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News UK military officer suspected of leaking secret Afghanistan data to rights group
UK military officer suspected of leaking secret Afghanistan data to rights group
Jake Oresick
February 4, 2009 12:44:00 pm

The British Ministry of Defence (MOD) confirmed Wednesday that a UK Army officer was arrested in Afghanistan and returned to the London for questioning on suspicion of revealing secret information to a human rights...

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News ICC to weigh Palestinian Authority standing to bring Gaza war crimes case
ICC to weigh Palestinian Authority standing to bring Gaza war crimes case
Jake Oresick
February 4, 2009 11:55:00 am

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Tuesday that Palestinian National Authority (PNA)  president Mahmoud Abbas had petitioned the court to exercise jurisdiction over possible war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip, but indicated...

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News ICJ rules for Romania in underwater oil reserves dispute with Ukraine
ICJ rules for Romania in underwater oil reserves dispute with Ukraine
Jake Oresick
February 3, 2009 12:48:00 pm

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) resolved a long-standing dispute between Ukraine and Romania Tuesday by drawing a new maritime border between the countries, giving Romania four-fifths of waters believed...

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News Australia court sentences Algerian cleric convicted of plotting terrorist attacks
Australia court sentences Algerian cleric convicted of plotting terrorist attacks
Jake Oresick
February 3, 2009 12:10:00 pm

Australia's Supreme Court of Victoria Tuesday sentenced Algerian cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika , also known as Abu Bakr, to at least 12 years in prison for his role in plotting large-scale terror attacks aimed...

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News Japan orders navy to engage pirates despite constitutional risk
Japan orders navy to engage pirates despite constitutional risk
Jake Oresick
January 28, 2009 01:54:00 pm

Japanese defense minister Yasukazu Hamada on Wednesday ordered the country's Maritime Self-Defense Force to prepare to travel to the waters surrounding Somalia to combat piracy in the region, despite concerns that combat could...

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News Malawi court rules ex-president can be investigated for corruption
Malawi court rules ex-president can be investigated for corruption
Jake Oresick
January 28, 2009 01:02:00 pm

Former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi will likely be tried for corruption after the country's Supreme Court of Appeal Tuesday struck down an injunction that had stalled the investigation into his alleged theft of international aid money. Muluzi...

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News Canada court upholds media blackout in terrorism trial
Canada court upholds media blackout in terrorism trial
Jake Oresick
January 27, 2009 12:59:00 pm

The Ontario Court of Appeal Monday affirmed a lower court ruling that prohibits the media from reporting on the terrorism trial of a group known as the "Toronto 18" . The 3-2 decision...

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News US to continue sending Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon
US to continue sending Guantanamo detainees to Saudi Arabia: Pentagon
Jake Oresick
January 27, 2009 12:15:00 pm

A spokesperson for the US Department of Defense (DOD) said Monday that the US will not change its policy on the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia, despite reports that two former...

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News Khadr admitted throwing grenade that killed soldier: US interrogator
Khadr admitted throwing grenade that killed soldier: US interrogator
Jake Oresick
January 20, 2009 12:34:00 pm

Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr admitted throwing a hand grenade that killed a US soldier in Afghanistan, according to the pre-trial testimony Monday of an American intelligence official. The official, identified as Interrogator 11,...

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Russia amends constitution to extend presidential terms
Jake Oresick
December 30, 2008 01:02:00 pm

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday signed into law amendments to the Russian Constitution extending presidential terms from four to six years and terms for parliament members [Article...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.

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