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News Cuba says US release of anti-Castro militant broke anti-terror treaties
Cuba says US release of anti-Castro militant broke anti-terror treaties
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 11, 2007 05:43:00 pm

Cuba Friday accused the US of violating international anti-terrorism treaties by freeing anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles on bail and afterwards dismissing an indictment against him. In a statement published in...

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News Thailand scraps lawsuit plans against Google over YouTube king video
Thailand scraps lawsuit plans against Google over YouTube king video
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 11, 2007 05:18:00 pm

The Thai government announced Friday that it has decided not to sue internet search giant Google after the company agreed to remove a YouTube video considered insulting to Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej . In April Thailand...

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News UN rights chief says Sudan may have violated international law with Darfur air raids
UN rights chief says Sudan may have violated international law with Darfur air raids
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 11, 2007 04:43:00 pm

Sudan may have violated international law by conducting "indiscriminate and disproportionate" air attacks in late April on at least five Darfur villages, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour . Sudanese officials...

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News Nuclear nonproliferation treaty conference ends without agreement
Nuclear nonproliferation treaty conference ends without agreement
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 11, 2007 02:40:00 pm

A two-week UN conference to toughen the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons failed to reach any agreement Friday, as the United States and Iran traded accusations of bad faith. The US and its allies...

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News Lawyers plead guilty to conspiracy, fraud in New York insider trading case
Lawyers plead guilty to conspiracy, fraud in New York insider trading case
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 10, 2007 07:18:00 pm

Two lawyers pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a massive insider trading scheme that US federal prosecutors have called the most extensive such fraud uncovered since the 1980s. Former Morgan Stanley lawyer Randi Collotta and her husband...

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News Russia responsible for Chechen death: ECHR
Russia responsible for Chechen death: ECHR
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 10, 2007 06:48:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights Thursday ruled that Russian authorities were responsible for the 2001 death of a Chechen man who died after he was taken into Russian custody during a raid. The court...

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News Hamdan charges referred to Guantanamo military commission
Hamdan charges referred to Guantanamo military commission
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 10, 2007 05:21:00 pm

Charges against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan have been formally referred to a military commission , according to a statement from the US Department of Defense...

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News US House panel questions Gonzales on US Attorney firings
US House panel questions Gonzales on US Attorney firings
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 10, 2007 04:12:00 pm

Members of the US House Judiciary Committee questioned Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Thursday about the US Attorney firing scandal , demanding to know whether White House officials ordered the firings of prosecutors for...

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News Turkish parliament passes constitutional amendment to elect president by popular vote
Turkish parliament passes constitutional amendment to elect president by popular vote
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 10, 2007 03:38:00 pm

The Turkish parliament Thursday passed a constitutional amendment changing the process to select the country's president. From this point the president will be elected by popular vote rather than chosen by legislators. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

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News OxyContin maker pleads guilty to misleading public on drug addictiveness
OxyContin maker pleads guilty to misleading public on drug addictiveness
Mike Rosen-Molina
May 10, 2007 03:05:00 pm

Drug maker Purdue Pharma LP pleaded guilty Thursday and agreed to pay $634.5 million in fines for misleading the public about the addiction risk of a painkiller it produced. According to prosecutors, Purdue knew...

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France abolishes slavery

On February 4, 1794, the legislature of France abolished slavery throughout the territories of the French Republic. The practice was then reinstituted by Napoleon in 1804, before being banned permanently in 1814 after Bonaparte was exiled to Elba. As of 2001, slavery is defined as a "crime against humanity" by French law.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born

On February 4, 1913, late civil rights activist Rosa Parks—who became famous in 1956 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and go to the back of a Montgomery Alabama bus—was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Learn more about Rosa Parks.

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