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News US military judge rules Hamdan lawyers can question top terror suspects
US military judge rules Hamdan lawyers can question top terror suspects
Patrick Porter
February 15, 2008 01:00:00 pm

US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred has ruled that lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan can send written questions to Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other alleged high-level al Qaeda...

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News France right-wing leader sentenced for pro-Nazi remarks
France right-wing leader sentenced for pro-Nazi remarks
Patrick Porter
February 8, 2008 02:13:00 pm

A French court Friday sentenced Jean-Marie Le Pen , leader of France's far-right National Front party , for making public comments minimizing the World War II Nazi occupation of France. The charges...

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News US Army sniper on trial for Iraqi civilian killings
US Army sniper on trial for Iraqi civilian killings
Patrick Porter
February 8, 2008 01:48:00 pm

Court-martial proceedings began Friday for US Army sniper Sgt. Evan Vela , charged in connection with the killings of unarmed Iraqi civilians near Iskandariyah. In opening statements, Vela's lawyer said that he was only following a superior's...

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News Nebraska Supreme Court rules electric chair executions illegal
Nebraska Supreme Court rules electric chair executions illegal
Patrick Porter
February 8, 2008 12:58:00 pm

The Nebraska Supreme Court Friday ruled that execution by electric chair is "cruel and unusual" punishment and therefore prohibited by the Nebraska constitution . In State v. Mata, an appeal by convicted murderer Raymond Mata...

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News Guantanamo commander confirms secret camp for ‘high-value’ detainees
Guantanamo commander confirms secret camp for ‘high-value’ detainees
Patrick Porter
February 6, 2008 06:40:00 pm

Guantanamo Bay commander US Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby confirmed the existence of a secret camp at the detention facility for alleged al-Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees" in an interview with AP Wednesday. Buzby said...

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News UK PM backs admitting wiretap evidence at trial
UK PM backs admitting wiretap evidence at trial
Patrick Porter
February 6, 2008 05:52:00 pm

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday said he supports allowing UK courts to hear some evidence obtained through wiretap surveillance , telling parliament that the long-time prohibition against wiretap evidence should be lifted in situations where "key...

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News INTERPOL ex-president charged with corruption in South Africa court
INTERPOL ex-president charged with corruption in South Africa court
Patrick Porter
February 1, 2008 01:56:00 pm

Suspended South Africa police commissioner and former INTERPOL president Jackie Selebi was provisionally charged Friday in a South African regional court with three counts of corruption and one count of defeating the...

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News Federal appeals court refuses to reconsider ‘enemy combatant’ evidence ruling
Federal appeals court refuses to reconsider ‘enemy combatant’ evidence ruling
Patrick Porter
February 1, 2008 12:59:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said Friday that it will not reconsider its July 2007 decision that federal appeals courts reviewing the "enemy combatant" ...

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News US appeals court affirms dismissal of lawsuit over same-sex marriage teaching
US appeals court affirms dismissal of lawsuit over same-sex marriage teaching
Patrick Porter
February 1, 2008 10:37:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday upheld a district court's dismissal of a lawsuit against a Massachusetts town that allows its public school system to teach children about...

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News Khodorkovsky on hunger strike to protest denial of medical care for ex-Yukos lawyer
Khodorkovsky on hunger strike to protest denial of medical care for ex-Yukos lawyer
Patrick Porter
January 30, 2008 05:37:00 pm

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Wednesday that he would begin a hunger strike to protest denial of medical treatment to Vasily Aleksanian , an imprisoned former executive and lawyer...

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Treaty with Russia ceded Alaska to the United States

On March 30, 1867, the US and Russia signed a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States for a payment of $7,200,000 in gold.

Review the terms of a Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias to the United States of America, the terms of which were included in the Treaty's Proclamation by President Andrew Johnson on June 20, 1867.

Treaty of Paris ends Crimean War

On March 30, 1856, representatives of Great Britain, France, Sardinia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Paris of 1856, ending the Crimean War. The treaty confirmed Russia's loss of power and territory a result of the war. The Black Sea region and some Russian islands were demilitarized, and Russia lost its influence over Romanian principalities and Christians in the Ottoman Empire under the terms of the treaty.

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