the asylum appeal of US deserter Jeremy Hinzman . In January 2004, days before his scheduled deployment to Iraq, Hinzman deserted the US army and...

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News Democrats blame Treasury Department for not stopping US oil-for-food kickbacks
Democrats blame Treasury Department for not stopping US oil-for-food kickbacks
Andrew Wood
October 29, 2005 11:59:00 am

Democrats on the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations claimed in a minority staff report on the UN Oil-for-Food scandal released Friday that the US Treasury Department failed to respond to UN...

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News UN human rights experts invited to Guantanamo
UN human rights experts invited to Guantanamo
Andrew Wood
October 29, 2005 10:56:00 am

In a statement released Friday, the US State Department announced that it has extended an invitation to Guantanamo Bay prison to three UN human rights rapporteurs. State Department officials say "the invitation was extended in...

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News Portugal constitutional court blocks referendum on abortion law
Portugal constitutional court blocks referendum on abortion law
Andrew Wood
October 29, 2005 10:09:00 am

Portugal's constitutional court has blocked a national referendum designed to relax the country's abortion laws. Prime Minister Jose Socrates and the ruling Socialist party had intended to hold the referendum on November 27...

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News Khodorkovsky lawyers cleared of ethics charges
Khodorkovsky lawyers cleared of ethics charges
Andrew Wood
October 21, 2005 09:57:00 pm

The Moscow Bar Association reported Friday that it had found no evidence to disbar three lawyers on the defense team of jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky . On September 23 the Russian Prosecutor General's office requested that...

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News DeLay makes first court appearance as lawyer seeks new judge
DeLay makes first court appearance as lawyer seeks new judge
Andrew Wood
October 21, 2005 09:05:00 pm

Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) made his first court appearance in state criminal court in Austin Friday since his indictment earlier this month on criminal conspiracy and money laundering charges, but his arraignment has been postponed pending his...

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News US calls for urgent UN meeting on Hariri assassination report
US calls for urgent UN meeting on Hariri assassination report
Andrew Wood
October 21, 2005 07:28:00 pm

President Bush Friday called for the UN to convene an urgent meeting to consider what he characterized as the "deeply disturbing" findings of the Mehlis report suggesting that the February assassination of former...

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Catalonia declares independence from Spain

The Parliament of Catalonia declared independence from Spain in a failed bid for sovereignty on October 27, 2017. The declaration followed an independence referendum, boycotted by pro-union residents, that saw 92% of voters choose independence. The declaration was subsequently declared illegal by Spain's Supreme Court. Many Catalan independence figures such as then-Catalan President Carles Puigdemont were criminally charged as a result of their involvement in the independence attempt. Read the Catalan Declaration of Independence.

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