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News UN rights expert calls Israel Gaza attacks ‘war crimes’
UN rights expert calls Israel Gaza attacks ‘war crimes’
Howard Kline
January 19, 2008 02:17:00 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard said Friday that Israel's recent attack on a Hamas government office in Gaza which injured around 50 civilians and the killings of some 40 Palestinians...

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Chile court sentences Pinochet police chief to 10-year prison term
Howard Kline
January 12, 2008 03:06:00 pm

A Chilean appeals court in Santiago Friday sentenced General Manuel Contreras , the secret police chief under former dictator Augusto Pinochet , to 10 years in prison. Contreras, the former head of Pinochet's...

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Sri Lanka court limits government cordon-and-search security efforts
Howard Kline
January 7, 2008 06:00:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Monday ordered the country's government to stop cordon-and-search security operations, in which security forces cut off access to a populated area before searching and arresting residents within. Human rights groups have...

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Taiwan High Court upholds corruption acquittal of opposition leader
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December 28, 2007 10:23:00 am

The Taiwan High Court on Friday upheld the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges, clearing the way for Ma to run in Taiwan's presidential elections...

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EPA turning over documents to Congress in California emissions waiver ruling probe
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December 28, 2007 09:47:00 am

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated that the agency will comply with congressional requests to produce documents related to the EPA's decision to deny California's request for a waiver that would have allowed...

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Russia top court upholds new Khodorkovsky investigation
Howard Kline
December 26, 2007 10:44:00 am

The Russian Supreme Court has overruled a lower court decision that had held that a new investigation into the activities of Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky ...

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Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina put on trial for extortion
Howard Kline
December 26, 2007 10:07:00 am

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina went on trial on one of two alleged extortion charges in a Dhaka courtroom Wednesday, according to a court official cited by Reuters. Sheikh Selim, a former Minister of...

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Iraq cabinet approves pardon of ‘innocent’ detainees: report
Howard Kline
December 26, 2007 09:29:00 am

The Iraqi cabinet passed a draft law on Wednesday that would grant a general pardon to "innocent" detainees held in Iraqi and US prisons in the country, according to an Iraqi official speaking to AFP Wednesday. Currently, there are...

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Bush presses case for ‘modernizing’ FISA
Howard Kline
December 1, 2007 02:11:00 pm

President Bush urged Congress in his weekly radio address Saturday to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in time to replace the temporary Protect America Act , set...

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Indonesia prosecutors bring civil lawsuit against Tommy Suharto
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November 19, 2007 05:24:00 pm

Indonesian prosecutors Monday went to court in a civil lawsuit against Tommy Suharto , the youngest son of former President Haji Mohammed Suharto , in order to recover an alleged $55 million in losses...

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Berlin Airlift ends

The Berlin Airlift, a US-UK effort to circumvent a Soviet blockade of allied-occupied West Berlin, ended on September 30, 1949. After the Soviet Union cut off supply access to West Berlin, the US and UK sent necessities to the enclave by air. The effort ended four months after the Soviet Union ended the Berlin blockade. Learn more about the Berlin Airlift.

22 Nazi leaders convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg

On September 30, 1946, the international military tribunal constituted by the Allied powers in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes committed during World War II.

Merck pulls Vioxx from drug market and faces class actions suit

On September 30, 2004, the pharmaceutical company, Merck, pulled its arthritis drug, Vioxx from the worldwide market, due to strokes and heart attacks in patients, but the move did not stop over 45,000 former users and their families from suing Merck. The plaintiffs, however, have struggled to collect damages awarded to them in successful litigations. Learn more about the plaintiffs in these suits from the New York Times.

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