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News Federal prosecutors to seek third trial in Sears Tower terror case
Federal prosecutors to seek third trial in Sears Tower terror case
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 23, 2008 05:26:00 pm

Federal prosecutors said at a hearing Wednesday that they would press for a third terrorism prosecution of six men charged with conspiring to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI headquarters in...

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News UK court rejects appeal by convicted London bombing plotters
UK court rejects appeal by convicted London bombing plotters
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 23, 2008 04:37:00 pm

The UK Court of Appeal Wednesday rejected an appeal by four men convicted for plotting the failed bomb attacks on London's subway and bus systems on July 21, 2005, two weeks after a similar attack...

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News Homeland Security abandons ‘virtual fence’ prototype along US-Mexico border
Homeland Security abandons ‘virtual fence’ prototype along US-Mexico border
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 23, 2008 02:01:00 pm

The US government has abandoned a prototype "virtual fence" along the US-Mexico border after the system failed to perform up to expectations, according to Wednesday media reports. The prototype fence, which consists of nine unmanned...

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News New No Child Left Behind regulations proposed
New No Child Left Behind regulations proposed
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 22, 2008 02:38:00 pm

US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings Tuesday unveiled new proposed regulations to implement the federal No Child Left Behind Act . At a meeting of the Detroit Economic Club, Spelling said :Today, more...

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News Iraq officials release 122 detainees under new amnesty law
Iraq officials release 122 detainees under new amnesty law
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 22, 2008 01:13:00 pm

The Iraqi government on Monday released 122 detainees from a prison in Sulaimaniyah under an amnesty law passed in February as part of the national reconciliation effort. The release was part of an effort to ease crowding...

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News Detainees allege forced drugging during US interrogations
Detainees allege forced drugging during US interrogations
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 22, 2008 12:03:00 pm

At least two dozen former and current detainees have alleged that they were either forcibly administered drugs or witnessed the forceful administration of drugs on other detainees while in US custody, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The detainees, held...

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News Chile court sentences former general for Pinochet-era rights abuses
Chile court sentences former general for Pinochet-era rights abuses
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 17, 2008 07:18:00 pm

A Chilean court Thursday sentenced a retired general to 15 years in prison for his role in the 1974 disappearance of a political dissident. General Manuel Contreras , the secret police chief under former dictator Augusto Pinochet [JURIST...

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News Iowa House passes bill to deter hiring of illegal immigrants
Iowa House passes bill to deter hiring of illegal immigrants
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 17, 2008 12:11:00 pm

The Iowa House voted 84-16 Wednesday to pass a bill that would require Iowa employers to verify within 10 business days of hiring a new employee that they are a legal US resident....

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News Zimbabwe police detain reporters, raid opposition offices as possible run-off looms
Zimbabwe police detain reporters, raid opposition offices as possible run-off looms
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 3, 2008 05:28:00 pm

Zimbabwe security forces Thursday detained journalists working for the New York Times and the Canadian Broadcasting Coiporation and raided offices belonging to opposition candidates in what some see as indications that long-time Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe...

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News EU court rules PKK improperly listed on 2002 terror watch list
EU court rules PKK improperly listed on 2002 terror watch list
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 3, 2008 04:37:00 pm

The European Union's Court of First Instance Thursday ruled that the Council of the European Union improperly listed the militant Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) on its list of terrorist organizations...

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WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban

On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans. Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.

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