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News Computer Associates sues former CEO for legal defense costs
Computer Associates sues former CEO for legal defense costs
Michael Sung
November 17, 2006 02:57:00 pm

Computer Associates is seeking repayment of legal defense costs totaling $14.9 million it fronted on behalf of former CEO Sanjay Kumar . The software maker filed suit against Kumar in New York State Supreme Court [official...

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News German prosecutors seek arrest of 9/11 suspect after acquittal overturned
German prosecutors seek arrest of 9/11 suspect after acquittal overturned
Michael Sung
November 17, 2006 02:16:00 pm

German prosecutors Friday filed an appeal for the arrest of Mounir al-Motassadeq , a German 9/11 suspect free on bail following Thursday's overturning of a lower court decision acquitting Motassadeq of assisting the...

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News UK police chief urges review of terror trial procedures, detention period
UK police chief urges review of terror trial procedures, detention period
Michael Sung
November 12, 2006 11:35:00 am

London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair , the United Kingdom's most senior police officer, told a German security summit Saturday that changes to Britain's terror trial laws were necessary to speed up cases and increase...

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Democratic Congress to review border fence bill
Michael Sung
November 12, 2006 10:52:00 am

US Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) said this week that the incoming 110th Congress will review the Secure Fence Act of 2006 and may scrap the plan after the new Democrat-controlled Congress...

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News Morocco sentences three former Guantanamo detainees
Morocco sentences three former Guantanamo detainees
Michael Sung
November 12, 2006 09:52:00 am

Morocco state news agency MAP reported Friday that a criminal court in Salé, a twin-city of the capital Rabat, has sentenced three former Guantanamo Bay detainees to prison for their involvement in terror activities....

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California proposition on sex offenders faces legal challenge after approval
Michael Sung
November 8, 2006 05:16:00 pm

An unnamed registered sex offender filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday seeking to block California Proposition 83 , a measure approved Tuesday by 70 percent of state voters [results, CA Secretary of State; Yes on 83 advocacy...

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Hussein execution could be delayed by appeals process until 2007: Iraqi judge
Michael Sung
November 5, 2006 03:14:00 pm

Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants may not be executed until early 2007 because there is no specific time limit for the appeals process, chief investigative judge Raed Juhi said on Sunday after death sentences were handed...

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Taiwan president denies embezzlement, pledges to resign if first lady convicted
Michael Sung
November 5, 2006 09:59:00 am

Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian delivered a nationally-televised address Sunday denying allegations that he and first lady Wu Shu-chen have been embezzling money from state funds and pledging to resign if his wife is...

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Canada justice minister declines to appeal anti-terror law ruling
Michael Sung
November 3, 2006 02:38:00 pm

Canadian Justice Minister Vic Toews said Friday that the Canadian government will not appeal an October 19 Ontario Superior Court decision that threw out secrecy-related provisions of the Security of Information Act ...

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News Bosnia war crimes court sentences Serb commander to 26 years
Bosnia war crimes court sentences Serb commander to 26 years
Michael Sung
November 3, 2006 01:45:00 pm

The War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Friday convicted former Bosnian Serb military commander Marko Samardzija of crimes against humanity for ordering the massacre of at least...

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London Naval Treaty signed

On April 22, 1930, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, and Japan signed the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament (London Naval Treaty), which limited the production of warships and limited submarine warfare. Leading up to World War II, Japan and Italy withdrew from the treaty, leaving only the US, UK, and France to sign the Second London Naval Treaty.

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