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Spain court seeks extradition of Guatemalan massacre suspect
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A Spanish court issued an international arrest warrant on Monday for the extradition of Jose Sosa Orantes, a former Guatemalan soldier being held in Canada for his involvement in a 1982 massacre during Guatemala's 36-year civil war ....

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An Argentine federal court on Thursday sentenced former general Eduardo Cabanillas to life in prison for his involvement in the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . Cabanillas, who ran a secret Buenos Aires facility known as...

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March 28, 2011 03:43:58 pm

A federal judge sentenced former Enron Broadband Services executive Rex Shelby to two years probation Monday on charges of insider trading. The sentencing marks the end of an eight-year long criminal prosecution of...

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Spain denies legal status to new Basque political party
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March 24, 2011 12:19:11 pm

The Spanish Supreme Court on Wednesday denied legal status to new political party, Sortu, in response to the government's concerns that its links to the Basque separatist group ETA ...

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A federal judge on Monday declined to formally rule on the request by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to cancel his retrial , claiming that the motion was neither serious, nor did it raise a...

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March 18, 2011 01:28:33 pm

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo warned Libyan government officials on Friday that war crimes prosecution could result for any indiscriminate attacks against civilians in Benghazi. Last week, the UN was called upon to...

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ICC prosecutor warns Kenya suspects will be arrested if court rules not followed
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March 14, 2011 02:17:38 pm

Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday warned the six Kenyans suspected of inciting the 2007-2008 post-election violence that arrests would ensue if they did not comply...

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March 4, 2011 12:47:31 pm

The appeals chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) ruled Thursday that the trial can accept the final brief of former Liberian president Charles Taylor and that his...

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February 28, 2011 02:48:38 pm

An Italian court on Monday resumed the trial of Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi on tax fraud charges , just weeks after the Constitutional Court modified a law...

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February 25, 2011 01:10:03 pm

The Maryland Senate approved legislation Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage . The bill, entitled Civil Marriage Protection Act, would alter existing legislation that validates only heterosexual marriage. Approval of the Act will give...

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Dutch East India Company established

On March 20, 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands established the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The creation edict granted VOC a monopoly over Dutch colonial activities in Asia for twenty-one years. During that time, VOC became the world's first multinational company and the first to issue stock. Read a history of the VOC and view the world's oldest share of stock, as issued by the VOC.

First woman executed by electric chair

On March 20, 1899, Martha Place, convicted of the murder of her stepdaughter, became the first woman to die in the electric chair. The execution was carried out at New York's Auburn Prison.

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