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Federal judge blocks new tobacco warning label requirements
Jerry Votava
November 7, 2011 12:25:36 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted a temporary injunction to block the implementation of new requirements of graphic image and textual warning labels imposed by the...

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News Tunisia courts to review extradition of ex-Libya prime minister
Tunisia courts to review extradition of ex-Libya prime minister
Jerry Votava
November 2, 2011 12:39:08 pm

Tunisian courts will review a request for the extradition of former Libyan prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi placed by the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) on November 8, according to a statement made Wednesday by al-Mahmoudi's lawyer...

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News Tunisia issues warrant for Yasser Arafat widow
Tunisia issues warrant for Yasser Arafat widow
Jerry Votava
October 31, 2011 01:00:47 pm

The Tunisia State News Agency (TAP) announced Monday that the Tunisian Justice Ministry has issued a warrant for Suha Arafat, the widow for former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat . The warrant was issued...

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News Gaddafi son, intelligence chief reportedly seeking surrender to ICC
Gaddafi son, intelligence chief reportedly seeking surrender to ICC
Jerry Votava
October 26, 2011 12:58:15 pm

Son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi have reportedly attempted to leave Libya in an effort to surrender themselves to the International Criminal Court...

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Australia citizen files war crimes charges against Sri Lanka president
Jerry Votava
October 24, 2011 12:16:29 pm

An Australian citizen has filed two counts of war crimes charges against Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for abuses that he allegedly witnessed in 2007 and 2008 as the Sri Lankan civil war drew to a close....

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Treaty of Trianon concludes WWI between Allies and Hungary

On June 4, 1920, the Allies and Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon, which concluded peace between the two sides after World War I. The treaty cost Hungary 72% of its territory, which went primarily to Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

US Supreme Court ruled wiretapping legal to secure evidence in police investigations

On June 4, 1928, in Olmstead v. United States, the US Supreme Court decided that wiretapping private telephone conversations to secure evidence was permissible.

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