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News Malaysia high court refuses to dismiss sodomy charges against opposition leader
Malaysia high court refuses to dismiss sodomy charges against opposition leader
Carrie Schimizzi
December 2, 2009 12:49:00 pm

The Malaysian high court ruled Tuesday that opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will stand trial on charges on sodomy early next year. Counsel for Anwar had argued for the case to be thrown...

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News Landmark UN illegal fishing treaty approved
Landmark UN illegal fishing treaty approved
Carrie Schimizzi
November 29, 2009 12:42:00 pm

The first legally binding international treaty aimed at combating ships involved in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has been approved by the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) governing Conference. The Agreement on Port...

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News Brazil top court rules for extradition of Italy fugitive
Brazil top court rules for extradition of Italy fugitive
Carrie Schimizzi
November 19, 2009 11:41:00 am

The Brazilian Supreme Court on Wednesday voted 5-to-4 to extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti back to Italy, but left the final decision to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [official...

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News Senate defeats amendment to block funds for holding Guantanamo detainees in US
Senate defeats amendment to block funds for holding Guantanamo detainees in US
Carrie Schimizzi
November 18, 2009 12:31:00 pm

The US Senate on Tuesday rejected an attempt to bar using federal funds to build or modify prisons in the US to hold detainees from Guantanamo Bay . By a mostly party-line 57-43 vote [roll...

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News Guantanamo detainee appealing suspension of <i>habeas corpus</i> proceedings
Guantanamo detainee appealing suspension of habeas corpus proceedings
Carrie Schimizzi
November 12, 2009 02:48:00 pm

A Tajikistan native held at Guantanamo Bay has challenged a federal judge's decision to suspend his habeas corpus proceedings after he was cleared for transfer to Tajikistan. Umar Hamzayevich Abdulayev alleges that Judge...

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News UK government announces proposal to remove innocent people from DNA database
UK government announces proposal to remove innocent people from DNA database
Carrie Schimizzi
November 11, 2009 03:27:00 pm

The UK Home Office on Wednesday unveiled its plans for the retention of DNA profiles in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The new proposals limit the amount of time DNA and fingerprint...

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News Top Sri Lanka military official departs US unquestioned on rights abuse allegations
Top Sri Lanka military official departs US unquestioned on rights abuse allegations
Carrie Schimizzi
November 5, 2009 12:05:00 pm

Sri Lanka's Chief of Defense Staff General Sarath Fonseka returned home Thursday without being questioned by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about alleged war crimes. Fonseka, a US permanent resident with...

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News Italy judge convicts 23 former CIA agents in rendition trial
Italy judge convicts 23 former CIA agents in rendition trial
Carrie Schimizzi
November 4, 2009 12:24:00 pm

Judge Oscar Magi of the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Milan on Wednesday convicted 23 former CIA agents for the 2003 kidnapping and rendition of Egyptian terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan...

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News New House health care bill unveiled
New House health care bill unveiled
Carrie Schimizzi
October 29, 2009 12:55:00 pm

House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) unveiled the House health care reform bill at an event on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning. The $894 billion health care package, a combination of similar bills passed...

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News Russia rights activist killed in North Caucasus region
Russia rights activist killed in North Caucasus region
Carrie Schimizzi
October 26, 2009 02:46:00 pm

A prominent opposition leader and human rights activist in Russia's southern province of Ingushetia , Maksharip Aushev, was reportedly shot dead Sunday while traveling on a highway in the North Caucasus region of Kabardino-Balkaria....

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Spain votes to be a democracy

On November 18, 1976, the largely-appointed Parliament of Spain voted to transition to elective democracy. The vote came almost a year after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, who had governed the nation since 1936. Learn more about the Spanish transition to democracy.

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On November 18, 1903, Panama and the United States signed a treaty on the proposed Panama Canal. Read the full text of the Convention for the Construction of a Ship Canal.

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