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News Detained Pakistani lawyers tortured: rights official
Detained Pakistani lawyers tortured: rights official
Leslie Schulman
November 8, 2007 08:43:00 pm

Pakistani lawyers detained by the government under the declaration of emergency rule issued earlier this month by President Pervez Musharraf are being tortured, according to Asma Jahangir head of the independent Human...

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News Supreme Court hears municipal bonds tax, railroad property valuation cases
Supreme Court hears municipal bonds tax, railroad property valuation cases
Leslie Schulman
November 5, 2007 05:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Kentucky v. Davis , 06-666 , to determine whether a state violates the Commerce Clause of...

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News Iran drops bid to stall arrest warrants for 1994 Argentina bombing suspects: Interpol
Iran drops bid to stall arrest warrants for 1994 Argentina bombing suspects: Interpol
Leslie Schulman
November 5, 2007 04:28:00 pm

Iranian officials have halted formal attempts to stop an expected Interpol vote Wednesday to issue arrest notices for six men thought to be connected with the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish Community Center...

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News Maryland appeals court affirms DC sniper conviction
Maryland appeals court affirms DC sniper conviction
Leslie Schulman
November 5, 2007 03:42:00 pm

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals Monday rejected an appeal for a new trial brought by convicted Washington, DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad . Muhammad had appealed the lower court's rulings that he was mentally competent...

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News Fiji charges three with attempted assassination of coup leader
Fiji charges three with attempted assassination of coup leader
Leslie Schulman
November 5, 2007 02:53:00 pm

The Fiji government Monday charged three people with plotting to assassinate current self-appointed Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama in the wake of the 2006 military coup which ousted former Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia...

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News Canada denies new claims that detainees transferred to Afghans were tortured
Canada denies new claims that detainees transferred to Afghans were tortured
Leslie Schulman
October 29, 2007 06:53:00 pm

The Canadian government Monday rejected fresh allegations that members of the Taliban captured by Canadian troops in Afghanistan were tortured by Afghan investigators after being transferred from Canadian custody. According to Montreal's La Presse, three prisoners said they were...

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News State Department sheltering Blackwater guards from prosecution:  AP
State Department sheltering Blackwater guards from prosecution: AP
Leslie Schulman
October 29, 2007 06:00:00 pm

The US Department of State has sheltered bodyguards working for private security firm Blackwater USA from prosecution related to a September shooting incident in Baghdad, according to AP on Monday....

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News Italy court affirms terror conviction of suspect also charged in 2004 Madrid bombings
Italy court affirms terror conviction of suspect also charged in 2004 Madrid bombings
Leslie Schulman
October 29, 2007 04:19:00 pm

An Italian appeals court on Monday affirmed the conviction of Egyptian Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed for belonging to an international terrorist network, but reduced his sentence from ten years to eight. Ahmed was convicted on charges separate...

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News Supreme Court hears federal prison Koran seizure, futures cases
Supreme Court hears federal prison Koran seizure, futures cases
Leslie Schulman
October 29, 2007 03:03:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prison , 06-9130, to determine whether a Federal Tort Claims Act exception...

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News UN rights chief chides Canada on weakened rights advocacy
UN rights chief chides Canada on weakened rights advocacy
Leslie Schulman
October 22, 2007 06:47:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Monday chided the Canadian government for not doing enough to maintain Canada's reputation in the global community as an advocate for human rights . Arbour, a former...

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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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