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News Princess Diana charity settles souvenir-related suit with Franklin Mint
Princess Diana charity settles souvenir-related suit with Franklin Mint
Thomas Bird
November 10, 2004 09:22:00 pm

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and the Pennsylvania-based souvenir firm the Franklin Mint settled a $25 million malicious prosecution suit out of court Wednesday. The Mint had sued the Diana Fund for $25 million in November 2002...

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News Sudan’s Darfur region heading for anarchy: UN envoy
Sudan’s Darfur region heading for anarchy: UN envoy
Thomas Bird
November 4, 2004 08:22:00 pm

Senior UN official Jan Pronk told the UN Security Council Thursday that unless African Union troops enter the Sudan's Darfur region soon, the entire region might fall into anarchy. Pronk, the UN envoy for Darfur, said that rebels were...

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News MPAA plans to sue movie file swappers
MPAA plans to sue movie file swappers
Thomas Bird
November 4, 2004 07:40:00 pm

Hollywood studio officials said Thursday that they will begin to file hundreds of lawsuits against individuals who file share pirated movies over the internet. According to MPAA head Dan Glickman, the decision to file lawsuits was not easy, but...

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News Jury deliberations begin in Scott Peterson murder trial
Jury deliberations begin in Scott Peterson murder trial
Thomas Bird
November 3, 2004 08:43:00 pm

Jury deliberations began Wednesday in the Scott Peterson murder trial. Judge Alfred A. Delucci gave about 45 minutes worth of instructions to jurors before sending them off to the jury room to decide whether Peterson killed his pregnant wife...

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On July 8, 1997, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) invited the former communist nations of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to join the alliance. This was the first invitation of former communist nations to join NATO since the end of the Cold War. The three countries would later attain membership in 1999. Since then, former communist states Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Baltic States have all become NATO members as well. Learn more about NATO expansion from the organization's website.

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