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News Philippines officers apologize to court for attempted November coup
Philippines officers apologize to court for attempted November coup
Jaime Jansen
December 11, 2007 11:26:00 am

About one dozen officers on trial in the Philippines in connection with a failed 2003 mutiny apologized to the court Tuesday for an aborted coup attempt against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo...

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News Ex-CIA agent confirms use of waterboarding in terror interrogations
Ex-CIA agent confirms use of waterboarding in terror interrogations
Jaime Jansen
December 11, 2007 10:50:00 am

A retired US CIA agent told ABC News Monday that CIA interrogators have successfully used waterboarding to get crucial information about planned terror attacks, though the agent did say he considered the technique to be torture....

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News Federal appeals court strikes portions of terror groups aid ban for vagueness
Federal appeals court strikes portions of terror groups aid ban for vagueness
Jaime Jansen
December 11, 2007 09:51:00 am

Portions of the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) and its 2004 amendment, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act which make it a crime to help groups considered to be terrorist organizations by the...

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News Turkish lawyers, judges protest new law on judicial appointments
Turkish lawyers, judges protest new law on judicial appointments
Jaime Jansen
December 10, 2007 10:55:00 am

Thousands of lawyers and judges in Turkey protested a new law Sunday that they believe will undermine judicial independence by changing the appointment process for judges and prosecutors. The new law requires a justice ministry interview...

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News Bolivia constitutional assembly approves new constitution
Bolivia constitutional assembly approves new constitution
Jaime Jansen
December 10, 2007 10:23:00 am

A majority of members of the Bolivian Constitutional Assembly on Sunday approved a new draft constitution Sunday, despite a boycott by members of the main opposition party. Only 153 of 255 assembly members voted...

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News Canada jury convicts BC serial killer of second degree murder
Canada jury convicts BC serial killer of second degree murder
Jaime Jansen
December 10, 2007 09:52:00 am

A Canadian jury convicted Robert William Pickton Sunday of second degree murder for the deaths of six women in the 1990s. He was found not guilty of first degree murder, with the jury concluding that the...

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News UN human rights expert to observe Guantanamo military commission hearings
UN human rights expert to observe Guantanamo military commission hearings
Jaime Jansen
December 4, 2007 11:00:00 am

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin will attend military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay beginning Wednesday, according to a statement by Scheinin on Tuesday. Scheinin said that the...

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News Malaysia charges 26 ethnic Indian demonstrators with attempted murder
Malaysia charges 26 ethnic Indian demonstrators with attempted murder
Jaime Jansen
December 4, 2007 10:18:00 am

Twenty-six ethnic Indians have been charged with attempted murder in connection with anti-discrimination demonstrations in Malaysia last month, a lawyer for the defendants said Tuesday. All 26 suspects pleaded not guilty to charges of...

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News New Jersey Senate panel passes death penalty abolition bill
New Jersey Senate panel passes death penalty abolition bill
Jaime Jansen
December 4, 2007 09:40:00 am

The New Jersey Senate Budget Committee Monday voted 8-4 to pass a bill designed to replace capital punishment with life in prison, paving the way for New Jersey to abolish the death penalty ...

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News US House panel asks Mukasey to obtain CIA leak documents
US House panel asks Mukasey to obtain CIA leak documents
Jaime Jansen
December 4, 2007 08:57:00 am

US House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) has asked US Attorney General Michael Mukasey to help the committee obtain transcripts of interviews with US President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and...

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US apologizes to Japanese-Americans for detention during WWII

US President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 into law on August 10, 1988, apologizing on behalf of the United States to Japanese-Americans who were interned in camps during WWII and providing $20,000 in compensation for each survivor. The law also provided $12,000 in compensation for each living displaced Aleutian Islander who was relocated to a camp in Alaska during the US's Aleutian Islands campaign.

President Reagan authorized compensation for Japanese-Americans interned during World War II

On August 10, 1988, US President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that provided payments of $20,000 to Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps by the US government during World War II. Learn more about the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which also included a formal apology by Congress for what it called a "grave injustice."

National Security Act Amendment reorganizes U.S. military

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