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News California city council endorses Rumsfeld war crimes prosecution
California city council endorses Rumsfeld war crimes prosecution
James M Yoch Jr
March 15, 2007 09:18:00 am

The Berkeley, California city council voted Tuesday to support the criminal complaint filed in Germany against former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...

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News Italy court sentences Argentina ex-military officers for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
Italy court sentences Argentina ex-military officers for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
James M Yoch Jr
March 15, 2007 08:38:00 am

A court in Rome convicted five former officers of the Argentina military Wednesday on charges of torturing, kidnapping and murdering three Italian citizens during Argentina's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . All five defendants, who were tried...

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News US Marine arraigned second time after dropping guilty plea
US Marine arraigned second time after dropping guilty plea
James M Yoch Jr
March 2, 2007 02:21:00 pm

US Marine Corps Cpl. Trent D. Thomas was arraigned Thursday on charges of murder and kidnapping related to the April 2006 slaying of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania , but declined...

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News Judge dismisses second Microsoft patent infringement suit
Judge dismisses second Microsoft patent infringement suit
James M Yoch Jr
March 2, 2007 01:28:00 pm

A federal judge in California on Thursday dismissed all claims in the second of four patent infringement lawsuits filed by Alcatel-Lucent against Microsoft Corp. . The case, which was scheduled to begin trial...

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News Homeland Security extends REAL ID compliance deadline
Homeland Security extends REAL ID compliance deadline
James M Yoch Jr
March 2, 2007 12:57:00 pm

The US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday agreed to extend by 18 months the compliance timeline for the REAL ID Act until December 31, 2009. In...

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News Gasoline price gouging bill introduced in US House
Gasoline price gouging bill introduced in US House
James M Yoch Jr
March 1, 2007 09:12:00 am

US Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) and 78 other House of Representatives members introduced a bill Wednesday that would crack down on gasoline price gouging by instituting harsh criminal and civil penalties on oil and...

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News Jefferson requests return of files seized during congressional office raid
Jefferson requests return of files seized during congressional office raid
James M Yoch Jr
March 1, 2007 08:35:00 am

Attorneys for US Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) on Wednesday requested the return of the materials seized from the congressman's office during an 18-hour raid in May 2006 by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official...

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News Bosnia presidency member calls for constitutional amendment to unify BiH
Bosnia presidency member calls for constitutional amendment to unify BiH
James M Yoch Jr
February 26, 2007 04:04:00 pm

Bosnian BiH presidency member Haris Silajdzic on Monday called for an amendment to the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) constitution that would end the country's division into ethnic mini-states and create a unified nation. Silajdzic's proposal was...

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News Maryland judge suspends lethal injection reports until death penalty status resolved
Maryland judge suspends lethal injection reports until death penalty status resolved
James M Yoch Jr
February 26, 2007 03:37:00 pm

US District Judge Benson Legg Monday suspended a requirement that the Maryland Attorney General submit proposals for using medical professionals to conduct lethal injections until such time as the controversy over the status of the...

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News Egypt blogger appeals prison sentence for insulting Islam online
Egypt blogger appeals prison sentence for insulting Islam online
James M Yoch Jr
February 26, 2007 03:07:00 pm

Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Monday filed an appeal of his four-year prison sentence on charges of inciting sedition, insulting Islam, harming national unity and insulting the president in remarks he posted on his Internet...

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France abolishes slavery

On February 4, 1794, the legislature of France abolished slavery throughout the territories of the French Republic. The practice was then reinstituted by Napoleon in 1804, before being banned permanently in 1814 after Bonaparte was exiled to Elba. As of 2001, slavery is defined as a "crime against humanity" by French law.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born

On February 4, 1913, late civil rights activist Rosa Parks—who became famous in 1956 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and go to the back of a Montgomery Alabama bus—was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Learn more about Rosa Parks.

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