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News ICC urges Sudan to surrender Darfur war crimes suspects
ICC urges Sudan to surrender Darfur war crimes suspects
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 01:35:00 pm

ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Saturday called on the government of Sudan to arrest and surrender two war crimes suspects wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In a statement noting that arrest...

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News Uganda journalists arrested after publishing criticisms of military: lawyer
Uganda journalists arrested after publishing criticisms of military: lawyer
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 01:08:00 pm

Ugandan police arrested three journalists Saturday as part of an investigation into suspected sedition, according to the journalists' lawyer. The journalists worked on two articles published in the Independent magazine that were critical of the Ugandan military....

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News Mexico lawmakers end protests against proposed energy bill
Mexico lawmakers end protests against proposed energy bill
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 12:56:00 pm

Opposition members of the Mexican Congress have ended their protest against a proposed energy reform bill backed by Mexican President Felipe Calderon , after the ruling party agreed to allow further debate on the bill. Members...

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News Senate judiciary panel advances bill curbing state secrets privilege
Senate judiciary panel advances bill curbing state secrets privilege
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 12:32:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the State Secrets Protection Act , sending the legislation to the Senate floor for consideration. The legislation, approved by a 11-8 vote on Thursday, would place restrictions on...

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News US Army sergeant found not guilty in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
US Army sergeant found not guilty in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 12:16:00 pm

US Army Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales was acquitted by a military jury on Friday of charges connected to the 2007 killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian near the city of Kirkuk . Corrales was...

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News Federal judge rules Bible distribution in Louisiana school unconstitutional
Federal judge rules Bible distribution in Louisiana school unconstitutional
Jeannie Shawl
April 24, 2008 08:17:00 am

A federal judge has ruled that a school district in Louisiana must stop allowing the distribution of Bibles in schools, saying that the distribution is "a religious activity without a secular purpose" in violation of the First...

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News Australia Federal Court orders new trial in Perth native title case
Australia Federal Court orders new trial in Perth native title case
Jeannie Shawl
April 23, 2008 03:03:00 pm

The Federal Court of Australia on Wednesday ruled that a lower court made several errors of law in its 2006 decision giving Aborigines native title to land in the Australian city of Perth, and...

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News San Francisco Bay oil spill ship pilot faces new felony charges
San Francisco Bay oil spill ship pilot faces new felony charges
Jeannie Shawl
April 23, 2008 01:24:00 pm

Federal prosecutors filed felony charges Tuesday against Capt. John Joseph Cota, the California maritime pilot accused in the November 2007 spill of approximately 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil in the San Francisco Bay. Cota,...

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News ‘Chemical Ali’ released from hospital after heart attack from hunger strike
‘Chemical Ali’ released from hospital after heart attack from hunger strike
Jeannie Shawl
April 23, 2008 12:27:00 pm

Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," has been released from the hospital and returned to a US detention facility in Baghdad, US military officials said Tuesday. Al-Majid was...

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News Supreme Court rules in Fourth Amendment case
Supreme Court rules in Fourth Amendment case
Jeannie Shawl
April 23, 2008 10:15:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down its decision Wednesday in Virginia v. Moore , where the Court ruled that Virginia police did not violate Moore's Fourth Amendment right when they arrested...

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President Carter signed bill restoring US citizenship of Jefferson Davis

On October 17, 1977, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill retroactively restoring the US citizenship of Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America, US Senator from Mississippi and US Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.

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