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News Canada PM criticized for not intervening in Khadr case
Canada PM criticized for not intervening in Khadr case
Deirdre Jurand
July 11, 2008 11:33:00 am

Human rights groups and defense lawyers have criticized the refusal of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to interfere with US proceedings against Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr in light of documents [text,...

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News ACLU files lawsuit challenging new foreign surveillance law
ACLU files lawsuit challenging new foreign surveillance law
Deirdre Jurand
July 11, 2008 08:45:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against leaders of the US intelligence community on Thursday, acting on behalf of rights groups and activists. Filed in the US District Court...

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News Netherlands court rules UN immune from Srebrenica lawsuit
Netherlands court rules UN immune from Srebrenica lawsuit
Deirdre Jurand
July 10, 2008 01:27:00 pm

The district court of The Hague ruled Thursday that it does not have jurisdiction to hear a case against the UN for its alleged failure to protect civilians during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . Srebrenica...

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News New documents show Canada knew of Khadr mistreatment
New documents show Canada knew of Khadr mistreatment
Deirdre Jurand
July 10, 2008 10:21:00 am

Lawyers for Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr released documents Wednesday indicating that the Canadian government knew he had been mistreated at the detention center before agents questioned him in 2004. The documents...

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News DOJ to revise corporate investigation guidelines
DOJ to revise corporate investigation guidelines
Deirdre Jurand
July 10, 2008 08:39:00 am

Officials for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday that they will revise the Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations to no longer induce waivers of the attorney-client privilege and to limit what...

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News Swiss nationalist groups force vote on minaret ban
Swiss nationalist groups force vote on minaret ban
Deirdre Jurand
July 9, 2008 12:19:00 pm

Two Swiss nationalist parties gathered enough signatures on their initiative against the construction of minarets to force a national referendum on whether the country's constitution should be amended to ban the...

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News Cambodia court denies bail request of former Khmer Rouge official Ieng Thirith
Cambodia court denies bail request of former Khmer Rouge official Ieng Thirith
Deirdre Jurand
July 9, 2008 09:35:00 am

Judges at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) Wednesday denied the bail request of former Khmer Rouge minister for social affairs Ieng Thirith , finding that she could be...

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News UK terrorism detention bill criticized by former intelligence chief
UK terrorism detention bill criticized by former intelligence chief
Deirdre Jurand
July 9, 2008 08:29:00 am

A former British intelligence bureau chief told the House of Lords Tuesday that a proposed anti-terror bill allowing authorities to detain terror suspects without charge for up to 42 days is impractical...

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News ICTR to allow conjugal visits for detainees
ICTR to allow conjugal visits for detainees
Deirdre Jurand
July 8, 2008 01:00:00 pm

Genocide suspects held at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) will now be able to receive conjugal visits, court officials said Saturday. Court spokesman Roland Amoussouga said that the new policy would bring the court's practices...

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News Thailand support for Cambodia heritage site ruled unconstitutional
Thailand support for Cambodia heritage site ruled unconstitutional
Deirdre Jurand
July 8, 2008 10:47:00 am

Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled 8-1 Tuesday that a June cabinet communique supporting the establishment of a World Heritage site on the countries' shared border was unconstitutional . In June, Thai Foreign...

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed, ending Russia involvement in WWI

On March 3, 1918, the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the communist government of Russia, ending Russian involvement in World War I. The treaty furthermore opened independence for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Read the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and other documents related to the Peace of Brest-Litovsk from the Avalon Project at Yale University.

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