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News Indonesia to drop corruption charges against former dictator
Indonesia to drop corruption charges against former dictator
Tom Henry
May 11, 2006 09:07:00 am

An Indonesian government official said Thursday that corruption charges against former dictator General Suharto are expected to be dropped despite criticism from human rights groups, including the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation , which has been outspoken...

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The National Security Agency (NSA) has been collecting phone records from major telephone companies AT&T, Verizon, and BellSouth to study the calling patterns of millions of Americans in an effort to detect terrorist activity, according...

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May 10, 2006 03:04:00 pm

British Attorney General Lord Goldsmith , already a critic of the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay , Wednesday made a forceful public call for the shutdown of the facility. Making a speech ...

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May 10, 2006 02:18:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Wednesday called the election by the UN General Assembly of 47 member states to founding seats on the new UN Human Rights Council...

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US-Australia prisoner transfer agreement may affect Hicks
Tom Henry
May 10, 2006 01:35:00 pm

The Australian and US governments will both have to approve the transfer of prisoners sentenced by US military commissions under the terms of a new agreement reached earlier this week, according to a statement from Australian Foreign Minister Alexander...

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May 10, 2006 12:35:00 pm

The lawyer for Moustafa Hassan Nasr , the Egyptian cleric who CIA operatives allegedly kidnapped and moved out of Italy to Egypt in 2003 in an instance of extraordinary rendition , has claimed...

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May 10, 2006 11:47:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Thursday on the controversial renomination of White House aide Brett Kavanaugh to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Kavanaugh faced probing questions from committee...

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The alleged assassin of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic has accused Serb police officers and other officials of forcing him to sign a statement that says he is responsible for the 2003 murder ...

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May 10, 2006 10:03:00 am

The US House of Representatives Tuesday approved a bill limiting protests during military funerals. The Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act is aimed mainly at the renegade Westboro Baptist Church [WARNING: readers may find material at this church...

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May 10, 2006 09:36:00 am

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark , now serving as a defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein , called the trial of the former Iraqi leader "a direct threat to international law, the...

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Standard Oil incorporated

On January 10, 1870, John Davison Rockefeller incorporated Standard Oil. Rockefeller's corporation would grow to achieve a virtual monopoly over oil production in the United States. Standard Oil's dominance lasted until the corporation was split into 34 separate companies in 1911 after the Supreme Court found the company in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The rise of Standard Oil made Rockefeller America's first billionaire and eventually the richest man in the world. Read the text of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey vs. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (1910).

League of Nations established

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