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News Iraqi tribunal could violate international standards, rights group warns
Iraqi tribunal could violate international standards, rights group warns
Jaime Jansen
October 17, 2005 06:30:00 am

The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal (formerly known as the Iraqi Special Tribunal ), the court established to try Saddam Hussein and other former Iraqi officials, could violate international standards for fair trials, according to a...

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News UK officer faces court-martial for opposing Iraq war
UK officer faces court-martial for opposing Iraq war
Jaime Jansen
October 16, 2005 04:37:00 pm

A British Royal Air Force medical officer has become the first member of the UK military to face criminal charges for disobeying a lawful command because he refused to fight in Iraq, claiming the war there is...

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News Indonesia government tries to counter Muslim fears over new anti-terror laws
Indonesia government tries to counter Muslim fears over new anti-terror laws
Jaime Jansen
October 16, 2005 03:16:00 pm

Muslim leaders and rights groups in Indonesia fear that plans to strengthen Indonesian anti-terror laws in the wake a of a second round of Bali bombings earlier this month will return the country to...

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News UK Parliament bans 15 more terror organizations
UK Parliament bans 15 more terror organizations
Jaime Jansen
October 13, 2005 08:31:00 pm

Following a proposal Monday by UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke , Britain's Parliament on Thursday added 15 terror organizations with suspected links to al Qaeda to a list of 25 organizations already banned under...

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News Prosecutor subpoenas DeLay telephone records
Prosecutor subpoenas DeLay telephone records
Jaime Jansen
October 13, 2005 07:49:00 pm

Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle on Thursday subpoenaed telephone records from the home and political campaign office of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) Earle also subpoenaed the telephone records of DeLay’s daughter,...

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News South Africa repeals last apartheid law
South Africa repeals last apartheid law
Jaime Jansen
October 13, 2005 07:33:00 pm

South Africa on Thursday repealed the oppressive Black Administration Act , ending the last vestige of apartheid. The 1927 Act had provided a uniform system of administration and regulation for black people by empowering tribal chiefs and regulating...

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed, ending Russia involvement in WWI

On March 3, 1918, the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the communist government of Russia, ending Russian involvement in World War I. The treaty furthermore opened independence for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Read the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and other documents related to the Peace of Brest-Litovsk from the Avalon Project at Yale University.

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On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

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