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News Turkish voters back constitutional reforms: preliminary results
Turkish voters back constitutional reforms: preliminary results
Benjamin Klein
October 21, 2007 02:59:00 pm

Preliminary results show that a majority of Turkish voters have backed constitutional reforms put to a nationwide referendum Sunday. About half of the votes have been tallied and 72 percent of ballots have been in favor of...

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News Mukasey reluctant to express torture views on second day of confirmation hearing
Mukasey reluctant to express torture views on second day of confirmation hearing
Benjamin Klein
October 18, 2007 07:31:00 pm

US Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey refused on the second day of his confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday to say whether he considers "waterboarding" — a technique that...

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News Israel prime minister faces new criminal probe
Israel prime minister faces new criminal probe
Benjamin Klein
October 14, 2007 04:14:00 pm

Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz Sunday ordered a new criminal investigation into the activities of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert while he was serving as the country's trade minister from 2003-2006. According to a justice ministry...

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News US commission cites ongoing rights abuses in latest China report
US commission cites ongoing rights abuses in latest China report
Benjamin Klein
October 14, 2007 02:54:00 pm

The US Congressional-Executive Commission on China has flagged ongoing human rights abuses and the stalled development of the rule of law in China in its latest Annual Report . The Commission, consisting of nine US...

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News Iraq government taking legal action against former anti-corruption chief
Iraq government taking legal action against former anti-corruption chief
Benjamin Klein
October 7, 2007 04:10:00 pm

The Iraqi government said Sunday it would sue the former head of the country's Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) , Judge Radhi al-Radhi, for smuggling official documents, defaming the prime minister and corruption. In testimony Thursday...

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News Sudan appeals court refuses release of uncharged opposition leaders
Sudan appeals court refuses release of uncharged opposition leaders
Benjamin Klein
October 7, 2007 02:56:00 pm

The Court of Appeal in Sudan has rejected a request for the release of 25 uncharged members of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), alleged to have plotted the overthrow of the government. Sudan's Criminal Procedure...

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On January 8, 1961, voters in France overwhelmingly approved self-determination for Algeria. By a 75 percent margin, French citizens voted in favor of a referendum which allowed the colony of Algeria to determine its own future. On July 1, 1961, Algerians elected to become an independent nation by a near-unanimous margin. These events concluded nearly a decade of fighting in the French-Algerian War. Learn more about the history of the French-Algerian War.

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