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News Georgia imam pleads guilty to providing material support to foreign terror group
Georgia imam pleads guilty to providing material support to foreign terror group
Michael Sung
October 13, 2006 02:14:00 pm

Mohamed Shorbagi, the Palestinian imam of a mosque in Rome, Georgia, has pleaded guilty to a charge of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) , according to a criminal information and plea agreement...

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News Hussein defense to continue genocide trial boycott
Hussein defense to continue genocide trial boycott
Michael Sung
October 8, 2006 10:35:00 am

Khalid al-Dulaimi , lead counsel for Saddam Hussein, said Sunday that the defense team will continue its boycott of Hussein’s genocide trial when it resumes Monday. The protest began when chief judge...

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News Italian prosecutors complete CIA kidnapping probe
Italian prosecutors complete CIA kidnapping probe
Michael Sung
October 8, 2006 09:29:00 am

Italian prosecutors Saturday announced the end of their investigation into the alleged CIA kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr in 2003. The cleric, also known as Abu Omar, was seized on the...

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News Marine Corps legal defense coordinator calls for probe of Guantanamo abuses
Marine Corps legal defense coordinator calls for probe of Guantanamo abuses
Michael Sung
October 6, 2006 04:47:00 pm

A top US Marine Corps lawyer has called for an investigation of alleged abuses of detainees at Guantanamo Bay after reviewing a sworn statement filed by a Marine paralegal who said that last month she spoke...

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News Cambodia genocide prosecutor expects to hand cases to judge by year’s end
Cambodia genocide prosecutor expects to hand cases to judge by year’s end
Michael Sung
October 6, 2006 03:11:00 pm

Canadian prosecutor Robert Petit , one of the two active prosecutors for the Cambodian genocide tribunal that will try former leaders of the Khmer Rouge , told a meeting of international prosecutors at The Hague Friday...

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Burma attains independence from UK

On January 4, 1948, Burma became independent of the United Kingdom, regaining national soverignty for the first time since 1885. Fourteen years later, in 1962, a military junta seized power and changed the country's name to Myanmar. Read the Burma Independence Documents, including the independence treaty between the UK and Burma, from the Burma Peace Foundation Archives.

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On January 4, 1979, the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement with victims and relatives of victims shot by National Guardsmen at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Under the settlement, plaintiffs received $675,000. Learn more about the Kent State settlement.

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