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News Federal appeals court rejects Ryan bail request pending corruption appeal
Federal appeals court rejects Ryan bail request pending corruption appeal
Dennis Zawacki II
October 31, 2007 07:04:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that former Illinois Governor George Ryan could not remain free on bail while he appeals his sentence of corruption and fraud...

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News ICTY affirms 15-year rape sentence of Bosnian Serb ex-paramilitary leader
ICTY affirms 15-year rape sentence of Bosnian Serb ex-paramilitary leader
Dennis Zawacki II
October 31, 2007 06:05:00 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday rejected the appeal of former Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader Dragan Zelenovic contesting his 15-year sentence...

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News Iraq vice president urges pardons for many Sunni detainees
Iraq vice president urges pardons for many Sunni detainees
Dennis Zawacki II
October 28, 2007 10:53:00 am

Iraqi Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has urged fellow Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Jalal Talabani to press the Iraqi parliament to pardon Iraqi detainees not classified as "dangerous elements" linked to the insurgency, according to AP...

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News Rice lobbies lawmakers against Armenian genocide resolution
Rice lobbies lawmakers against Armenian genocide resolution
Dennis Zawacki II
October 24, 2007 06:00:00 pm

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in testimony on US Middle East policy Wednesday that House members should discontinue an effort to pass a resolution condemning the World War-I era mass...

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News Khmer Rouge second-in-command asks tribunal for release on bail
Khmer Rouge second-in-command asks tribunal for release on bail
Dennis Zawacki II
October 17, 2007 05:52:00 pm

Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea on Wednesday asked the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) to release him on bail. Nuon Chea's family earlier this week expressed concern over...

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News Ex-Camp Cropper officer facing Baghdad court-martial
Ex-Camp Cropper officer facing Baghdad court-martial
Dennis Zawacki II
October 14, 2007 10:10:00 am

The US military announced Saturday that a former senior officer at the Camp Cropper detention camp in Iraq will face a Baghdad court-martial beginning Monday on four counts of violating the United States Code of...

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Memphis Massacre of 1866 breaks out

The Memphis Massacre of 1866 broke out on May 1 of that year after Black Union veterans and police were involved in an altercation surrounding the arrest of a Black soldier. The ensuing skirmish spiralled out of control due to the racial tensions that followed the end of the US Civil War, lasting for two days and claiming the lives of 46 Black people and six whites.  The riot later cemented support for what would become the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Consitution, ensuring equal protection under the law. Learn more about the Memphis Massacre.  

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States. Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.

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