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News Bosnia court sentences Bosnian Muslim to 30 years for war crimes
Bosnia court sentences Bosnian Muslim to 30 years for war crimes
Melissa Bancroft
July 17, 2007 07:44:00 pm

The Bosnian war crimes tribunal Tuesday sentenced a Bosnian Muslim to 30 years in prison for war crimes committed against Serbs in the 1992 - 1995 civil war . Niset Ramic received the longest sentence yet...

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News Libya foundation says deal reached in foreign medics AIDS trial
Libya foundation says deal reached in foreign medics AIDS trial
Melissa Bancroft
July 10, 2007 08:01:00 pm

The case of six foreign medics who were sentenced to death last year for infecting hundreds of children in a Libyan hospital with AIDS has been settled, according to the Gaddafi Foundation ...

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News UK slams Russia refusal to extradite suspect in Litvinenko poisoning
UK slams Russia refusal to extradite suspect in Litvinenko poisoning
Melissa Bancroft
July 10, 2007 07:45:00 pm

The UK Foreign Office said Tuesday that Russia's refusal to extradite the primary suspect in the murder of British citizen and former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko was "unacceptable." Prime Minister Gordon Brown...

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News Conrad Black trial jury ordered to resume deliberations after deadlock
Conrad Black trial jury ordered to resume deliberations after deadlock
Melissa Bancroft
July 10, 2007 07:24:00 pm

The Chicago jury in the federal fraud trial of Canadian-born financier and former media mogul Conrad Black reported Tuesday that it was unable to render a unanimous decision on all counts against Black. The jurors sent...

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News Thailand interim government proposes bill to maintain army power
Thailand interim government proposes bill to maintain army power
Melissa Bancroft
July 3, 2007 08:30:00 pm

The interim government of Thailand has proposed an internal security bill that would allow the military to remain a political force even after the election of a civilian-run government, according to critics Tuesday. The proposal would...

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News Thailand eases Internet censorship
Thailand eases Internet censorship
Melissa Bancroft
July 3, 2007 08:12:00 pm

The government of Thailand announced Tuesday it was abandoning a law that allowed the cabinet to censor political or controversial Internet sites based solely on the Minister of Communication's discretion. Now Internet websites can now only...

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News Afghanistan justice system to get $360M boost from international donors
Afghanistan justice system to get $360M boost from international donors
Melissa Bancroft
July 3, 2007 07:14:00 pm

International participants promised more than $360 million in aid to help build up Afghanistan's ailing judicial system at a conference of UN members and Afghan leaders that concluded in Rome Tuesday. Despite the pledge, judiciary problems were overshadowed by...

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News Padilla jury hears co-defendant wiretap conversations supporting bin Laden
Padilla jury hears co-defendant wiretap conversations supporting bin Laden
Melissa Bancroft
June 26, 2007 08:41:00 pm

The jury in the Jose Padilla terrorism conspiracy case heard new wiretap evidence Tuesday suggesting that Padilla's co-defendants supported Osama bin Laden . The prosecution first played a video interview that aired on CNN...

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News Ex-deputy US Interior Secretary sentenced to 10 months for role in Abramoff scandal
Ex-deputy US Interior Secretary sentenced to 10 months for role in Abramoff scandal
Melissa Bancroft
June 26, 2007 08:20:00 pm

Former Deputy US Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for his role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. As part of the negotiated plea deal, the Department...

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News US House committee calls for Japan to apologize for WWII  ‘comfort women’
US House committee calls for Japan to apologize for WWII ‘comfort women’
Melissa Bancroft
June 26, 2007 07:26:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 39-2 Tuesday to endorse a non-binding resolution asking Japan to formally apologize for enslaving Chinese women during World War II. The bill,...

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Anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody

On September 12, 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko died in police custody after having suffered a massive head injury during interrogation following his arrest. The story of journalist Donald Woods' investigation into the circumstances of Biko's death was the basis of the 1987 film Cry Freedom. Read an address on Stephen Biko delivered by then-South African President Nelson Mandela on the 20th anniversary of Biko's death in 1997.

Supreme Court unanimously rejects state challenge Brown v. Board of Education

On September 12, 1958, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a state government challenge to Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka Kansas, which had overturned segregation. In Cooper vs. Aaron, the State Government of Arkansas challenged the authority of the Court to implement desegregation. The Court responded by forcefully re-asserting its authority and the authority of the federal government over the states.

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