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News Pakistan police file charges against Taliban leader in Bhutto assassination
Pakistan police file charges against Taliban leader in Bhutto assassination
Steve Czajkowski
March 1, 2008 03:17:00 pm

Pakistani police on Saturday filed preliminary charges against Baitullah Mehsud , the top Taliban leader in Pakistan, and four others in the assassination of former prime minister Benzhair Bhutto . The charges were filed...

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News British soldiers allegedly tortured, killed Iraqi civilians after 2004 clash
British soldiers allegedly tortured, killed Iraqi civilians after 2004 clash
Steve Czajkowski
February 23, 2008 02:37:00 pm

British troops may have tortured and executed up to 20 Iraqi civilians after a 2004 clash between insurgents and a British convoy in Majar al Kabir , according to evidence released Friday by the lawyers of five Iraqi...

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News Belarus releases newspaper editor jailed for reprinting Muhammad cartoons
Belarus releases newspaper editor jailed for reprinting Muhammad cartoons
Steve Czajkowski
February 22, 2008 04:36:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Belarus Friday ordered a former newspaper editor who had been had been sentenced to three years in prison for reprinting cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad to be released, his lawyer...

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News DHS gives final approval to ‘virtual fence’ along US-Mexico border
DHS gives final approval to ‘virtual fence’ along US-Mexico border
Steve Czajkowski
February 22, 2008 03:04:00 pm

The US government has granted final approval to the first stretch of "virtual fencing" , which will run for 28 miles along the US-Mexico border southwest of Tucson, Arizona, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday...

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News Media rights group claims Arab media charter limits freedom
Media rights group claims Arab media charter limits freedom
Steve Czajkowski
February 16, 2008 01:01:00 pm

The adoption of a media charter by the council of Arab information ministers is an attempt to take away what limited broadcast freedom private TV viewers enjoy, according to a statement text by the Committee to Protect...

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News Canada judge refuses warrants to monitor Canadian terror suspects aboard
Canada judge refuses warrants to monitor Canadian terror suspects aboard
Steve Czajkowski
February 16, 2008 11:58:00 am

The Federal Court of Canada refused a request by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) for warrants allowing it to conduct overseas electronic surveillance on 10 individuals, including 9 Canadians or Canadian immigrants, in a...

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News Danish reprint of Muhammad cartoon sparks renewed protests
Danish reprint of Muhammad cartoon sparks renewed protests
Steve Czajkowski
February 15, 2008 04:03:00 pm

Protests broke out in the Gaza Strip, Pakistan, and Denmark Friday over the reprinting of a cartoon depiction of the Muslim prophet Muhammad by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Poste . Thousands marched and chanted in the Jebaliya...

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News All Guantanamo detainee interrogations were videotaped: report
All Guantanamo detainee interrogations were videotaped: report
Steve Czajkowski
February 15, 2008 03:07:00 pm

Thousands of interrogations of suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been videotaped, according to a report released Thursday by professors and students at Seton Hall University School of Law . The report...

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News UK police secretly recording lawyer-prisoner conversations: report
UK police secretly recording lawyer-prisoner conversations: report
Steve Czajkowski
February 9, 2008 06:23:00 pm

Hundreds of conversations between lawyers and their incarcerated clients have been secretly taped by British police, according to a report in the UK Telegraph daily published Saturday. The tapings came to light after a a former police detective revealed...

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News Myanmar to hold constitutional referendum in May
Myanmar to hold constitutional referendum in May
Steve Czajkowski
February 9, 2008 05:20:00 pm

The military government of Myanmar announced in a television broadcast Saturday that it will hold a constitutional referendum in May, with multi-party elections to follow in 2010. Last September a National Convention originally called in 1993...

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English Queen consort Anne Boleyn arrested on adultery accusations

English Queen consort Anne Boleyn, whom King Henry VIII married after famously divorcing Catherine of Aragon, was arrested on charges of adultery on May 2, 1536. The following trial, orchestrated by prominent minister of state Thomas Cromwell, led to Anne's conviction and eventual execution two weeks after her arrest despite Anne's denial of the charges. Henry VIII would marry Jane Seymour later that month. Learn more about Anne Boleyn.

FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died

Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II. Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.

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