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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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On October 26, 1916, feminist Margaret Sanger was arrested for distributing birth control information shortly after establishing the first US birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York.

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On October 26, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and his Jordanian counterpart Abdelsalam al-Majali signed the Treaty of Peace Between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The treaty ended a state of war that had existed between the two nations since the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. In addition to other provisions, the accord established normal diplomatic relations, agreed upon borders, and shared water.

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