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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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Catalonia declares independence from Spain

The Parliament of Catalonia declared independence from Spain in a failed bid for sovereignty on October 27, 2017. The declaration followed an independence referendum, boycotted by pro-union residents, that saw 92% of voters choose independence. The declaration was subsequently declared illegal by Spain's Supreme Court. Many Catalan independence figures such as then-Catalan President Carles Puigdemont were criminally charged as a result of their involvement in the independence attempt. Read the Catalan Declaration of Independence.

First of the Federalist Papers published

On October 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the pen-name "PUBLIUS" to promote the ratification of the new US Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper.

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On October 27, 1986, the so-called "Big Bang" deregulated markets throughout the London Stock Exchange as part of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's financial reform program. Learn more about the effects of the Big Bang in the United Kingdom.

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