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News Former Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader denies ‘killing fields’ genocide
Former Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader denies ‘killing fields’ genocide
Natalie Hrubos
January 12, 2007 09:54:00 pm

Former Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea, who faces genocide charges in connection with the deaths of some 1.7 million people in Cambodia's notorious "killing fields" in the 1970s, denied in an interview published in the Phnom...

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News Two US soldiers sentenced to prison for Iraqi detainee killings
Two US soldiers sentenced to prison for Iraqi detainee killings
Natalie Hrubos
January 12, 2007 08:54:00 am

US Army Specialist William Hunsaker has received an 18-year prison sentence after pleading guilty Thursday to murder, attempted murder and obstruction of justice charges relating to the killing of several Iraqi detainees after a May...

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News Iraqi PM threatens to ‘reconsider relations’ with countries criticizing Saddam hanging
Iraqi PM threatens to ‘reconsider relations’ with countries criticizing Saddam hanging
Natalie Hrubos
January 6, 2007 11:33:00 am

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday his government might have to review relations with countries that criticized Saddam Hussein's execution , calling last Friday's hanging a domestic affair. In a speech in Baghdad celebrating the anniversary of...

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News US Marines squad leader shot unarmed Iraqi civilians at Haditha after attack: NCIS
US Marines squad leader shot unarmed Iraqi civilians at Haditha after attack: NCIS
Natalie Hrubos
January 6, 2007 10:25:00 am

US Marines Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich shot five unarmed Iraqi civilians ordered out of a white taxi after his unit took casualties in a roadside bombing in Haditha last November, according to a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS)...

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News Supreme Court to hear capital, labor, endangered species cases
Supreme Court to hear capital, labor, endangered species cases
Natalie Hrubos
January 6, 2007 10:13:00 am

The US Supreme Court Friday granted certiorari in seven cases , including a capital case, an endangered species case, and two labor-related cases among others. In the Texas death row case Panetti...

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News China parliament starts debating seventh draft of private property law
China parliament starts debating seventh draft of private property law
Natalie Hrubos
December 24, 2006 11:04:00 am

China's National People's Congress started debate Sunday on the seventh draft of a landmark private property bill intended to protect state, collective and private property . If passed, the legislation will be first bill...

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News US soldier who disputed Iraq war legality released early from military prison
US soldier who disputed Iraq war legality released early from military prison
Natalie Hrubos
December 24, 2006 10:31:00 am

Former US Army Sergeant Ricky Clousing , a paratrooper and interpreter who disputed the legality of the war in Iraq, was released Saturday from a military prison where he was serving a three-month sentence after...

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News Appeals court suspends order for FEMA to continue Katrina housing payments
Appeals court suspends order for FEMA to continue Katrina housing payments
Natalie Hrubos
December 24, 2006 10:00:00 am

A federal appeals court Friday suspended a November order by US District Judge Richard Leon requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reinstate certain housing payments to Hurricane Katrina ...

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News DR Congo vice president plans legal challenge to election results
DR Congo vice president plans legal challenge to election results
Natalie Hrubos
November 16, 2006 04:02:00 pm

Democratic Republic of Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba said Thursday that he plans to use legal means to challenge the results from last month's run-off election after officials...

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News UK anti-terror law watchdog warns on extending 28-day detention without charge limit
UK anti-terror law watchdog warns on extending 28-day detention without charge limit
Natalie Hrubos
November 16, 2006 03:11:00 pm

UK independent anti-terror law reviewer Lord Carlile warned British lawmakers Thursday against "rushing" to extend the country's 28-day limit on police detentions of terror suspects without charge. London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair [official...

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LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

Learn more about Oliver Ellsworth.

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