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News Spain judge indicts 7 for aiding and abetting Madrid train bombing suspects
Spain judge indicts 7 for aiding and abetting Madrid train bombing suspects
Safiya Boucaud
November 3, 2009 09:05:00 am

Judge Eloy Velasco of the Spanish National Court on Monday indicted seven people for their alleged involvement in helping the suspected perpetrators of the 2004 Madrid train bombings flee Spain...

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News White House, lawmakers reach compromise on journalist shield bill
White House, lawmakers reach compromise on journalist shield bill
Safiya Boucaud
November 2, 2009 09:23:00 am

The Obama administration, top lawmakers, and news organizations reached an agreement Friday on legislation that would protect journalists from being forced to reveal their sources in federal court. The compromise version of the Free Flow of Information...

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News UN rights rapporteur: Guantanamo detainees should be tried or released
UN rights rapporteur: Guantanamo detainees should be tried or released
Safiya Boucaud
October 27, 2009 09:18:00 am

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin said Monday that all Guantanamo Bay detainees should be brought before US federal courts for trial by the January 22 deadline for...

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News Former Uruguay military chief sentenced to 25 years for homicides during dictatorship
Former Uruguay military chief sentenced to 25 years for homicides during dictatorship
Safiya Boucaud
October 26, 2009 10:26:00 am

Former Uruguay military dictator and army chief Gregorio Alvarez was convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for his role in 37 homicides during the country's 1973-1985 military rule . Alvarez, who...

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News Nicaragua Supreme Court panel lifts ban on consecutive presidential terms
Nicaragua Supreme Court panel lifts ban on consecutive presidential terms
Safiya Boucaud
October 20, 2009 09:15:00 am

The constitutional branch of the Supreme Court of Nicaragua on Monday struck down a constitutional provision that bans presidential candidates from running for two consecutive terms. Under Article 147 of the Nicaraguan Constitution [text, in...

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News Delaware Catholic diocese bankruptcy filing delays clergy abuse trials
Delaware Catholic diocese bankruptcy filing delays clergy abuse trials
Safiya Boucaud
October 19, 2009 11:01:00 am

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Delaware on Sunday filed for Chapter 11 federal bankruptcy protection , one day before eight clergy sexual abuse trials were set to begin. The filing will delay the trials, which were...

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News Karadzic asks UN Security Council for trial exemption citing alleged immunity deal
Karadzic asks UN Security Council for trial exemption citing alleged immunity deal
Safiya Boucaud
October 19, 2009 09:51:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Friday asked the UN Security Council to pass a resolution exempting him from trial based on an alleged immunity agreement reached with former...

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News Afghanistan official resigns from UN-backed electoral commission
Afghanistan official resigns from UN-backed electoral commission
Safiya Boucaud
October 13, 2009 10:47:00 am

One of the two Afghans on the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) resigned on Monday, citing "foreign interference." The panel is tasked with investigating the allegations of fraud surrounding the disputed August presidential elections ....

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News California Supreme Court chief justice criticizes voter initiative process
California Supreme Court chief justice criticizes voter initiative process
Safiya Boucaud
October 13, 2009 09:10:00 am

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George on Saturday criticized California's voter initiative process, which gives Californians the right to initiate or make new laws via the ballot box. In a speech to the...

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News China court sentences 6 to death for Xinjiang riot killings
China court sentences 6 to death for Xinjiang riot killings
Safiya Boucaud
October 12, 2009 11:03:00 am

The Intermediate People's Court in Urumqi in China's Xinjiang province on Monday sentenced to death six men convicted of murder and other crimes such as arson and robbery for their roles in July's violent demonstrations [JURIST news...

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Dreyfus convicted of treason

On December 22, 1894, Jewish French army officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason in a court-martial trial that prompted worldwide allegations of anti-Semitism. Dreyfus was later cleared. Learn more about the case of Alfred Dreyfus and read an English translation of the famous public letter J'Accuse...! by novelist and Dreyfus partisan Emile Zola.

US passed Embargo Act, banning foreign trade

On December 22, 1807, the Embargo Act was passed at the urging of US President Thomas Jefferson. The act barred trade with any foreign nations in an effort to avoid American entry into the Napoleonic Wars of Europe. However, the act proved unenforceable and was replaced with the Non-Intercourse Act, which barred trade with France and Great Britain. Learn more about the Embargo Act of 1807 from Monticello.org

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