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News International brief ~ Southern Sudan worried about Muslim peacekeeping force
International brief ~ Southern Sudan worried about Muslim peacekeeping force
D. Wes Rist
January 21, 2005 12:25:00 pm

Leading Friday's international brief, a key member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement , now the ruling party in Southern Sudan, has expressed concern about the makeup of the proposed UN peacekeeping force to be deployed in March....

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News International brief ~ ICTY charges camp commander with war crimes
International brief ~ ICTY charges camp commander with war crimes
D. Wes Rist
January 20, 2005 09:43:00 am

In Thursday's international brief, Savo Todovic, former deputy commander of the Serb-run Foca concentration camp , was officially charged at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia on Wednesday....

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News International brief ~ Yushchenko inauguration expected late this week
International brief ~ Yushchenko inauguration expected late this week
D. Wes Rist
January 19, 2005 08:48:00 am

In Wednesday's international legal news, Viktor Yushchenko , the pro-western reformer who led a popular charge to see the original November Ukranian presidential election results reversed on grounds of fraud, will most likely...

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News International brief ~ Russian government says benefits plan no grounds for no-confidence vote
International brief ~ Russian government says benefits plan no grounds for no-confidence vote
D. Wes Rist
January 18, 2005 11:07:00 am

In Tuesday's international brief, the Russian government has rejected a petition initiated Monday by KPRF , the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, requesting a Duma vote of no-confidence. The government denied...

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News International brief – Somalian parliament approves key cabinet choices
International brief – Somalian parliament approves key cabinet choices
D. Wes Rist
January 13, 2005 03:05:00 pm

In Thursday's international brief, Somalia's parliament has approved the proposed cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi Thursday in a crucial step towards establishing a truly functioning government for the trouble-ridden country. The proposed list was the...

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News International brief ~ Venezuelan leader jump-starts controversial land reform law
International brief ~ Venezuelan leader jump-starts controversial land reform law
D. Wes Rist
January 12, 2005 10:45:00 am

Leading Wednesday's international brief, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez issued a presidential decree Tuesday creating a presidential and national land commission to implement the provisions of Venezuela's four year old land reform law. The law, called...

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News Former WebMD workers plead guilty to mail fraud
Former WebMD workers plead guilty to mail fraud
D. Wes Rist
January 11, 2005 10:39:00 am

Three former employees of Medical Manager Health Systems Inc., recently purchased by WebMD , pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud on Tuesday. Federal prosecutors in South Carolina filed charges against the three, including Robert W. Davids, a...

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News Ex-Guantanamo translator enters guilty plea
Ex-Guantanamo translator enters guilty plea
D. Wes Rist
January 11, 2005 10:10:00 am

A former civilian Arabic translator at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp pleaded guilty Monday to charges of mishandling classified information and lying to investigators. Ahmed Fathy Mehalba, a naturalized US citizen of Egyptian origin, has been...

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News Six executives charged in AOL fraud investigations
Six executives charged in AOL fraud investigations
D. Wes Rist
January 11, 2005 09:44:00 am

Six individuals, two former AOL executives and four former executives from the now-defunct PurchasePro software company, have been charged in an ongoing investigation into a secret negotiation between the two companies to artificially increase PurchasePro's revenues. Federal...

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News Suit to bar prayer at presidential inauguration under review
Suit to bar prayer at presidential inauguration under review
D. Wes Rist
January 11, 2005 09:28:00 am

Michael Newdow {JURIST Newsmaker], the same individual who sued to have the words "under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance, has filed a suit to bar the planned recitation of a prayer at the presidential inauguration ...

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On December 11, 2000, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Bush v. Gore Presidential recount case. Listen to the arguments and/or read the transcripts on Oyez.

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On December 11, 1946, the United Nations General Assembly established the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to aid child victims of World War II. UNICEF became a permanent UN agency in 1953. Learn more about the mission of UNICEF and read the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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