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News UN failure to account for Kosovo rights violations ‘tarnished reputation’: HRW
UN failure to account for Kosovo rights violations ‘tarnished reputation’: HRW
Michael Sung
June 14, 2007 12:43:00 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a briefing paper for the European Union (EU) released Thursday that the United Nations had "tarnished its reputation and undermined its legitimacy" by failing to hold individuals in the UN...

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News Supreme Court rules in union fees dispute
Supreme Court rules in union fees dispute
Michael Sung
June 14, 2007 10:07:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Thursday, including the consolidated cases of Davenport v. Washington Education Association and Washington v. Washington Education Association , where...

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News Indonesia announces arrest of Jemaah Islamiyah terror leader
Indonesia announces arrest of Jemaah Islamiyah terror leader
Michael Sung
June 14, 2007 10:04:00 am

An Indonesian police spokesman Wednesday confirmed the weekend arrest of leading terrorist suspect Abu Dujana Wednesday, saying that Dujana was arrested with seven other suspects in a raid that "finished" off the main body of the terrorist...

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News FBI drafts stricter security letter guidelines to stop privacy breaches
FBI drafts stricter security letter guidelines to stop privacy breaches
Michael Sung
June 14, 2007 09:28:00 am

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Wednesday published new draft guidelines concerning the use of national security letters (NSL) to correct privacy violations revealed in March by a Department of...

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News ACLU files lawsuit for immigration detainees seeking medical care
ACLU files lawsuit for immigration detainees seeking medical care
Michael Sung
June 14, 2007 09:02:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Wednesday filed a class action lawsuit against federal immigration officials from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Diego Correctional Facility (SDCF), and the Division of...

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News US human trafficking report cites Islamic states for inaction
US human trafficking report cites Islamic states for inaction
Michael Sung
June 14, 2007 07:58:00 am

The US State Department Tuesday cited the governments of 16 countries, including 11 predominantly Islamic states, for not making a "significant effort to combat human trafficking" in its annual report on modern-day slavery around the...

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News American convicted of torturing detainees released from Afghanistan
American convicted of torturing detainees released from Afghanistan
Michael Sung
June 13, 2007 01:25:00 pm

The warden of a prison where Jonathan 'Jack' Idema , the last of three imprisoned US citizens convicted of illegal imprisonment and torture in Afghanistan in 2004, confirmed Idema's release Wednesday, saying that Idema left Afghanistan shortly after...

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News Philippines court acquits Imelda Marcos of tax evasion
Philippines court acquits Imelda Marcos of tax evasion
Michael Sung
June 13, 2007 01:01:00 pm

A Filipino court acquitted Imelda Marcos of all five charges of tax evasion Wednesday, finding that the prosecution failed to demonstrate criminal intent in Marcos' failure to pay income and estate taxes between 1985 and 1989. Marcos,...

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News US military investigating apparent suicide of Guantanamo detainee
US military investigating apparent suicide of Guantanamo detainee
Michael Sung
June 13, 2007 12:28:00 pm

Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby , commander of Joint Task Force - Guantanamo Bay, told AP Tuesday that there are two ongoing investigations into the apparent suicide death of a Saudi Arabian detainee, adding that...

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News Poland PM calls for new discussions on EU constitution
Poland PM calls for new discussions on EU constitution
Michael Sung
June 13, 2007 11:45:00 am

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Tuesday that Poland would insist on new discussions on voting within the Council of the European Union before Poland will agree to any proposed EU constitutional "treaty" . Kaczynski...

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Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the US in perpetuity

On February 23, 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity" as part of the Cuban-American Treaty. The United States subsequently used the lease to establish a Naval Base at Guantanamo. With the US invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, a military prison was built at Guantanamo to house prisoners of war and terrorism suspects captured by American forces, becoming the subject of much controversy over its detentions without trial.

NAACP founder W.E.B. DuBois born

W.E.B. DuBois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was born on February 23, 1868. Review the W.E.B. DuBois Papers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and released FBI files on DuBois kept because of his affiliation with "communist front groups."

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