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News UN may investigate Sudan for expelling foreign aid groups
UN may investigate Sudan for expelling foreign aid groups
Bhargav Katikanen
March 6, 2009 08:23:00 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spokesman Rupert Colville said Friday that his office may investigate whether Sudan's expulsion of foreign aid agencies is a possible breach of human rights law or war crime. Colville...

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News Cambodia court orders Khmer Rouge lawyers to remove documents from website
Cambodia court orders Khmer Rouge lawyers to remove documents from website
Bhargav Katikanen
March 3, 2009 12:10:00 pm

Defense lawyers for former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary , on trial for crimes against humanity , have been ordered to remove documents relating to their case...

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‘Enemy combatant’ al-Marri to be tried in US criminal court
Bhargav Katikanen
February 27, 2009 08:19:00 am

Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri , a suspected Al Qaeda operative held in the Navy brig in South Carolina since 2003, is to be officially charged and tried in US federal court, according to news reports....

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Pentagon releases Guantanamo detainee treatment review
Bhargav Katikanen
February 24, 2009 12:24:00 pm

The US Department of Defense Monday officially released its anticipated report on detainee treatment at Guantanamo Bay in compliance with President Barack Obama's January 22 executive order mandating the review . As expected,...

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Vienna riots kill 89+

On July 15, 1927, a riot erupted in Vienna over the acquittal of three conservative paramilitary members accused of firing on a group of socialists, killing war veteran Matthias Csmarits and 8-year-old Josef Grössing. The riots resulted in the burning of Vienna's Palace of Justice, which is the seat of the country's Supreme Court, as well at least 89 deaths. Learn more from the city of Vienna.

Federal Housing Act passed

On July 15, 1949, Congress passed the Federal Housing Act to fund slum clearance and low-rent public housing projects. Learn more about the history of federal housing policy.

Murders of Daniel Pearl sentenced to death in Pakistan

On July 15, 2002, a court in Pakistan sentenced Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three accomplices to death for the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Read selected stories by Daniel Pearl from the The Wall Street Journal.

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