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News Nigeria anti-corruption chief says charges coming for 6 former governors
Nigeria anti-corruption chief says charges coming for 6 former governors
Devin Montgomery
October 23, 2007 06:08:00 pm

As many as six additional former Nigerian governors will be charged with corruption by the end of the year, Nigerian anti-corruption czar Nuhu Ribadu said Tuesday. Ribadu, the chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [official...

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News FBI rebuilding detainee cases to avoid controversial evidence: LA Times
FBI rebuilding detainee cases to avoid controversial evidence: LA Times
Devin Montgomery
October 21, 2007 09:57:00 am

A special FBI task force is reworking cases against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the other so-called "high-value" Guantanamo Bay detainees over concerns that information and confessions previously obtained by the CIA may be inadmissible in...

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News NYC willing to discuss settlement in WTC cleanup lawsuit: Bloomberg
NYC willing to discuss settlement in WTC cleanup lawsuit: Bloomberg
Devin Montgomery
October 16, 2007 05:47:00 pm

New York City is willing to discuss settlement in a federal lawsuit filed on behalf of over 9,000 firefighters and cleanup workers who may have inhaled toxic dust during the post-9/11 World Trade Center cleanup, Mayor Michael Bloomberg [official...

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News US refused to hand over Saddam defense minister for execution: report
US refused to hand over Saddam defense minister for execution: report
Devin Montgomery
October 13, 2007 02:57:00 pm

The US military refused to hand over Saddam Hussein's defense minister for execution in September despite Iraqi government demands, TIME magazine reported Friday. An adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told TIME that US officials refused to deliver Sultan...

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News Federal appeals court allows apartheid claims against companies to proceed
Federal appeals court allows apartheid claims against companies to proceed
Devin Montgomery
October 13, 2007 02:46:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that US courts have jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) to hear certain tort claims brought by apartheid victims against...

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News UN rights chief urges Afghanistan to reinstate death penalty moratorium
UN rights chief urges Afghanistan to reinstate death penalty moratorium
Devin Montgomery
October 9, 2007 08:08:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Tuesday urged Afghanistan to reinstate a moratorium on executions . Afghanistan executed 15 prisoners by firing squad Sunday and Arbour said that "the circumstances of the...

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News ABA panel criticizes ‘flawed’ Pennsylvania death penalty system
ABA panel criticizes ‘flawed’ Pennsylvania death penalty system
Devin Montgomery
October 9, 2007 06:00:00 pm

Pennsylvania's death penalty system is so flawed that it has denied defendants of due process and could result in wrongful executions, the American Bar Association death penalty assessment team said Tuesday. The team's report...

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On June 25, the US Congress passed the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798, which empowered the President to deport any alien he found dangerous to the peace and safety of the Nation. Learn more about this Act of Congress.

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On June 25, 1991, Croatia and Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia. They were the first nations to declare independence from the former Yugoslavia, touching off a decade of civil wars. Read the Dayton Peace Accords, the peace agreement negotiated by the United States to end the Yugoslav Civil Wars of the 1990s.

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