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News Canadian Gitmo detainee seeks change of lawyers as military hearings get underway
Canadian Gitmo detainee seeks change of lawyers as military hearings get underway
Christopher G. Anderson
January 12, 2006 09:02:00 am

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr on Wednesday asked the judge presiding over Khadr's military trial to delay proceedings so that Khadr could secure counsel with more trial experience....

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News Yemen indictee boycotting reconvened Guantanamo tribunal
Yemen indictee boycotting reconvened Guantanamo tribunal
Christopher G. Anderson
January 11, 2006 04:21:00 pm

A Yemeni man alleged to have been an al Qaeda propagandist and security officer for Osama bin Laden told a US military commission at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday that he was boycotting the just-reconvened proceedings ....

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News Would-be Bush assassin gets life sentence in Georgian Republic
Would-be Bush assassin gets life sentence in Georgian Republic
Christopher G. Anderson
January 11, 2006 03:45:00 pm

A man from the Georgian Republic who lobbed a grenade toward US President George W. Bush while he was on a visit there in May last year was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday by a Georgian court. Vladimir...

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News Families of deported Cubans challenge US landing rule
Families of deported Cubans challenge US landing rule
Christopher G. Anderson
January 11, 2006 03:08:00 pm

The families of fifteen Cubans deported when they failed to reach US soil have filed suit in US District Court, claiming that the US government's so-called "wet-foot, dry-foot" policy is inconsistent with US and international law. The fifteen Cubans...

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News Judge refuses to dismiss Albany terror case despite alleged FBI entrapment
Judge refuses to dismiss Albany terror case despite alleged FBI entrapment
Christopher G. Anderson
January 9, 2006 04:43:00 pm

Two Muslim men accused of supporting terror will stand trial after a federal judge in New York state ruled Monday that there was enough evidence to pursue the case despite defendants' arguments that they had been entrapped by FBI...

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News Pinochet granted bail on remaining rights charges
Pinochet granted bail on remaining rights charges
Christopher G. Anderson
January 9, 2006 04:18:00 pm

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was granted bail on Monday after seven weeks of house arrest on the three remaining charges against him relating to the disappearance and presumed death of dissidents during his...

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News Leaked document suggests Swiss knew of secret CIA prisons
Leaked document suggests Swiss knew of secret CIA prisons
Christopher G. Anderson
January 9, 2006 03:44:00 pm

Swiss intelligence agents have been aware of secret CIA prisons in eastern Europe for nearly two months, according to documents leaked to the Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick . According to SonntagsBlick, Swiss military intelligence [official website...

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News Former Qwest CEO charged with 42 counts of insider trading
Former Qwest CEO charged with 42 counts of insider trading
Christopher G. Anderson
December 20, 2005 02:55:00 pm

Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio , who watched the market value of his company decline over $100 billion, has been indicted on 42 counts of insider trading for allegedly selling off more than $100 million in Qwest stock,...

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News Specter to quiz Alito on Bush domestic spying authorization
Specter to quiz Alito on Bush domestic spying authorization
Christopher G. Anderson
December 20, 2005 01:23:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter has said that he will ask US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito about the constitutionality of President Bush's authorization of domestic spying . In a letter...

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News Appeals court upholds Pinochet indictment on rights charges
Appeals court upholds Pinochet indictment on rights charges
Christopher G. Anderson
December 20, 2005 12:38:00 pm

A Chilean appeals court has again upheld indictments against former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet for his role in the disappearance of three dissidents who went missing in the early years of his 1973-1990 regime....

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English Queen consort Anne Boleyn arrested on adultery accusations

English Queen consort Anne Boleyn, whom King Henry VIII married after famously divorcing Catherine of Aragon, was arrested on charges of adultery on May 2, 1536. The following trial, orchestrated by prominent minister of state Thomas Cromwell, led to Anne's conviction and eventual execution two weeks after her arrest despite Anne's denial of the charges. Henry VIII would marry Jane Seymour later that month. Learn more about Anne Boleyn.

FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died

Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II. Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.

European Central Bank founded

On May 2, 1998, the European Central Bank (ECB) was founded to set monetary policy for the sixteen EU nations who use the Euro as their primary currency. Learn more about the ECB from the organization's website.

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