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News EU to require year-long telecom records retention in anti-terror campaign
EU to require year-long telecom records retention in anti-terror campaign
Chris Buell
October 12, 2005 03:48:00 pm

The EU on Wednesday approved new rules requiring telecommunications companies to retain records of phone and e-mail communications for up to a year to aid in anti-terror efforts in Europe. EU justice ministers approved...

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News US apologizes for soldier thefts from Nazi ‘gold train’
US apologizes for soldier thefts from Nazi ‘gold train’
Chris Buell
October 12, 2005 03:28:00 pm

The US Department of Justice has issued an apology for thefts by US soldiers of valuables belonging to Hungarian Jews found on a Nazi train captured at the close of World War II. The DOJ apologized for...

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News Former Refco CEO charged with securities fraud
Former Refco CEO charged with securities fraud
Chris Buell
October 12, 2005 03:08:00 pm

The former CEO of Refco , one of the largest commodities brokerage firms in the world, was charged with securities fraud Wednesday for an alleged $430 million debt to the company that he hid from...

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News Lawyer for jailed Islamic cleric protests Australian interference
Lawyer for jailed Islamic cleric protests Australian interference
Chris Buell
October 6, 2005 08:38:00 am

A lawyer for Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir , imprisoned for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings , on Thursday protested an Australian official's statements with regard to Bashir's sentence as interfering in Indonesian affairs....

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News Trial opens in Italy for murder of ‘God’s banker’
Trial opens in Italy for murder of ‘God’s banker’
Chris Buell
October 6, 2005 08:23:00 am

More than 20 years following the death of Roberto Calvi , the trial of five people accused of murdering him began Thursday in Italy. Calvi, known as "God's Banker" for his financial ties to the Vatican, was found...

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News Israeli high court bars military use of Palestinians as ‘human shields’
Israeli high court bars military use of Palestinians as ‘human shields’
Chris Buell
October 6, 2005 07:55:00 am

The Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Israeli defense forces' use Palestinian civilians as human shields during arrest raids violated international law. Human rights groups had petitioned to halt the practice after a temporary...

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News Spain to expel illegal African immigrants following border assaults
Spain to expel illegal African immigrants following border assaults
Chris Buell
October 6, 2005 07:23:00 am

The Spanish government has announced plans to expel hundreds of illegal African immigrants who have entered the country over the past week in a series of mass rushes on the country's small border with Morocco in...

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News Amnesty: Greece not meeting international rights standards for asylum seekers
Amnesty: Greece not meeting international rights standards for asylum seekers
Chris Buell
October 6, 2005 07:15:00 am

Greece's handling of asylum seekers and immigrants includes incidents of human rights abuses and discrimination, according to a new report from Amnesty International . According to the report, titled Out of the Spotlight ,...

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News Guatemala abuses may be tried in Spain, court rules
Guatemala abuses may be tried in Spain, court rules
Chris Buell
October 6, 2005 07:10:00 am

Spain's Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that thousands of alleged killings and kidnappings committed during Guatemala's civil war may be tried by Spanish courts. The court ruling opened up the country's tribunals to hear genocide cases, even...

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News NC judge orders tobacco settlement fund released to farmers
NC judge orders tobacco settlement fund released to farmers
Chris Buell
October 6, 2005 07:09:00 am

A North Carolina judge ruled Wednesday that $318 million in funds from a 1998 tobacco settlement should be released to tobacco farmers as litigation continues over other remaining payments. Tobacco companies had sought a refund of the money after...

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US and Japan sign Kanagwa Treaty

On March 31, 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry and representatives of the Japanese government signed the Convention of Kanagawa. The terms of the treaty marked the end of Japan's 500 years of self-imposed isolation by opening the Ports of Shimoda and Hakodate. Four years later, Japanese-American relations were further expanded by the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Harris Treaty), which opened more Japanese ports to US trade and set up a system of extraterritoriality for Americans in Japan.

Spanish royal decree ordered expulsion of Jews

On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand of Spain signed a decree expelling Jews from his kingdom. Read a contemporary account of the expulsion, originally written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in 1495.

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