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News Bulgaria to consider accepting Guantanamo detainee
Bulgaria to consider accepting Guantanamo detainee
Patrice Collins
December 13, 2009 01:46:00 pm

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov agreed Saturday to consider accepting one Guantanamo Bay detainee after a request from the Obama administration, though the Bulgarian Parliament would...

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News Family of Guantanamo detainee files lawsuit against Kenya government
Family of Guantanamo detainee files lawsuit against Kenya government
Patrice Collins
December 12, 2009 01:40:00 pm

The family of Kenyan Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohamed Abdulmalik has filed a lawsuit against the Kenyan government claiming that he was illegally detained, tortured, and rendered to US authorities. The suit seeks Abdulmalik's return to Kenya...

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News Cambodia genocide court rejects motion for judicial bias probe
Cambodia genocide court rejects motion for judicial bias probe
Patrice Collins
December 1, 2009 02:12:00 pm

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Tuesday rejected a request by lawyers for a former Khmer Rouge leader to examine two international judges for bias. Lawyers representing former minister...

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News India court removes defense lawyer for Mumbai terror attack suspect
India court removes defense lawyer for Mumbai terror attack suspect
Patrice Collins
November 30, 2009 11:51:00 am

A judge in India on Monday removed the defense lawyer for Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the lone surviving suspect of last year's Mumbai terror attacks . Specially appointed judge M.L. Tahiliyani removed defense...

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News Canada ex-defense chief rejects alleged military complicity in torture of Afghans
Canada ex-defense chief rejects alleged military complicity in torture of Afghans
Patrice Collins
November 26, 2009 12:43:00 pm

Canadian former Chief of Defence Staff Rick Hillier testified in front of the House of Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday, denouncing allegations that Afghan detainees...

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Russia lawyer death prompts criticism from Hermitage founder
Patrice Collins
November 23, 2009 12:29:00 pm

A lawyer who represented London-based hedge fund Hermitage Capital in a suit against Kremlin officials alleging theft and fraud died in Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Center in Moscow last week. Hermitage...

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ICTY appoints UK lawyer to represent Karadzic
Patrice Collins
November 20, 2009 03:05:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday appointed British lawyer Richard Harvey to represent Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic if he continues to boycott his trial...

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Obama adminstration to open new Bagram detention facility
Patrice Collins
November 16, 2009 12:18:00 pm

International human rights officials toured the new US detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, at the edge of Bagram Air Base on Sunday. The new facility , which has room for 1,400 detainees, is part of the...

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News Greek Orthodox Church protesting ECHR decision to ban crucifixes in schools
Greek Orthodox Church protesting ECHR decision to ban crucifixes in schools
Patrice Collins
November 13, 2009 01:04:00 pm

The Greek Orthodox Church is urging Europeans to unite in protesting a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision to ban the crucifix from state schools, according to Thursday reports. The Archbishop...

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China executes 9 convicted of Xinjiang riot killings
Patrice Collins
November 9, 2009 12:08:00 pm

The Chinese government has executed nine people sentenced to death for their role in the July Xinjiang riots , state media reported Monday. The report indicated that the individuals were executed "according to the...

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West Germany becomes a sovereign nation

On May 5, 1955, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) became a fully sovereign nation. Four days later on May 9, West Germany joined NATO. West Germany then became a founding member of the European Economic Community in 1958. Read the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz), which served as the constitution of West Germany and became the governing document of the reunited Germany in 1990.

Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in TN public schools

On May 5, 1925, high school science teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in the Tennessee public schools. Learn more about the Scopes Monkey Trial.

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