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News Bangladesh court convicts 8 in courthouse bombing campaign
Bangladesh court convicts 8 in courthouse bombing campaign
Jaime Jansen
August 15, 2006 11:17:00 am

Three men were sentenced to death and five men to life in prison in Bangladesh Tuesday for their involvement in a series of bombings on police, court and government buildings last year....

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News Singapore reporter accused of selling China state secrets goes on trial
Singapore reporter accused of selling China state secrets goes on trial
Jaime Jansen
August 15, 2006 10:34:00 am

Ching Cheong , chief China correspondent for Singapore's Straits Times , went on trial Tuesday in China on charges of selling state secrets and spying for Taiwan . Though media in Hong Kong reported...

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News Bush signs bill expropriating San Diego cross property for federal government
Bush signs bill expropriating San Diego cross property for federal government
Jaime Jansen
August 15, 2006 09:59:00 am

President Bush on Monday signed a bill into law that transfers ownership of a 29-foot cross on Mount Soledad in San Diego to the federal government. The cross, which was erected as a...

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News Egypt court frees 11 Muslim Brotherhood members jailed after judiciary protests
Egypt court frees 11 Muslim Brotherhood members jailed after judiciary protests
Jaime Jansen
August 15, 2006 09:12:00 am

An Egyptian appeals court ruled Monday that 11 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood jailed since May after participating in pro-judicial independence protests earlier this year should be released from detention [MB News...

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News Gonzales orders comparative review of US, UK anti-terror laws
Gonzales orders comparative review of US, UK anti-terror laws
Jaime Jansen
August 15, 2006 08:00:00 am

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday directed the US Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy and Office of Legal Counsel to conduct a comparative review of American and British anti-terrorism laws . Gonzales' order...

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UN pledges no arrest of Uganda rebels during peace talks with government
Jaime Jansen
August 14, 2006 12:11:00 pm

Leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will not be arrested if they attend peace talks with the Ugandan government in Sudan, a UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) official said Monday. The talks began...

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Japan justice ministry proposes integrating criminal and civil lawsuits
Jaime Jansen
August 14, 2006 11:07:00 am

The Japanese Justice Ministry has introduced plans for a new court process that will allow crime victims to sue for damages in a civil lawsuit that runs simultaneously with a criminal trial. In an effort...

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Australia PM withdraws bill restricting asylum seekers arriving by boat
Jaime Jansen
August 14, 2006 10:16:00 am

Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday abandoned the proposed Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill that would have required asylum seekers arriving by boat to be processed at offshore camps after it became apparent...

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Iraqi tribunal names chief judge for second Saddam trial
Jaime Jansen
August 14, 2006 09:46:00 am

Judge Abdullah al-Amiri, a Shiite judge, will preside over the second Saddam Hussein trial by the Iraqi High Tribunal, this one involving the so-called "Anfal" operation that killed 100,000 Kurds in northern Iraq in...

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Mexico presidential challenger vows continued protests until recount granted
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August 14, 2006 08:54:00 am

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , the leftist candidate challenging the results of Mexico's disputed July 2 presidential election , said Sunday that his supporters would continue their protests in Mexico City...

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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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