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News ICC prosecutor condemns Sudan war crimes probe
ICC prosecutor condemns Sudan war crimes probe
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 11, 2008 02:58:00 pm

Sudan is merely going through the motions with its planned probe into Darfur human rights violations, said International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo in an interview with the Sudan Tribune on Monday. Moreno-Ocampo...

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News Philippines legislators vote to create Muslim rights commission
Philippines legislators vote to create Muslim rights commission
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 11, 2008 12:42:00 pm

The Philippines House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday to create a new national commission meant to guarantee the rights of Muslims citizens. The bill creates a National Commission on Muslim Filipinos to...

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News Russia trades accusations with Georgia over alleged mass civilian detentions
Russia trades accusations with Georgia over alleged mass civilian detentions
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 11, 2008 11:57:00 am

Georgia is forcibly detaining Russian citizens within its borders in violation of international law, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in a Monday communication with Minister of Internal Affairs Rashid Nurgaliev. In the communication, Medvedev instructed Nurgaliev to...

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News Qwest to settle shareholder suit for an additional $40 million
Qwest to settle shareholder suit for an additional $40 million
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 11, 2008 11:08:00 am

Qwest Communications will pay an additional $40 million to settle a class action shareholder lawsuit, according to an agreement released Monday in the company's second quarter earnings report . Of that number, $5 million comes...

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News Myanmar activist Suu Kyi meets with lawyer to discuss detention
Myanmar activist Suu Kyi meets with lawyer to discuss detention
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 11, 2008 10:29:00 am

Detained Myanmarian democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi has met with a lawyer to discuss the legality of her detention, a spokesman for the National League for Democracy party said Sunday. This was apparently...

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News Musharraf  will not step down as Pakistan president: allies
Musharraf will not step down as Pakistan president: allies
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 8, 2008 03:37:00 pm

According to high-level supporters on Friday, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has affirmed his June vow that he will neither step down nor go into exile, despite the recent pressure from opposition forces....

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News Sudan to try five for killing of US diplomat
Sudan to try five for killing of US diplomat
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 8, 2008 02:56:00 pm

An August 17 trial date has been set for five Sudanese men accused of killing John Granville, an aid worker affiliated with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) , Sudan's state media reported Friday. Following the January...

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News Federal judge awards Native Americans $455M in land trust mismanagement case
Federal judge awards Native Americans $455M in land trust mismanagement case
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 8, 2008 12:59:00 pm

US District Judge James Robertson on Thursday ruled in a 12-year class action lawsuit concerning the US government's alleged mismanagement of trust funds for a group of some 500,000 Native Americans. Plaintiffs...

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News India high court judge withdraws from corruption case
India high court judge withdraws from corruption case
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 8, 2008 12:19:00 pm

An Indian Supreme Court judge on Friday withdrew from hearing a judicial bribery case after lawyers accused the court of protecting corrupt judges. Justice B.N. Agrawal said that he refused to consider unsubstantiated accusations against...

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News ACLU files lawsuit challenging South Carolina election rule
ACLU files lawsuit challenging South Carolina election rule
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 8, 2008 10:17:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging a so-called "sore loser" election law in South Carolina. Under the law, a candidate that seeks...

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UN replaces Republic of China with People's Republic of China

On October 25, 1971, the United Nations dismissed the Republic of China (Taiwan) and allowed the People's Republic of China to replace it in all UN bodies, including China's permanent seat on the Security Council. The Republic of Taiwan has sought to rejoin the UN in its own right, but these efforts have been consistently blocked by the People's Republic of China.

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