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News DOJ opens criminal investigation into Goldman Sachs: report
DOJ opens criminal investigation into Goldman Sachs: report
Jonathan Cohen
April 30, 2010 04:25:30 pm

Law enforcement officials on Thursday told the Wall Street Journal that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is opening a criminal investigation of Goldman, Sachs & Co. for possible securities fraud...

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DOJ opens criminal investigation into Goldman Sachs: report
Jonathan Cohen
April 30, 2010 03:23:00 pm

Law enforcement officials on Thursday told the Wall Street Journal that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is opening a criminal investigation of Goldman, Sachs & Co. for possible securities fraud...

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US prosecutors charge 2 New York residents with providing material support to al Qaeda
Jonathan Cohen
April 30, 2010 02:33:19 pm

The US government on Friday charged two Brooklyn men with conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda . The two men allegedly received at least $50,000 for...

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US prosecutors charge 2 New York residents with providing material support to al Qaeda
Jonathan Cohen
April 30, 2010 02:33:00 pm

The US government on Friday charged two Brooklyn men with conspiracy to provide material support to al Qaeda . The two men allegedly received at least $50,000 for...

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News Suu Kyi files suit in Myanmar to stop dissolution of opposition party
Suu Kyi files suit in Myanmar to stop dissolution of opposition party
Jonathan Cohen
April 29, 2010 04:06:39 pm

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi , filed suit Thursday in Myanmar's Supreme Court to stop the dissolution of her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) under a controversial election law ....

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Senate Democrats introduce bill to limit corporate campaign spending
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April 29, 2010 04:04:26 pm

A group of Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at curbing foreign and corporate influence in elections after a recent Supreme Court decision eased restrictions on campaign spending . In Citizens United v....

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Jonathan Cohen
April 29, 2010 02:03:00 pm

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi , filed suit Thursday in Myanmar's Supreme Court to stop the dissolution of her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) under a controversial election law ....

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Senate Democrats introduce bill to limit corporate campaign spending
Jonathan Cohen
April 29, 2010 01:00:00 pm

A group of Senate Democrats on Thursday introduced legislation aimed at curbing foreign and corporate influence in elections after a recent Supreme Court decision eased restrictions on campaign spending . In Citizens United v....

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US prosecutors indict 11 suspected Somali pirates
Jonathan Cohen
April 23, 2010 02:47:00 pm

US federal prosecutors have charged a group of 11 suspected Somali pirates in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia , according to indictments unsealed Friday. The US District Attorney...

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Civil rights groups seek suspension of airport full body scanners
Jonathan Cohen
April 22, 2010 10:17:00 am

A group of more than 30 privacy and civil liberty groups on Wednesday asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to suspend the full body scanner program being implemented by the...

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President Lincoln offered amnesty to Confederates

On December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all citizens of the Confederacy who swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution. Because of confusion over who was to administer the oath, Lincoln issued another proclamation on March 26, 1864, empowering "any commissioned officer, civil, military, or naval in the service of the United States", as well as those persons in the territories which were "not in insurrection who were by the laws therefore qualified for administering oaths." Both Proclamations specified that military prisoners and others held for crimes against the United States were ineligible for amnesty, although Confederate deserters could volunteer to take the oath.

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