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News Blackwater guards ignored orders before Iraqi civilian killings: US lawsuit
Blackwater guards ignored orders before Iraqi civilian killings: US lawsuit
Melissa Bancroft
November 27, 2007 07:17:00 pm

Blackwater security contractors who were involved in the September 16 shooting of Iraqi civilians ignored a direct order from Blackwater and US State Department personnel prior to the shooting incident, according to an amended complaint [PDF text;...

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News Pakistan official says only 37 still detained under emergency rule
Pakistan official says only 37 still detained under emergency rule
Melissa Bancroft
November 27, 2007 06:54:00 pm

Only 37 of over 5700 lawyers, rights activists, opposition figures and others arrested after Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf issued a declaration of emergency rule earlier this month still remain in custody, Pakistani Interior Ministry spokesman Brig Javed...

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News Canada government reintroduces Senate reform bills
Canada government reintroduces Senate reform bills
Melissa Bancroft
November 13, 2007 07:08:00 pm

Canada's ruling Conservative Party government Tuesday reintroduced two Senate reform bills that would abolish government-appointed senators and limit the number of terms a senator could serve. The first bill would allow each province...

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News Thai prosecutor suggests extradition evidence against ex-PM Thaksin may be too weak
Thai prosecutor suggests extradition evidence against ex-PM Thaksin may be too weak
Melissa Bancroft
October 30, 2007 06:23:00 pm

The accumulated evidence against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra may be insufficient to compel the United Kingdom to extradite the ousted prime minister on corruption charges, according to Chief Prosecutor for Foreign Litigation Sampan Sarathana as reported...

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News Montenegro signs agreement with EU begin accession process
Montenegro signs agreement with EU begin accession process
Melissa Bancroft
October 15, 2007 07:42:00 pm

Montenegrin Prime Minister Zeljko Sturanovic signed the EU-Montenegro Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) Monday, a preliminary step in Montenegro's possible accession to the European Union (EU). The SAA is expected to prepare Montenegro for...

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News Federal judge blocks transfer of Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia
Federal judge blocks transfer of Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia
Melissa Bancroft
October 9, 2007 07:29:00 pm

US District Judge Gladys Kessler of the DC District Court has directly intervened to block the transfer of a Guantanamo Bay detainee to Tunisia, where he faced the threat of torture. In her decision...

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News Corruption at critical level in Nigeria government: HRW
Corruption at critical level in Nigeria government: HRW
Melissa Bancroft
October 9, 2007 07:01:00 pm

The corruption and violence permeating the Nigerian government have reached crisis levels, according to a report issued Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . Comparing the behavior of the Nigerian government to a criminal organization,...

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News Sierra Leone war crimes court sentences former militia leaders
Sierra Leone war crimes court sentences former militia leaders
Melissa Bancroft
October 9, 2007 06:51:00 pm

The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Tuesday sentenced two former leaders of Sierra Leone's Civil Defense Forces (CDF) - Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa - to six and eight years...

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News Canada Red Cross tainted blood scandal defendants acquitted
Canada Red Cross tainted blood scandal defendants acquitted
Melissa Bancroft
October 1, 2007 07:23:00 pm

Four doctors and a New Jersey pharmaceutical company were acquitted Monday of all criminal charges surrounding the dissemination of a tainted blood clotting product in Canada in the 1980s and 1990s, a public health disaster that infected more than...

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News FBI investigating Blackwater role in Iraqi civilian shootings
FBI investigating Blackwater role in Iraqi civilian shootings
Melissa Bancroft
October 1, 2007 06:20:00 pm

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Monday that it would send a team of investigators to Iraq to study the circumstances surrounding a September shooting incident involving employees of the privately contracted security firm Blackwater USA [corporate...

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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed, ending Russia involvement in WWI

On March 3, 1918, the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the communist government of Russia, ending Russian involvement in World War I. The treaty furthermore opened independence for Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Read the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and other documents related to the Peace of Brest-Litovsk from the Avalon Project at Yale University.

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On March 3, 1879, Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.

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