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News EU extends deadline for Serbia to deliver Mladic to Hague war crimes court
EU extends deadline for Serbia to deliver Mladic to Hague war crimes court
Krista-Ann Staley
March 31, 2006 01:28:00 pm

The EU on Friday extended its deadline for Serbia to hand over wanted war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic to April 30 after chief ICTY prosecutor Carla del Ponte [BBC News profile,...

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News Former DeLay aide pleads guilty to conspiring with Abramoff
Former DeLay aide pleads guilty to conspiring with Abramoff
Krista-Ann Staley
March 31, 2006 12:33:00 pm

Tony Rudy , former deputy chief of staff and press secretary to US Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) , pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy Friday. Rudy admitted to working with convicted lobbyist Jack...

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News Christian convert in Afghanistan seeking foreign asylum: UN
Christian convert in Afghanistan seeking foreign asylum: UN
Krista-Ann Staley
March 27, 2006 02:44:00 pm

Abdul Rahman , currently facing the death penalty in Afghanistan for converting from Islam to Christianity, has appealed for asylum, UN spokesman Adrian Edwards said Monday. Earlier Monday, several hundred people responded...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee drops felony provision of House illegal immigration bill
Senate Judiciary Committee drops felony provision of House illegal immigration bill
Krista-Ann Staley
March 27, 2006 02:01:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday softened HR 4437 , the controversial immigration reform bill passed by the House in December, by adopting an amendment by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) that...

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News South Dakota abortion ban opponents seek referendum to block new law
South Dakota abortion ban opponents seek referendum to block new law
Krista-Ann Staley
March 24, 2006 02:30:00 pm

Abortion rights activists in South Dakota on Friday announced that they will seek a referendum that will overturn the state's newly-enacted abortion ban . The campaign , led by the South Dakota...

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News Belgrade court closing murder case against Milosevic
Belgrade court closing murder case against Milosevic
Krista-Ann Staley
March 20, 2006 02:52:00 pm

A District Court in Belgrade said Monday it would close an outstanding case against late Yugoslav ex-president Slobodan Milosevic for "organizing the murder" of former Serbian president Ivan Stambolic, according to private news agency BETA ....

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News Congo militia leader makes first appearance at ICC
Congo militia leader makes first appearance at ICC
Krista-Ann Staley
March 20, 2006 02:10:00 pm

As anticipated , Thomas Lubanga , founder of the militant Union of Patriotic Congolese , appeared in the International Criminal Court at The Hague Monday, accused of using child...

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News ASEAN making slow progress on human rights institution
ASEAN making slow progress on human rights institution
Krista-Ann Staley
March 17, 2006 01:36:00 pm

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is making slow progress in its efforts to set up a regional human rights watchdog, officials from the organization announced Friday. Representatives from the four member countries suggesting the establishment...

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News China sentences teacher to 10 years for subversion, releases NYT researcher
China sentences teacher to 10 years for subversion, releases NYT researcher
Krista-Ann Staley
March 17, 2006 12:48:00 pm

China's practice of "internet management" continued Friday with a 10-year sentence for Ren Ziyaun, a teacher found guilty of "subversion of state power" after posting "The Road to Democracy" and other essays on the Internet. According...

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News Serb president blames ICTY for Milosevic death but promises continued cooperation
Serb president blames ICTY for Milosevic death but promises continued cooperation
Krista-Ann Staley
March 13, 2006 03:42:00 pm

Serbian President Boris Tadic Monday blamed the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for the unexpected death of Slobodan Milosevic on Saturday, telling the Associated Press that...

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Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi SS and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps. Read a biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted anti-Vietnam War bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality. Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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