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News DOJ ends efforts to retry Merrill Lynch executive in Enron scam
DOJ ends efforts to retry Merrill Lynch executive in Enron scam
Hillary Stemple
September 16, 2010 11:28:54 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday asked a federal judge to drop fraud and conspiracy charges against a former Merrill Lynch executive accused of taking part in the Enron Nigerian...

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Poland ex-PM denies knowledge of CIA secret prison
Hillary Stemple
September 14, 2010 10:41:06 am

Former Polish prime minister Leszek Miller on Tuesday denied any knowledge of a secret CIA prison in Poland. Miller's denial came after a former CIA agent confirmed that the agency tortured alleged USS Cole...

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News Accused plane bomber fires lawyers, inquires about possible guilty plea
Accused plane bomber fires lawyers, inquires about possible guilty plea
Hillary Stemple
September 14, 2010 08:39:33 am

Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , accused of attempting to set off an explosive device on a flight last December, fired his lawyer on Monday and inquired about the process for pleading guilty. Abdulmutallab indicated...

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News UN rights chief chides world powers over human rights records
UN rights chief chides world powers over human rights records
Hillary Stemple
September 14, 2010 07:29:08 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday opened the fifteenth session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by addressing human rights violations in countries including the US, France, China and...

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News Kenya court convicts Somali pirates
Kenya court convicts Somali pirates
Hillary Stemple
September 7, 2010 11:23:00 am

A Kenyan court on Monday convicted seven Somali pirates on charges related to the attack on a German naval supply ship in March 2009, sentencing them to five years in prison. According to prosecutors, the men...

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Federal judge allows indefinite detention of Guantanamo detainee
Hillary Stemple
September 7, 2010 10:40:45 am

A federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Friday that the US government can indefinitely hold an Afghan detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The...

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Prosecutors urge continued support of international tribunals
Hillary Stemple
September 2, 2010 01:39:34 pm

Current and former international prosecutors on Tuesday signed the fourth Chautauqua Declaration praising recent advances in international law and urging countries to continue supporting the international courts in order to maintain the spirit of the Nuremburg Principles...

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News Rights group calls for amendment of Rwanda ‘genocide ideology’ laws
Rights group calls for amendment of Rwanda ‘genocide ideology’ laws
Hillary Stemple
August 31, 2010 02:56:21 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged the Rwandan government to review its "genocide ideology" and "sectarianism" laws, which they say are being used to stifle freedom of speech and expression in the country....

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India high court to reconsider Bhopal convictions
Hillary Stemple
August 31, 2010 12:47:55 pm

The Indian Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will reconsider a 1996 ruling allowing former employees of US chemical producer Union Carbide accused in relation to the 1984 Bhopal chemical spill disaster [BBC...

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Germany constitutional court rules EU court precedents must be followed
Hillary Stemple
August 26, 2010 11:55:15 am

The German Federal Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that German courts must follow precedent established by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) unless it is clearly a...

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28 countries unite against Axis Powers

On January 2, 1942, twenty-eight countries formally agreed not to make peace with the Axis Powers separately. At the time, all twenty-eight were fighting against the Axis as Allies in World War II. The agreement was part of the Declaration by the United Nations, signed the previous day. In December of 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to this group of allies as the "United Nations."

US government agents arrested thousands in Palmer raids

On January 2, 1920, over 500 government agents acting on the direction of US Attorney General Mitchell Palmer carried out a massive counter-terror operation in 33 US cities, arresting between six and ten thousand aliens suspected of Communism, radicalism and anarchism. The "Palmer Raids" and the detentions and deportation proceedings that followed them were denounced by a number of prominent lawyers and judges who later established the American Civil Liberties Union. Read an excerpt from Attorney General Palmer's 1920 article, The Case Against the 'Reds' and learn more about the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare of 1919-20.

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