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News UK police arrest fifth suspect in weekend terror plots
UK police arrest fifth suspect in weekend terror plots
Natalie Hrubos
July 1, 2007 12:43:00 pm

UK police arrested a fifth suspect near Glasgow International Airport Sunday in connection with three terror incidents over the weekend. On Saturday, a flaming Jeep crashed into the front entrance of the...

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News Israel high court puts Katsav plea agreement on hold pending challenge
Israel high court puts Katsav plea agreement on hold pending challenge
Natalie Hrubos
July 1, 2007 12:06:00 pm

The Israeli Supreme Court put President Moshe Katsav's plea agreement on hold for 24 hours Sunday to entertain a legal challenge by a Israeli civil rights group Movement for Quality Government in Israel . Katsav [official...

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News Former FISC judge criticizes warrantless wiretapping program
Former FISC judge criticizes warrantless wiretapping program
Natalie Hrubos
June 24, 2007 08:44:00 pm

A former Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge criticized US President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping program Saturday in an address to the American Library Association's annual convention in Washington. The program has allowed the...

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News Saddam cousin al-Majid sentenced to death for Anfal campaign against Kurds
Saddam cousin al-Majid sentenced to death for Anfal campaign against Kurds
Natalie Hrubos
June 24, 2007 08:07:00 pm

Ali Hassan al-Majid - Saddam Hussein's cousin known to the Western media as "Chemical Ali" - and two other Hussein regime officials received death sentences Sunday for the slaughter of tens of thousands of...

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News Pakistanis cheer suspended chief justice after two-day procession
Pakistanis cheer suspended chief justice after two-day procession
Natalie Hrubos
June 17, 2007 08:29:00 pm

Thousands of Pakistanis cheered in support of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as he arrived in Faisalabad Sunday, completing a two-day procession from Islamabad. Speaking to the crowd, Chaudhry once again called for a more independent judiciary....

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News Montenegro arrests UN-indicted war crimes suspect
Montenegro arrests UN-indicted war crimes suspect
Natalie Hrubos
June 17, 2007 07:43:00 pm

Montenegro authorities Sunday arrested Vlastimir Djordjevic , a former Serbian police general, for the murder and persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999. According to Djordjevic's indictment, he and six other high-ranking...

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News Anfal genocide case to be decided this month: Iraqi judge
Anfal genocide case to be decided this month: Iraqi judge
Natalie Hrubos
June 10, 2007 05:54:00 pm

Chief judge Mohammed al-Uraibi of the Iraqi High Tribunal said Sunday that the court will hand down a verdict June 24 in the genocide trial of Ali Hassan al-Majid - known to the Western...

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News Pakistan president withdraws controversial new media controls
Pakistan president withdraws controversial new media controls
Natalie Hrubos
June 10, 2007 04:15:00 pm

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday withdrew restrictions on media covering the political crisis that has followed the president's March 9 decision to suspend Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry [official website; JURIST...

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News Haditha investigating officer says Marine lawyer should not be court-martialed
Haditha investigating officer says Marine lawyer should not be court-martialed
Natalie Hrubos
June 10, 2007 03:28:00 pm

A US military investigator considering the case against Marine lawyer Capt. Randy W. Stone has recommended that he not face court-martial for his failure to launch a probe into the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians by a...

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News Incoming British PM to reintroduce tough terror laws rejected by parliament
Incoming British PM to reintroduce tough terror laws rejected by parliament
Natalie Hrubos
June 3, 2007 01:08:00 pm

British newspapers reported Sunday that incoming Prime Minister Gordon Brown intends to reintroduce tough terrorism measures previously rejected by parliament when he takes office later this month on the departure of current British PM Tony...

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President Lincoln signs Naitonal Banking Act into law

On February 26, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the National Banking Act into law, creating the American banking charter system. The Act furthermore created the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) within the Treasury Department. The law was further intended to help raise money for the Civil War by pressing banks to buy federal as opposed to state bonds. The law was not as successful as intended in this regard and was soon replaced by the National Banking Act of 1864. Read the history of the OCC from the US Department of the Treasury.

Hitler put on trial for treason in Munich

On February 26, 1924, Adolf Hitler and several others were put on trial for treason in Munich in connection with an attempted coup. Learn more about the Munich (or "Beer Hall") Putsch and the subsequent trial of Hitler and his associates.

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