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News Argentina allows officials to reveal state secrets in ‘Dirty War’ testimony
Argentina allows officials to reveal state secrets in ‘Dirty War’ testimony
Michael Sung
January 27, 2007 11:38:00 am

Argentine President Nestor Kirchner Friday authorized officials to reveal state secrets concerning human rights violations that occurred during the infamous "Dirty War" crackdown on dissidents between 1976 and 1983 that...

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News US Army officer to be court-martialed for role in Abu Ghraib  abuses
US Army officer to be court-martialed for role in Abu Ghraib abuses
Michael Sung
January 27, 2007 10:53:00 am

The US Army announced Friday that it will proceed to court-martial Lt. Col. Steven Lee Jordan for his alleged role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. Jordan, the highest-ranking Army officer...

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News Federal judge stymies State Farm Katrina settlement
Federal judge stymies State Farm Katrina settlement
Michael Sung
January 27, 2007 09:58:00 am

Judge L. T. Senter, Jr. of the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Friday rejected for the time being a proposed settlement reached between the State Farm insurance company...

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News UK Commons passes bill allowing complex fraud trials without juries
UK Commons passes bill allowing complex fraud trials without juries
Michael Sung
January 26, 2007 10:28:00 am

The UK House of Commons passed the Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill 281-246 on its third reading Thursday, sending the bill to the House of Lords . The proposed bill will allow...

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News Maine legislature refuses to enforce federal Real ID Act
Maine legislature refuses to enforce federal Real ID Act
Michael Sung
January 26, 2007 09:47:00 am

Both the Maine House of Representatives and Senate approved a joint resolution Thursday refusing to implement the federal Real ID Act . The resolution had broad support across both parties,...

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News DOJ asks federal appeals court to drop ‘moot’ domestic surveillance lawsuit
DOJ asks federal appeals court to drop ‘moot’ domestic surveillance lawsuit
Michael Sung
January 26, 2007 09:05:00 am

The US Department of Justice asked the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Thursday to drop the DOJ's appeal of a lower court ruling declaring the NSA...

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News UK admits prior knowledge of secret CIA prison network
UK admits prior knowledge of secret CIA prison network
Michael Sung
January 20, 2007 12:04:00 pm

British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett admitted Friday in a written response to a parliamentary question that Britain was "aware of the existence of a secret US detention program" prior to a September speech by President...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear Michigan affirmative action delay bid
Supreme Court declines to hear Michigan affirmative action delay bid
Michael Sung
January 20, 2007 11:42:00 am

The US Supreme Court Friday declined to consider whether the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University can delay implementing Proposal 2 , an amendment to the Michigan...

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News Supreme Court takes campaign issue ads cases
Supreme Court takes campaign issue ads cases
Michael Sung
January 20, 2007 09:10:00 am

The US Supreme Court Friday granted certiorari in five cases and ordered all briefings on a challenge to the limits on pre-election advertisements introduced as part of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform...

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News Libby judge puts more jurors on standby, postpones opening arguments
Libby judge puts more jurors on standby, postpones opening arguments
Michael Sung
January 19, 2007 10:31:00 am

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton has placed 10 more potential jurors on standby in the CIA leak trial of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby . On...

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Treaty with Russia ceded Alaska to the United States

On March 30, 1867, the US and Russia signed a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States for a payment of $7,200,000 in gold.

Review the terms of a Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America, the terms of which were included in the Treaty's Proclamation by President Andrew Johnson on June 20, 1867.

Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War

On March 30, 1856, representatives of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Paris of 1856, ending the Crimean War. The treaty confirmed Russia's loss of power and territory a result of the war. The Black Sea region and some Russian islands were demilitarized, and Russia lost its influence over Romanian principalities and Christians in the Ottoman Empire under the terms of the treaty.

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