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News Ex-Myanmar foreign minister on trial for abusing government power
Ex-Myanmar foreign minister on trial for abusing government power
Greg Sampson
February 11, 2006 11:44:00 am

Military leaders in Myanmar on Saturday announced that Win Aung, Myanmar's former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , has been put before a special tribunal at the Insein jail to face charges of abusing...

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Hastert promises House passage of Patriot Act renewal compromise
Greg Sampson
February 11, 2006 11:15:00 am

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) on Friday announced his support for a deal reached earlier this week by Senate Republicans and the White House on long-term renewal of the USA...

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News Former Connecticut governor Rowland released from federal prison
Former Connecticut governor Rowland released from federal prison
Greg Sampson
February 11, 2006 10:50:00 am

Former Connecticut governor John G. Rowland was released from federal prison Friday after serving ten months of a one year sentence he received after pleading guilty to corruption charges ...

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ABA head warns against ‘taking shortcuts’ with Constitution
Greg Sampson
February 11, 2006 10:34:00 am

American Bar Association president Michael S. Greco said Friday that American civil liberties were under stress in a time of conflict, but that policymakers should resist the temptation to "take shortcuts with the Constitution." He made his...

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Egypt rights group to investigate ferry sinking
Greg Sampson
February 8, 2006 12:54:00 pm

The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights has said that it will conduct its own investigation into the sinking of a ferry carrying 1,400 Egyptians in the Red Sea earlier this month. Another Egyptian NGO, the...

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Retailers challenge laws forcing Wal-Mart, other chains to up health care expenditures
Greg Sampson
February 8, 2006 12:21:00 pm

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has filed two federal lawsuits challenging laws in Maryland and Suffolk County, New York designed to push large retail stores such as Wal-Mart to spend...

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News Federal judge asked to intervene in case of American detained in Iraq
Federal judge asked to intervene in case of American detained in Iraq
Greg Sampson
February 8, 2006 11:48:00 am

Lawyers for naturalized American citizen Shawqi Ahmad Omar, who has been detained in Iraq for over a year, have asked a federal judge to intervene in the case and prevent Omar's transfer to Iraqi custody. US Justice Department officials...

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News SEC ends probe into Chiron flu vaccine shortage
SEC ends probe into Chiron flu vaccine shortage
Greg Sampson
February 8, 2006 11:37:00 am

British pharmaceutical company Chiron has announced that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ended its investigation of the company, which was related to Chiron's failure to supply sufficient flu vaccines [USA...

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News Russian court convicts head of US-supported NGO for inciting hatred
Russian court convicts head of US-supported NGO for inciting hatred
Greg Sampson
February 4, 2006 11:52:00 am

A Russian court has convicted Stanislav M. Dmitriyevsky , director of the US-supported Russian-Chechen Friendship Society , of inciting religious and ethnic hatred by publishing editorial commentaries by two Chechen separatist leaders in 2004. The...

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UK considers limiting law on war crimes arrests
Greg Sampson
February 4, 2006 11:22:00 am

The British government has said it may restrict a univeral jurisdiction law authorizing citizens to seek international warrants for the arrest of any individual accused of war crimes who enters the country. The Guardian newspaper reported Friday that...

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First execution by guillotine in France

On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person beheaded by the guillotine in France.

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