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News Spain court seeks extradition of Guatemalan massacre suspect
Spain court seeks extradition of Guatemalan massacre suspect
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April 4, 2011 02:36:20 pm

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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News Argentina ex-general sentenced to life for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
Argentina ex-general sentenced to life for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
LaToya Sawyer
April 1, 2011 01:02:45 pm

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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News Sentencing of final Enron executive ends 8-year proceedings
Sentencing of final Enron executive ends 8-year proceedings
LaToya Sawyer
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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Federal judge declines to rule on Blagojevich ‘cancel trial’ request
LaToya Sawyer
March 21, 2011 02:36:15 pm

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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Libya officials could face prosecution for civilian attacks: ICC
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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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Sierra Leone war crimes court to hear defense closing arguments
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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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Italy court resumes PM Berlusconi’s tax fraud trial
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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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Maryland Senate approves same sex marriage legislation
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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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First Fleet departs from England to establish penal colony in Australia

On May 13, 1787, the First Fleet departed from England, carrying 780 British convicts to establish a penal colony in Australia. Led by Captain Arthur Philip, all eleven ships arrived safely in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia in January of 1788.

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Federal government denied funding to segregated school districts

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