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News South Africa president highlights anti-crime initiative in annual address
South Africa president highlights anti-crime initiative in annual address
Gabriel Haboubi
February 9, 2007 05:06:00 pm

South African President Thabo Mbeki promised in his annual state of the nation address Friday to reduce crime by increasing the police force and reducing unemployment. South Africa has one of...

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News DC Circuit blocks transfer of US terror suspect to Iraqi courts
DC Circuit blocks transfer of US terror suspect to Iraqi courts
Gabriel Haboubi
February 9, 2007 04:02:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled unanimously Friday that US citizen and suspected terrorist Shawqi Omar has a right to argue...

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News North Carolina bill would shield doctors participating in executions
North Carolina bill would shield doctors participating in executions
Gabriel Haboubi
February 9, 2007 03:05:00 pm

A North Carolina State Senator proposed a bill Thursday that will protect doctors who assist in executions from disciplinary actions. Senate Bill 114, filed by Republican State Senator Phil Berger , will shield health...

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News French police officers charged for roles in pre-riot electrocution deaths
French police officers charged for roles in pre-riot electrocution deaths
Gabriel Haboubi
February 8, 2007 09:11:00 pm

A French judge has charged two police officers connected to a case that sparked three weeks of rioting outside Paris and in other parts of France in 2005. The officers were charged Wednesday with “non-assistance to...

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News Ethiopia prosecutor seeking death penalty for former dictator on appeal
Ethiopia prosecutor seeking death penalty for former dictator on appeal
Gabriel Haboubi
February 8, 2007 07:36:00 pm

The prosecutor in the genocide case against former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam announced Thursday that he is appealing last month’s sentence of life imprisonment , and will again push for the death...

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News Stimson resigns in aftermath of Guantanamo representation slurs
Stimson resigns in aftermath of Guantanamo representation slurs
Gabriel Haboubi
February 2, 2007 04:58:00 pm

US Defense Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson resigned Friday in the aftermath of a backlash to remarks he made in a radio interview last month criticizing lawyers...

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News Federal judge allows Katrina flooding case to proceed against Army engineers
Federal judge allows Katrina flooding case to proceed against Army engineers
Gabriel Haboubi
February 2, 2007 03:42:00 pm

A federal judge ruled Friday that the US Army Corps of Engineers can be sued by victims of Hurricane Katrina flood damage who allege the Corps ignored warnings that the Mississippi River-Gulf...

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News Leahy, Specter pressing administration on Arar rendition
Leahy, Specter pressing administration on Arar rendition
Gabriel Haboubi
February 2, 2007 01:30:00 pm

US Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) , chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday that he intends to ask the Government Accountability Office to look into why Canadian citizen Maher Arar [advocacy website; JURIST...

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News US defendants cleared of Hamas racketeering charges
US defendants cleared of Hamas racketeering charges
Gabriel Haboubi
February 1, 2007 07:47:00 pm

Muhammad Salah and Abdelhaleem Ashqar, two of three men indicted in 2004 by a US federal grand jury on charges of engaging in a 15-year conspiracy of providing funds to Hamas , were found not...

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News Rights panel says Russian anti-terror laws leading to abuses
Rights panel says Russian anti-terror laws leading to abuses
Gabriel Haboubi
February 1, 2007 07:38:00 pm

The Eminent Jurist’s Panel (EJP) , an arm of the Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) , announced the results of an inquiry into Russian anti-terrorism efforts Thursday, concluding after two days of public hearings...

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West Germany becomes a sovereign nation

On May 5, 1955, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) became a fully sovereign nation. Four days later on May 9, West Germany joined NATO. West Germany then became a founding member of the European Economic Community in 1958. Read the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz), which served as the constitution of West Germany and became the governing document of the reunited Germany in 1990.

Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in TN public schools

On May 5, 1925, high school science teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in the Tennessee public schools. Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial.

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