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News Myanmar activists sentenced to prison for protest commemoration march
Myanmar activists sentenced to prison for protest commemoration march
Deirdre Jurand
August 17, 2008 10:08:00 am

Officials of Myanmar opposition group the National League for Democracy (NLD) said Sunday that the government has sentenced five of its members to prison for participating in a march commemorating the mass student protests against the junta...

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News Belarus government frees jailed opposition leader
Belarus government frees jailed opposition leader
Deirdre Jurand
August 17, 2008 08:51:00 am

Belarusian officials released opposition politician Alexander Kozulin from prison Saturday after two years' detention for staging political protests. Kozulin was sentenced to more than five years in prison in July 2006 for leading unauthorized protests...

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News China court sentences former Shanghai official  to death for corruption
China court sentences former Shanghai official to death for corruption
Deirdre Jurand
August 16, 2008 09:41:00 am

Chinese media reported Friday that the Shanghai Municipal First Intermediate People's Court sentenced a former city official to death after being convicted of multiple corruption charges on Thursday, though the sentence will not be imposed for...

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News Israel must suspend plan to demolish homes of suspected terrorists: HRW
Israel must suspend plan to demolish homes of suspected terrorists: HRW
Deirdre Jurand
August 10, 2008 12:19:00 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday asked the Israeli government to stop official plans to demolish or confiscate the homes of those suspected of terrorism, calling such plans a violation of international law. The request...

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News Indonesia group protests US Congress letter seeking prisoner release
Indonesia group protests US Congress letter seeking prisoner release
Deirdre Jurand
August 10, 2008 11:20:00 am

Members of the Muslim group Hizbut Tahir Indonesia (HTI) held a demonstration outside the US Consulate General and the US embassy in Jakarta Sunday to protest a letter sent by members of US...

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News SEC investigating bank over auction-rate securities sales
SEC investigating bank over auction-rate securities sales
Deirdre Jurand
August 9, 2008 12:43:00 pm

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. disclosed Friday in its quarterly report that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating possible breaches of procedure by one of the bank's subsidiaries in...

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News UN celebrates adoption of indigenous rights declaration
UN celebrates adoption of indigenous rights declaration
Deirdre Jurand
August 9, 2008 11:51:00 am

The UN observed its fourteenth International Day of the World’s Indigenous People Saturday, marking the first observance since the September 2007 adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ....

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News Special Darfur prosecutor appointed by Sudan justice minister
Special Darfur prosecutor appointed by Sudan justice minister
Deirdre Jurand
August 6, 2008 11:12:00 am

Sudan Justice Minister Abdel-Basit Sabdarat said Wednesday that he had named one primary prosecutor and three assistants to investigate and try war crimes suspects from the country's Darfur region . The International Criminal Court (ICC) ...

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News Hamdan found guilty by Guantanamo military commission jury
Hamdan found guilty by Guantanamo military commission jury
Deirdre Jurand
August 6, 2008 10:31:00 am

The jury in the military commission trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan found Hamdan guilty on Wednesday of providing material support for terrorism, marking the first verdict rendered by a military commission trial at Guantanamo...

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News ICE launches voluntary deportation program for illegal immigrants
ICE launches voluntary deportation program for illegal immigrants
Deirdre Jurand
August 6, 2008 10:00:00 am

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) launched a new program Tuesday that allows certain illegal immigrants to coordinate their removal from the US with ICE without the risk of home raids, arrest or...

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Sirhan convicted of assassinating RFK

On April 17, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in the state.

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