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News Argentina judge declares former Iranian president ‘fugitive’
Argentina judge declares former Iranian president ‘fugitive’
Caitlin Price
December 2, 2006 09:25:00 am

Argentinean judge Rodolfo Canicoba Corral declared former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and eight other Iranian officials fugitives from justice on Friday. The nine failed to respond to arrest warrants issued...

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News Saddam genocide trial prosecutor says tapes prove guilt for gas attacks
Saddam genocide trial prosecutor says tapes prove guilt for gas attacks
Caitlin Price
November 26, 2006 02:23:00 pm

The chief prosecutor in Saddam Hussein's genocide trial said Sunday that audio tapes and documentation proving that Hussein personally ordered the 1988 gassing of Kurdish villagers will be submitted to the court hearing his case. Munqith...

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News UN Security Council approves Hariri tribunal proposal
UN Security Council approves Hariri tribunal proposal
Caitlin Price
November 21, 2006 08:38:00 pm

The UN Security Council Tuesday approved a proposal for an international tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri . In a letter from the 15-person body...

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News Third US Marine sentenced to 21 months in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder case
Third US Marine sentenced to 21 months in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder case
Caitlin Price
November 21, 2006 07:58:00 pm

US Marine Lance Cpl. Jerry E. Shumate Jr. was sentenced to a maximum 21-month confinement Tuesday after pleading guilty at court-martial to aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice in connection with the alleged murder and kidnapping...

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News House Democrat to introduce military draft bill
House Democrat to introduce military draft bill
Caitlin Price
November 19, 2006 03:49:00 pm

US Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) said Sunday he plans to introduce legislation in the next session of Congress to reinstate the military draft in the United States. Interviewed on CBS TV program Face the Nation [program website;...

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News Iran parliament passes US visitor fingerprinting bill despite Ahmadinejad
Iran parliament passes US visitor fingerprinting bill despite Ahmadinejad
Caitlin Price
November 19, 2006 03:03:00 pm

Iran's parliament passed a bill Sunday instituting mandatory fingerprinting of all visiting US citizens. The predominantly conservative Majlis passed the bill by a margin of 135 to 26, and will next hand it to the...

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News Cheney signals White House to continue backing conservative judges
Cheney signals White House to continue backing conservative judges
Caitlin Price
November 18, 2006 11:36:00 am

Vice President Dick Cheney told the Federalist Society annual meeting in Washington Friday that the Bush administration plans to continue nominating conservative judges to the federal courts notwithstanding new Democratic control of Congress and...

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News UN committee wants ‘political’ condemnations for rights abuses halted
UN committee wants ‘political’ condemnations for rights abuses halted
Caitlin Price
November 18, 2006 10:40:00 am

The UN General Assembly Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs has approved a draft resolution calling for an end to politically motivated condemnations of countries for human rights violations. The resolution, adopted Thursday, says...

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News Iraqi PM unaware of plan to arrest top Sunni
Iraqi PM unaware of plan to arrest top Sunni
Caitlin Price
November 18, 2006 10:03:00 am

A close associate of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told AP Friday that al-Maliki was unaware of a controversial plan by Shiite Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani to arrest Sunni leader Harith...

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News Democrats introducing bill to continue Iraq inspector general
Democrats introducing bill to continue Iraq inspector general
Caitlin Price
November 12, 2006 04:17:00 pm

Democrats in the US Congress will introduce legislation this week to maintain the authority of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) , according to the New York Times Sunday. SIGIR was originally established to independently supervise...

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New Zealand establishes Nuclear Free Zone

On June 8, 1987, the government of New Zealand passed the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act, which barred ships that are powered by nuclear energy or carry nuclear weapons from entering the country's territorial waters.

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