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News Iran and Iraq jointly accuse Hussein in preparation for trial
Iran and Iraq jointly accuse Hussein in preparation for trial
Krista-Ann Staley
May 20, 2005 09:04:00 am

Iraq and Iran issued a landmark joint statement Thursday blaming Saddam Hussein and his loyalists as the military aggressors in both the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and the 1990 Iraq-Kuwait conflict . The statement came...

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News Trial begins for only surviving Beslan hostage-taker
Trial begins for only surviving Beslan hostage-taker
Krista-Ann Staley
May 17, 2005 12:11:00 pm

The trial of Nur-Pashi Kulayev, the sole surviving member of the militant group responsible for Beslan School Crisis in September 2004, began Tuesday under tight security in Vladikavkaz, the capital of Russia's North Ossetian region....

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News UK court allows extradition of British terror suspect to US
UK court allows extradition of British terror suspect to US
Krista-Ann Staley
May 17, 2005 10:34:00 am

A British judge ruled Tuesday that Babar Ahmad can be extradited to face charges of supporting terrorism, conspiring to kill Americans and running a Web site that US authorities say was used to fund terrorists. The case...

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News Army charges three more soldiers in deaths of Afghan detainees
Army charges three more soldiers in deaths of Afghan detainees
Krista-Ann Staley
May 17, 2005 10:23:00 am

Military spokesmen at Fort Bliss, Texas, announced Monday that three more soldiers have been charged in connection with prisoner abuse at an Afghanistan detention facility. The Army has charged Sgt. Selena Salcedo and Sgt. Joshua Claus of Fort Bragg,...

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News Arizona initiative seeks constitutional ban on same-sex marriages
Arizona initiative seeks constitutional ban on same-sex marriages
Krista-Ann Staley
May 17, 2005 09:30:00 am

Supporters of an Arizona initiative seeking a ban on same-sex marriages and legal recognition of unmarried couples launched their public campaign Tuesday on the one year anniversary of the Massachusetts Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage. While Arizona...

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First former Warsaw Pact countries join NATO

On March 12, 1999, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Read the NATO accession treaties for the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the Republic of Poland.

Janet Reno sworn in as first female US Attorney General

On March 12, 1993, Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female US Attorney General. Learn more about Janet Reno from the US Department of Justice Attorney General's website as it stood on November 9, 2000.

Mahatma Gandhi begins Salt March

Indian independence advocate Mahatma Gandhi and 78 others began a 3.5-week-long march to the Arabian Sea on March 12, 1930 to defy monopolistic colonial laws prohibiting the collection of salt by Indians. The demonstration exemplified Gandhi's strategy of Satyagraha. The march ended with thousands joining in in other cities, Gandhi being briefly jailed and then granted a seat at the 1930-1932 India Round Table Conference in London. Learn more about the Salt March.

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