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News Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Hicks released from Australian prison
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Hicks released from Australian prison
Patrick Porter
December 29, 2007 02:02:00 pm

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks was released from an Australian prison Saturday. In an statement read by his lawyer, Hicks asked the media and public to respect his agreement not to speak on a...

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News Federal judge suspends Oregon domestic partnership law
Federal judge suspends Oregon domestic partnership law
Patrick Porter
December 29, 2007 01:36:00 pm

A federal judge on Friday blocked an Oregon law that would allow same-sex couples to enter into contractual domestic partnerships . The law was scheduled to take effect on January 1, but US District...

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News South Africa prosecutors charge Zuma with corruption, fraud
South Africa prosecutors charge Zuma with corruption, fraud
Patrick Porter
December 29, 2007 10:53:00 am

South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Friday served an indictment on politician Jacob Zuma , charging him with corruption, fraud, money laundering and racketeering. His trial is scheduled to begin in August. Earlier...

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News Bush signs bill allowing non-citizens in US to be charged for genocide abroad
Bush signs bill allowing non-citizens in US to be charged for genocide abroad
Patrick Porter
December 22, 2007 04:31:00 pm

US President George W. Bush Friday signed into law a bill that will allow the federal government to prosecute individuals in the US suspected of genocide abroad. The Genocide Accountability Act of 2007 modifies Section...

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News Latest charged Guantanamo detainee is brother-in-law of 9/11 hijacker: DOD
Latest charged Guantanamo detainee is brother-in-law of 9/11 hijacker: DOD
Patrick Porter
December 22, 2007 04:08:00 pm

The US Department of Defense said Friday that newly charged Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi is the brother-in-law of Khalid al Mihdhar , one of the 9/11 hijackers. Mihdhar was on American Airlines...

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News 9/11 Commission: CIA withheld interrogation videotapes
9/11 Commission: CIA withheld interrogation videotapes
Patrick Porter
December 22, 2007 03:14:00 pm

A panel of former 9/11 Commission members say the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) withheld videotapes showing the interrogation of terror suspects, possibly violating federal law. According to a Saturday New York Times report, the panel began to...

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News Thailand parliament passes controversial security law
Thailand parliament passes controversial security law
Patrick Porter
December 21, 2007 11:07:00 am

Thailand's National Legislative Assembly passed a controversial security law Thursday, days before the country's general elections. The Internal Security Bill grants the head of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) power to bar public demonstrations, hold detainees...

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News Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with conspiracy, supporting terrorism
Saudi Guantanamo Bay detainee charged with conspiracy, supporting terrorism
Patrick Porter
December 21, 2007 10:01:00 am

Military prosecutors at Guantanamo Bay filed charges Thursday against Saudi detainee Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al Darbi was for his alleged role in a plan to bomb a ship off the coast of Yemen or in the...

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News Bangladesh jails professors for role in August anti-government protests
Bangladesh jails professors for role in August anti-government protests
Patrick Porter
December 4, 2007 01:38:00 pm

A Bangladesh court sentenced four university professors Tuesday for participating in anti-government student protests that took place in August. Police inspector Mahbub Siddiqui told AFP that the academics were found guilty of breaking emergency laws ...

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State attorneys general to sue RJ Reynolds over new cartoon ads
Patrick Porter
December 4, 2007 12:15:00 pm

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said Tuesday that Pennsylvania and several other states will file lawsuits against tobacco company RJ Reynolds for violating an agreement not to use cartoon characters to advertise tobacco products. A...

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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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