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News Mexico AG calls on US to halt gun sales, drug money inflow
Mexico AG calls on US to halt gun sales, drug money inflow
Kate Heneroty
March 29, 2007 12:08:00 pm

Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora Wednesday called on US law enforcement to take action to stop the flow of guns and drug money from the United States into Mexico . Mora told a gathering...

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News Former Guantanamo detainees tortured in Russia: HRW
Former Guantanamo detainees tortured in Russia: HRW
Kate Heneroty
March 29, 2007 11:36:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a report Thursday detailing abuse and torture suffered by seven former Guantanamo Bay detainees at the hands of Russian law enforcement agencies since their release from...

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News Italy to try US soldier in shooting death of intelligence agent in Iraq
Italy to try US soldier in shooting death of intelligence agent in Iraq
Kate Heneroty
February 7, 2007 01:59:00 pm

An Italian judge Wednesday ordered New York Army National Guard soldier Mario Lozano to stand trial on charges of voluntary homicide in connection with the death of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari at...

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News Canada to investigate Afghan detainee abuse allegations
Canada to investigate Afghan detainee abuse allegations
Kate Heneroty
February 7, 2007 01:29:00 pm

The government of Canada ordered an official inquiry Tuesday into whether detainees in Afghanistan were abused while in Canadian custody. The probe began following a civilian complaint filed by Amir Attaran...

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News Turkey warns US against Armenian genocide resolution
Turkey warns US against Armenian genocide resolution
Kate Heneroty
February 7, 2007 12:56:00 pm

Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul said Wednesday that a proposed resolution by the US Congress condemning the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1917 as "genocide" would damage US-Turkish relations....

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News Venezuela lawmakers allowing Chavez to rule by decree for 18 months
Venezuela lawmakers allowing Chavez to rule by decree for 18 months
Kate Heneroty
January 19, 2007 08:28:00 am

The Venezuelan National Assembly gave preliminary approval Thursday to a measure that would allow Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to rule by decree for 18 months. The initial vote was...

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News Rwanda set to abolish death penalty: justice minister
Rwanda set to abolish death penalty: justice minister
Kate Heneroty
January 19, 2007 07:57:00 am

The Rwandan cabinet has agreed to abolish capital punishment, the country's justice minister said Friday, clearing the way for the extradition of defendants facing trial for the 1994 Rwandan genocide , during which over 800,000 people were killed....

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News Ethics reform bill approved by Senate
Ethics reform bill approved by Senate
Kate Heneroty
January 19, 2007 07:24:00 am

The US Senate passed the Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 by a 96-2 vote Thursday, but declined to create a Senate Office of Public Integrity to investigate ethics breaches....

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News DOD official slams US law firms for defending Guantanamo detainees
DOD official slams US law firms for defending Guantanamo detainees
Kate Heneroty
January 12, 2007 06:35:00 pm

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson has set off a firestorm of protest by publicly questioning the propriety of some of the country's top law firms representing Guantanamo Bay detainees....

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News Iran parliament votes to review IAEA cooperation after UN sanctions approved
Iran parliament votes to review IAEA cooperation after UN sanctions approved
Kate Heneroty
December 25, 2006 01:12:00 pm

Iran's parliament has voted to review the terms of the country's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) , the UN's nuclear watchdog, following a weekend approval of sanctions ]JURIST...

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Pope Innocent VIII authorizes Germany witchcraft prosecutions

Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus on December 5, 1484, authorizing Dominican friars and witch hunters Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger to prosecute witchcraft in Germany. The prosecutions would later give rise to the 1486 publication of Kramer and Sprenger's Malleus Malificarum ("Hammer of the Witches") which prescribed torture as a way to coerce confessions out of suspected witches. Historians view the text as having promoted a misogynistic witch craze in late medieval Europe. Read the full papal bull.

21st Amendment ended Prohibition

On December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, ending the ban on the legal sale and importation of alcohol that had been introduced in 1919 by the 18th Amendment. Learn how the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers helped bring about Prohibition's repeal.

Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen

On December 5, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat broke off diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen in response to the Declaration of Tripoli, which imposed sanctions on Eygpt. These hardline Arab nations had promulgated the Declaration in order to punish Egypt for establishing diplomatic relations with Israel. In 1979, Egypt signed a formal peace treaty with Israel, leading to Sadat's assassination in 1981. Learn more from the BBC.

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