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Guatemala police convicted in disappearance with evidence from rediscovered archive

Guatemala police convicted in disappearance with evidence from rediscovered archive

John Paul Putney

October 29, 2010 03:35:40 pm

A Guatemalan judge on Thursday sentenced former National Police (NP) officers Hector Roderico Ramirez Rios and Abraham Lancerio Gomez to 40 years in prison for the 1984 forced disappearance of Fernando Garcia, based on evidence found in an abandoned...

Rights groups condemn police brutality in Guinea election violence

Rights groups condemn police brutality in Guinea election violence

John Paul Putney

October 26, 2010 02:22:40 pm

Amnesty International (AI) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned violence by Guinea's security forces in response to recent opposition demonstrations. Rising tensions amid allegations of fraud and repeated delays...

Ontario court sentences convicted ‘Toronto 18’ leader to 16 years

Ontario court sentences convicted ‘Toronto 18’ leader to 16 years

John Paul Putney

October 25, 2010 02:13:37 pm

The Ontario Superior Court on Monday sentenced Fahim Ahmad , the leader of the Toronto 18 , to 16 years in prison for his role in the terrorist organization. During the...

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Warsaw Pact signed

On May 14, 1955, seven communist countries in Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland Romania, and the USSR) signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (Warsaw Pact), a mutual defense accord created to counter NATO in the West. East Germany joined in 1959. Albania left in 1968.

Delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention

On May 14, 1787, delegates from each state begin to arrive in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention.

The last delegates arrived 10 days later, on May 24. Learn more about the Constitutional Convention.