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News Khmer Rouge trials can proceed after bar fees reduction: UN judges
Khmer Rouge trials can proceed after bar fees reduction: UN judges
Holly Manges Jones
April 30, 2007 08:40:00 am

International judges appointed to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Monday that the Khmer Rouge genocide trials can move forward after the Cambodian Bar Association (BAKC) agreed to dramatically reduce...

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News Former CIA director denies use of torture in interrogations
Former CIA director denies use of torture in interrogations
Holly Manges Jones
April 30, 2007 08:04:00 am

Former CIA director George Tenet repeatedly denied that torture has been used during interrogations of terror suspects in an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes that aired Sunday....

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News China must do more to address rights abuses: Amnesty
China must do more to address rights abuses: Amnesty
Holly Manges Jones
April 30, 2007 07:09:00 am

China is not doing enough to remedy human rights abuses prior to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, according to a report released by Amnesty International Monday. The group criticized China for the...

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News Senators spar over habeas rights of Guantanamo detainees
Senators spar over habeas rights of Guantanamo detainees
Holly Manges Jones
April 27, 2007 10:53:00 am

US Democratic and Republic senators sparred over the habeas corpus rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees at a US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday. In a rare appearance as...

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News Marines expected to face criminal charges in Afghanistan civilian shootings
Marines expected to face criminal charges in Afghanistan civilian shootings
Holly Manges Jones
April 27, 2007 10:09:00 am

The US Marine Corps has been told to expect charges to be filed against five to seven Marines who are being investigated for killing ten civilians near Jalalabad, Afghanistan on March 4, according to a...

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News Son of former Bangladesh PM released after corruption arrest
Son of former Bangladesh PM released after corruption arrest
Holly Manges Jones
April 17, 2007 08:22:00 am

Arafat Rahman, the son of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia , was released Tuesday after being arrested the day before on corruption allegations, according to local media reports. The reason for Arafat's release was...

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News Nigeria to add VP to presidential ballot after high court ruling
Nigeria to add VP to presidential ballot after high court ruling
Holly Manges Jones
April 17, 2007 07:40:00 am

The Nigerian electoral commission said Tuesday that Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar would be included on the ballots for this coming Saturday's presidential elections, after the Nigerian Supreme Court overturned his disqualification as...

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Federal judge hears arguments on fewer restrictions for Reagan shooter
Holly Manges Jones
April 17, 2007 07:06:00 am

A federal judge began hearings Monday to decide whether John Hinckley, Jr. should be given more freedom outside the mental hospital where he was sent after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1981...

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China officials denounce US decision to file WTO copyright enforcement case
Holly Manges Jones
April 10, 2007 08:17:00 am

Chinese officials Tuesday criticized US plans to file a case against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for lax enforcement of copyright violations and trademarks. Wang Xinpei, a...

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Venezuela lawyer says US obstructing justice for Cuban airplane bomber
Holly Manges Jones
April 10, 2007 07:46:00 am

A lawyer for the Venezuelan government said Monday that the US is preventing Luis Posada Carriles from being brought to trial for allegations that he plotted the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner [Wikipedia backgrounder;...

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Dred Scott decided

On March 6, 1857, the US Supreme Court announced its landmark decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford, holding that black people—slaves as well as free—were not and could never become citizens of the United States and that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. Learn more about the Dred Scott case from Washington University in St. Louis (the city where Dred Scott initially filed his suit for freedom and had his case first tried). Review a selection of contemporary newspaper editorials reacting to the decision.

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