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News DOJ drone strike memo publicly released in NBC exclusive
DOJ drone strike memo publicly released in NBC exclusive
Dan Taglioli
February 5, 2013 10:47:12 am

NBC News on Monday released a Department of Justice (DOJ) confidential "white paper" that reveals details of the legal justifications for the Obama administration's unprecedented use of lethal drone strikes [JURIST...

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Vietnam court hands down lengthy prison sentences to local dissidents
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A group of 22 Vietnamese activists were sentenced to lengthy prison terms by the local People's Court in southern central Phu Yen province on Monday after the group was convicted of engaging in subversive activities to overthrow the county's...

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Egypt confirms death sentences for amateur anti-Muslim film
Dan Taglioli
January 29, 2013 02:17:09 pm

An Egyptian court on Tuesday upheld the in absentia death sentences of seven Coptic Christians and an American preacher on charges stemming from the amateur anti-Muslim film Innocence of Muslims , which sparked violent protests in the Middle...

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News Federal appeals court affirms dismissal of Madoff victim lawsuit against SEC
Federal appeals court affirms dismissal of Madoff victim lawsuit against SEC
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January 29, 2013 11:05:54 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday refused to reinstate a lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by investment fraud victims of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff...

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Argentina, Iran create commission to investigate 1994 community center bombing
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January 28, 2013 11:20:54 am

Argentina signed an agreement with Iran on Sunday to create an independent Commission of Truth to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish community center. Argentinian courts have accused Iran of sponsoring the attack , which...

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Iran court sentences US pastor to eight years in prison
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January 28, 2013 09:48:26 am

A branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Iran on Sunday sentenced an American-Iranian pastor to eight years in prison for threatening national security through his leadership in Christian house churches. Saeed Abedini, 32, became a US citizen through...

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UN report details abuse, torture of Afghanistan detainees
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January 22, 2013 11:11:38 am

Prisoners in some Afghan-run detention facilities are still being beaten and tortured, according to an annual report released Sunday by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) . UNAMA interviewed 635 conflict-related detainees in detention facilities...

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Charles Taylor begins appeal of war crimes convictions
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January 22, 2013 10:18:24 am

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor on Tuesday began his appeal in The Hague against his conviction and 50-year sentence for war crimes committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone . Taylor's...

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Former Egypt high court judge files challenge to new constitution
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January 8, 2013 12:42:01 pm

The former deputy president of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday announced that she has filed a lawsuit with the court challenging the legality of Egypt's controversial new constitution . Tahani el-Gebali is the only...

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January 8, 2013 10:50:49 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Kansas ruled Monday that a challenge to a 2011 Kansas law prohibiting insurance companies from covering abortions will go...

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Standard Oil incorporated

On January 10, 1870, John Davison Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. Rockefeller's corporation would grow to achieve a virtual monopoly over oil production in the United States. Standard Oil's dominance lasted until the corporation was split into 34 separate companies in 1911 after the Supreme Court found the company in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The rise of Standard Oil made Rockefeller America's first billionaire and eventually the richest man in the world. Read the text of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey vs. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (1910).

League of Nations established

On January 10, 1920, the League of Nations was formally established as the Treaty of Versailles entered into force. Review the Covenant of the League of Nations and a full League of Nations timeline.

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