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News Sri Lanka war crimes commission begins public hearings
Sri Lanka war crimes commission begins public hearings
Daniel Richey
August 11, 2010 06:31:56 pm

A Sri Lankan government-backed commission investigating the events surrounding the island nation's civil war opened its first public hearings on Wednesday. The Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), appointed in May by...

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Radical Indonesia cleric charged with terrorism
Daniel Richey
August 11, 2010 04:29:08 pm

Indonesian authorities on Wednesday charged well-known radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir with aiding an al Qaeda linked terrorist cell. Bashir, who was arrested Monday is accused of operating a...

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News South Korea police raid Google office over data collection
South Korea police raid Google office over data collection
Daniel Richey
August 10, 2010 01:22:25 pm

The South Korean National Police Agency (SKNPA) raided the Google South Korean headquarters in Seoul on Tuesday morning in connection with accusations that the company has been illegally acquiring user data. Representatives from...

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News BP, DOJ complete negotiations on $20 billion oil spill victim fund
BP, DOJ complete negotiations on $20 billion oil spill victim fund
Daniel Richey
August 9, 2010 02:49:50 pm

British Petroleum (BP) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced the completion of negotiations over the implementation of a $20 billion fund to aid...

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News Maldives AG resigns as parliament refuses to seat Supreme Court
Maldives AG resigns as parliament refuses to seat Supreme Court
Daniel Richey
August 9, 2010 11:44:26 am

Maldavian Attorney General Husnu Al-Suood resigned Sunday after the People's Maljis failed to approve legislation to make the fledgling democracy's interim Supreme Court permanent. In his resignation letter, Al-Suood accused the...

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New York City subway plot suspect pleads not guilty
Daniel Richey
August 6, 2010 04:28:03 pm

Suspected terrorist Adis Medunjanin pleaded not guilty Friday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to charges of participating in a plot to detonate a bomb inside the New...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge leader hires new counsel ahead of appeal
Ex-Khmer Rouge leader hires new counsel ahead of appeal
Daniel Richey
August 6, 2010 02:17:31 pm

Former Khmer Rouge official Kaing Guek Eav , also known as "Duch," has hired Cambodian lawyer Kang Ritheary to replace his previous lawyer, according to documents released by the Extraordinary...

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News CIA removed terror suspects from Guantanamo to avoid due process: AP
CIA removed terror suspects from Guantanamo to avoid due process: AP
Daniel Richey
August 6, 2010 11:24:39 am

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) transferred several high-profile prisoners to Guantanamo Bay to await trial in 2003, only to transfer them back into the CIA's network of secret prisons so they would not be...

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UN SG renews call for nuclear disarmament
Daniel Richey
August 5, 2010 05:12:22 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons Thursday in a speech delivered during a visit to the Japanese city of Nagasaki. In his speech, Ban emphasized the importance of...

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Chicago man charged with attempting to aid al Qaeda
Daniel Richey
August 5, 2010 03:53:36 pm

Federal authorities arrested a Chicago man Tuesday night on suspicion that he planned to travel to Somalia and train with terrorist groups there in order to become a suicide bomber. Acording to a complaint filed...

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Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution

On July 24, 1925, John Scopes was found guilty of teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school, contrary to a state statute. Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Kellog-Braid pact took effect

On July 24, 1929, the Kellogg-Briand Pact took effect, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy. It had been previously signed on August 27, 1928 by most great world powers. World War II broke out in Europe ten years after the treaty was signed. Read documents related to the Kellog-Braid Pact from Yale Law School's Avalon Project.

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