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News Spain judicial panel allows judge Garzon to consult for ICC
Spain judicial panel allows judge Garzon to consult for ICC
Hillary Stemple
May 19, 2010 11:15:09 am

The judiciary oversight committee of the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) on Tuesday approved a request by judge Baltasar Garzon allowing him to work...

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News Somalia piracy suspect pleads guilty in federal court
Somalia piracy suspect pleads guilty in federal court
Hillary Stemple
May 19, 2010 09:04:54 am

A Somali man charged with piracy pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of hijacking, kidnapping, and hostage taking related to last April's attack on the US container ship Maersk Alabama . Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse was originally...

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News Federal judge orders release of three Michigan militia suspects
Federal judge orders release of three Michigan militia suspects
Hillary Stemple
May 18, 2010 03:13:49 pm

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the release of three individuals accused of crimes committed as part of the "Christian warrior" militia called Hutaree . Judge Victoria Roberts of the US District Court for the Eastern...

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News Pakistan president pardons interior minister on corruption charges
Pakistan president pardons interior minister on corruption charges
Hillary Stemple
May 18, 2010 01:49:11 pm

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday pardoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik , convicted on corruption charges in 2004. Zardari issued the pardon after the Lahore High Court refused to throw out Malik's 2004 conviction. Malik...

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News China court convicts billionare of insider trading
China court convicts billionare of insider trading
Hillary Stemple
May 18, 2010 12:19:03 pm

A Chinese court on Tuesday convicted Huang Guangyu, formerly China's richest man , of illegal business dealings, insider trading, and corporate bribery. Huang was previously the chairman of Pengrun Investments and founder of subsidiary GOME Electrical Appliances [corporate...

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UN official stresses need for international efforts in fighting organized crime
Hillary Stemple
May 18, 2010 11:38:05 am

Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Antonio Maria Costa on Monday opened a UN conference on international crime prevention by warning of the inadequacies of the current international crime control system. Costa...

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News Portugal president ratifies same-sex marriage law
Portugal president ratifies same-sex marriage law
Hillary Stemple
May 18, 2010 10:12:01 am

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Monday signed a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage but stops short of allowing same-sex couples to adopt. The bill was approved by the Portuguese...

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Obama signs bill aimed at improving worldwide press freedom
Hillary Stemple
May 17, 2010 03:41:20 pm

US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act , aimed at promoting worldwide press freedom and drawing attention to countries where journalists are threatened, harmed, or...

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ACLU files lawsuit seeking injunction against Arizona immigration law
Hillary Stemple
May 17, 2010 01:21:03 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday filed a class action lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Arizona seeking an injunction against the implementation of the...

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Supreme Court rules on parental rights in international child custody case
Hillary Stemple
May 17, 2010 11:13:27 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Abbott v. Abbott that a ne exeat clause, which prohibits one parent from removing a child from the country...

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James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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