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News Russian prosecutors open probe into Beslan victims group accused of ‘extremism’
Russian prosecutors open probe into Beslan victims group accused of ‘extremism’
Eric Firkel
January 11, 2008 04:09:00 pm

Russian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a survivor organization formed after the 2004 Beslan school siege , according to the organization's chairwoman, quoted by AP Friday. The Voice of Beslan [advocacy website, in...

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Federal jury convicts former Muslim charity leaders for hiding terror links
Eric Firkel
January 11, 2008 03:14:00 pm

A federal jury in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Friday convicted three former leaders of defunct Muslim charity Care International Inc. (not to be confused with CARE ) were convicted Friday of...

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Bhutto husband repeats call for Hariri-style UN probe into assassination
Eric Firkel
January 5, 2008 05:38:00 pm

Asif Ali Zardari , the husband of slain former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , called again Saturday for a UN-led international investigation into the circumstances surrounding his wife's assassination . This is...

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UN report finds DRC rights violations during 2007 post-election violence
Eric Firkel
January 5, 2008 04:20:00 pm

UN rights investigators with the United Nations Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHRO) have documented serious human rights violations committed in the DRC following post-electoral violence in the capital Kinshasa in March 2007, including...

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French aid workers sentenced to 8 years hard labor in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ case
Eric Firkel
December 26, 2007 04:42:00 pm

Six French aid workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labor Wednesday after being convicted in a Chadian court for attempting to kidnap 103 African children . The six, affiliated with the Zoe's Ark charity,...

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Serbia war crimes prosecutor says Mladic hiding in Serbia
Eric Firkel
December 26, 2007 03:40:00 pm

Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladmir Vukcevic said Wednesday that fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic is in Serbia, and that authorities are closing in on him. Vukevic's comments are the first acknowledgement by a...

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Chicago to settle lawsuits over alleged police torture in 1970s, 80s
Eric Firkel
December 8, 2007 05:03:00 pm

The City of Chicago is willing to pay $20 million to settle lawsuits filed by four former death row inmates who claim to have been tortured by Chicago Police officers during interrogations before being wrongly...

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US Marine sergeant re-charged with Fallujah detainee murder
Eric Firkel
December 8, 2007 04:33:00 pm

US Marine Sgt. Jermaine A. Nelson was charged Friday with the November 2004 murder of an Iraqi detainee in Fallujah . This is the second time Nelson has been charged with the murder. The original charges against...

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Federal judge upholds Arizona immigration law
Eric Firkel
December 8, 2007 03:26:00 pm

A federal judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a new Arizona law aimed at preventing employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants . The Legal Arizona Workers Act , enacted in...

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Bush administration invoking secrecy defense to avoid Abramoff files release
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December 2, 2007 09:25:00 am

The Bush administration is invoking a secrecy defense known as Glomarization to avoid disclosing hundreds of documents concerning White House visits by former lobbyist Jack Abramoff , according to AP citing court papers filed Friday....

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Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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