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News European ambassadors call for Guantanamo Bay base closure
European ambassadors call for Guantanamo Bay base closure
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February 20, 2006 07:47:00 am

The French, German, and British ambassadors to the US on Sunday called for the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, with French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte going so far as to call...

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News Thailand constitutional court to rule on hearing PM impeachment case
Thailand constitutional court to rule on hearing PM impeachment case
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February 14, 2006 08:36:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Thailand on Tuesday agreed to consider a petition to impeach Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on suspicion that he illegally held shares in the Shin Corporation , a telecommunications giant that...

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News New Orleans judges: funds shortfall may force mass release of indigent defendants
New Orleans judges: funds shortfall may force mass release of indigent defendants
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February 14, 2006 08:06:00 am

Just one month after New Orleans courts began preparations to resume trials , two New Orleans judges said that criminal courts may have to release as many as 4,000 indigent defendants, many of whom stand accused of felonies,...

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News Federal judge blocks transfer of American detainee to Iraqi custody
Federal judge blocks transfer of American detainee to Iraqi custody
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February 14, 2006 07:35:00 am

US District Judge Ricardo Urbina on Monday issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US military from turning over US citizen and suspected terrorist Shawqi Omar to Iraqi officials. Omar, who the...

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News Outgoing Palestinian assembly authorizes Abbas to appoint court overseeing Hamas
Outgoing Palestinian assembly authorizes Abbas to appoint court overseeing Hamas
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February 13, 2006 11:53:00 am

In its final session before dissolution, the lame-duck Palestinian Parliament Monday gave Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas the authority to appoint a constitutional court empowered to cancel any law approved by the...

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News UN report alleges US torture at Guantanamo
UN report alleges US torture at Guantanamo
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February 13, 2006 08:53:00 am

Five United Nations rights experts have concluded that detainees being held at the US prison base in Guantanamo Bay have been subjected to physical and mental abuse amounting to torture in some cases, according...

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Turkish journalists go on trial for state slander
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February 7, 2006 08:46:00 am

Five Turkish journalists went on trial Monday on charges of "insulting state judicial organs" and "trying to influence the judicial process." Prosecutors filed these charges in December for comments regarding the government's attempts to ban a conference ...

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News Second Los Angeles prison riot blamed on racial tensions
Second Los Angeles prison riot blamed on racial tensions
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February 7, 2006 08:20:00 am

Rival black and Hispanic gangs took part in another racially motivated brawl late Monday evening at a Los Angeles County jail dorm, in a repeat of a similar brawl last weekend which killed one inmate and injured...

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Carter says NSA domestic eavesdropping ‘illegal’
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February 7, 2006 07:22:00 am

Former US President Jimmy Carter said Monday that President Bush overstepped his constitutional powers by authorizing the NSA's domestic surveillance program . The former president was also critical of Monday's testimony ...

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Putin targeted on rights record at security conference
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February 6, 2006 08:10:00 am

American and European officials meeting in Munich Sunday at the annual Conference on Security Policy criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for backsliding on his protection of human rights. US Senator John McCain went...

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On August 4, 1977, the US Department of Energy was created by President Jimmy Carter. The Department was officially activated on October 1 of that year. Learn more about the history of the US Department of Energy.

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