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News Spammer sentenced to 9 years for VA felony offense
Spammer sentenced to 9 years for VA felony offense
Phillip Hong-Barco
April 8, 2005 04:25:00 pm

Judge Thomas Horne of the Virginia Loudoun County Circuit sentenced a former Internet spammer to nine years in prison Friday for violating a Virginia anti-spam law in the first US felony prosecution for sending unsolicited...

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News UN investigator urges countries to disclose death penalty stats
UN investigator urges countries to disclose death penalty stats
Phillip Hong-Barco
April 8, 2005 04:06:00 pm

Philip Alston , a UN human rights investigator speaking in Geneva Friday, urged countries to remove their "cloak of secrecy" and disclose the numbers of prisoners executed and those waiting on death row. Alston, an Australian jurist...

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News Six companies indicted for defrauding school Internet programs
Six companies indicted for defrauding school Internet programs
Phillip Hong-Barco
April 8, 2005 03:47:00 pm

Six major electronics companies have been indicted for allegedly defrauding the federal E-Rate program, a $2.25 billion per-year project that assists underfunded schools and libraries in accessing the Internet. While some companies are accused of overcharging equipment and submitting...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Rudolph to plead guilty to 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing
BREAKING NEWS ~ Rudolph to plead guilty to 1996 Atlanta Olympics bombing
Phillip Hong-Barco
April 8, 2005 03:10:00 pm

AP is reporting that Eric Rudolph has agreed to plead guilty to four terrorist attacks, including the 1996 bombing at the Atlanta Olympic Games....

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News Lawyers for ex-Yukos CEO wrap up fraud defense
Lawyers for ex-Yukos CEO wrap up fraud defense
Phillip Hong-Barco
April 8, 2005 02:57:00 pm

Lawyers for Mikhail Khodorkovsky , the former CEO of Yukos , concluded their defense of the oil magnate Friday before the three judge panel that has heard the trial for the past 10 months. Khodorkovsky [JURIST news...

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News CT ex-governor Rowland begins prison sentence
CT ex-governor Rowland begins prison sentence
Phillip Hong-Barco
April 1, 2005 04:05:00 pm

Former Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland arrived Friday at Loretto , a minimum-security federal prison in Pennsylvania, to begin his year-long sentence for corruption of office. Rowland was sentenced two weeks ago to...

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News Judge denies media access to Schiavo abuse investigation records
Judge denies media access to Schiavo abuse investigation records
Phillip Hong-Barco
April 1, 2005 03:52:00 pm

Florida circuit judge Judge George Greer Friday denied a request from the St. Petersburg Times for the release of investigative summaries regarding alleged mistreatement of Terri Schiavo . The dozens of files in question are...

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News Nebraska top court upholds mandatory infant blood tests
Nebraska top court upholds mandatory infant blood tests
Phillip Hong-Barco
March 25, 2005 03:55:00 pm

The Nebraska Supreme Court Friday upheld a state law which requires mandatory blood testing of newborn infants. The opinion rejected an appeal brought by a fundamental Christian couple, Josue and Mary Anaya. The Anayas argued...

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News Yahoo! seeks protection against international liability
Yahoo! seeks protection against international liability
Phillip Hong-Barco
March 25, 2005 03:04:00 pm

Lawyers for Yahoo! Inc. have appeared before the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking legal protection for US Internet portals displaying content which is illegal in foreign countries, but is domestically protected by the First Amendment...

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News Ex-CT governor Rowland sentenced to one year in prison for corruption
Ex-CT governor Rowland sentenced to one year in prison for corruption
Phillip Hong-Barco
March 18, 2005 04:41:00 pm

Former Connecticut governor John G. Rowland was sentenced Friday to one year in prison, four months of house arrest, three years probation, and an $82,000 fine after pleading guilty in December to a federal...

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Convention on Cluster Munitions approved

On May 30, 2008, nations agreed to ban the use of cluster bombs by signing the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The US, Russia, and China each declined to sign the treaty. Learn more about the Convention on Cluster Munitions from the treaty's official website.

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On May 30, 1431, after being convicted of witchcraft at her trial, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

Review the transcripts from Joan of Arc's trial, online from the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies.

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