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News Preliminary hearing concludes for US soldier accused of murdering Iraq detainee
Preliminary hearing concludes for US soldier accused of murdering Iraq detainee
Joe Shaulis
September 15, 2008 01:15:00 pm

A US soldier and an Iraqi translator for the US military testified against Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner as an Article 32 preliminary hearing concluded Sunday in Iraq . Military...

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News ICTY sentences Bosnian commander Delic to 3 years for war crimes
ICTY sentences Bosnian commander Delic to 3 years for war crimes
Joe Shaulis
September 15, 2008 12:07:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday convicted former Bosnian army commander Rasim Delic of cruel treatment and sentenced him to...

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News Virginia high court finds anti-spam law unconstitutional
Virginia high court finds anti-spam law unconstitutional
Joe Shaulis
September 15, 2008 09:04:00 am

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional a state law criminalizing the production of falsified, unsolicited bulk e-mail. The court on Friday vacated the conviction of prominent spammer Jeremy Jaynes, and held...

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News Poland ex-leaders go on trial for declaring martial law
Poland ex-leaders go on trial for declaring martial law
Joe Shaulis
September 13, 2008 03:34:00 pm

The trial of former Polish leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski and seven other Communist-era officials charged in connection with the 1981 declaration of martial law resumed Friday in...

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US military charges Afghan detainee at Guantanamo with war crimes
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 02:51:00 pm

US military prosecutors have brought war crimes charges against a detainee at Guantanamo Bay who they allege stored and concealed anti-tank mines in Afghanistan . The detainee, named Obaidullah, was charged...

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Wisconsin elections agency says ID lawsuit will cause confusion at polls
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 01:20:00 pm

Voting-rights advocates and elections officials fear that a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Department of Justice will effectively disenfranchise thousands of voters by causing chaos at the polls in November. Wisconsin Attorney...

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Third Circuit upholds denial of diet-drug settlement claim
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 11:39:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday ruled that a claimant had produced insufficient medical evidence to recover from a settlement fund established to compensate those harmed by...

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New Rosenberg transcripts suggest perjury
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 09:28:00 am

Grand jury transcripts released Thursday suggest that testimony critical to the 1953 espionage conviction of Ethel Rosenberg was perjured. The National Archives made public nearly 1,000 pages of testimony given by...

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US Secretary of the Interior promises swift response to corruption report
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 07:20:00 am

US Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne pledged Thursday that he would "take swift action to restore the public trust" following an investigation which found corruption in the Department of the Interior (DOI) [official website; JURIST news...

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EU justice commissioner prods Google to shorten data retention period
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September 12, 2008 06:58:00 am

EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Jacques Barrot on Thursday said Google is taking a "step in the right direction" by keeping data on search engine users for nine months rather than...

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English Queen consort Anne Boleyn arrested on adultery accusations

English Queen consort Anne Boleyn, whom King Henry VIII married after famously divorcing Catherine of Aragon, was arrested on charges of adultery on May 2, 1536. The following trial, orchestrated by prominent minister of state Thomas Cromwell, led to Anne's conviction and eventual execution two weeks after her arrest despite Anne's denial of the charges. Henry VIII would marry Jane Seymour later that month. Learn more about Anne Boleyn.

FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died

Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II. Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.

European Central Bank founded

On May 2, 1998, the European Central Bank (ECB) was founded to set monetary policy for the sixteen EU nations who use the Euro as their primary currency. Learn more about the ECB from the organization's website.

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