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News Philippines military court dismisses mutiny charges for 2006 coup plot
Philippines military court dismisses mutiny charges for 2006 coup plot
Carrie Schimizzi
September 28, 2010 08:03:06 am

A Philippines military court dismissed mutiny charges Tuesday against seven officers allegedly involved in the February 2006 coup attempt against former president Gloria Macapagl-Arroyo . The seven-member military tribunal determined there was insufficient evidence ...

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News Former UN rights expert urges Afghanistan war crimes investigation
Former UN rights expert urges Afghanistan war crimes investigation
Carrie Schimizzi
September 27, 2010 09:29:34 am

Former UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston on Sunday called for an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. In his first interview since stepping down from his UN...

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News UK rights commission concerned over new interrogation guidelines
UK rights commission concerned over new interrogation guidelines
Carrie Schimizzi
September 27, 2010 08:12:06 am

The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) expressed concern Monday that the country's new regulations regarding information obtained through torture of foreign detainees may still leave intelligence agents vulnerable to legal action...

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News ICC to present cases against instigators of Kenya post-election violence
ICC to present cases against instigators of Kenya post-election violence
Carrie Schimizzi
September 21, 2010 09:31:36 am

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Tuesday announced plans to present two cases against as many as six individuals who "bear the greatest responsibility" for the violence following the 2007...

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News Malaysia appeals court rejects opposition leader’s bid to dismiss sodomy charge
Malaysia appeals court rejects opposition leader’s bid to dismiss sodomy charge
Carrie Schimizzi
September 20, 2010 07:57:54 am

The Malaysian Court of Appeals on Monday dismissed an appeal by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of the Kuala Lumpur High Court's refusal to throw out the sodomy charges ...

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News EU threatens legal action against France for Roma deportation
EU threatens legal action against France for Roma deportation
Carrie Schimizzi
September 14, 2010 09:21:22 am

The EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding on Tuesday threatened legal action against France for its deportation of Roma , calling the initiative "a disgrace." Reding's statement, which came...

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News Iraq unlawfully holding, torturing thousands of detainees: report
Iraq unlawfully holding, torturing thousands of detainees: report
Carrie Schimizzi
September 13, 2010 09:27:54 am

The Iraqi government is unlawfully detaining and torturing thousands of detainees, according to a Monday report from Amnesty International (AI) . The report, "New Order, Same Abuses: Unlawful Detention in Iraq" estimates that more...

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News Turkish voters approve constitutional reforms
Turkish voters approve constitutional reforms
Carrie Schimizzi
September 13, 2010 08:50:43 am

Constitutional amendments previously annulled by the Constitutional Court of Turkey were approved by a 58 percent popular vote Sunday, marking a major victory for the ruling Justice and...

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News Sri Lanka high court approves constitutional changes to remove presidential term limits
Sri Lanka high court approves constitutional changes to remove presidential term limits
Carrie Schimizzi
September 7, 2010 10:24:51 am

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka on Tuesday approved a proposed constitutional amendment to eliminate presidential term limits, holding that the amendment is not inconsistent with the Sri Lankan Constitution . The proposed amendment, which...

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News Norway suspect pleads not guilty in country’s first terror financing trial
Norway suspect pleads not guilty in country’s first terror financing trial
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September 7, 2010 09:10:48 am

A Somalia native pleaded not guilty Tuesday in an Oslo District Court at Norway's first trial under its 2002 terror financing law. The unidentified Somali-born Norwegian citizen has been accused [AP...

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Organization of American States established

On April 30, 1948, the Organization of American States (OAS) was established in Bogota, Colombia with the signing of the Charter of the Organization of American States at the Ninth International Conference of American States.

Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed

On April 30, 1803, the United States and France signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris, by which France ceded its Louisiana Territory to the US for $15 million.

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