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News Iraqi Interior Ministry general arrested in death squads probe
Iraqi Interior Ministry general arrested in death squads probe
Tatyana Margolin
May 8, 2006 03:54:00 am

In an effort to restore his image and keep his job, Iraqi interior minister Bayan Jabor announced Sunday that a general serving in the ministry has been arrested in connection with kidnappings and death squads . Seventeen others...

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News US urges Nigeria against constitutional amendment extending presidential term limit
US urges Nigeria against constitutional amendment extending presidential term limit
Tatyana Margolin
May 2, 2006 07:47:00 am

The US has urged Nigeria against amending its constitution to allow current President Olusegun Obasanjo to run for a third term in office. In an unusual statement, the US Embassy...

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News Iran denounces US nuclear ‘threats’ as violations of international law
Iran denounces US nuclear ‘threats’ as violations of international law
Tatyana Margolin
May 2, 2006 07:09:00 am

Iran Monday denounced what it called US 'threats' of possible military action against it in connection with its development of nuclear technology as illegal and urged UN action. Iranian ambassador to the UN Javad Zarif [official...

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News Journalist faces retrial for insulting Turkishness
Journalist faces retrial for insulting Turkishness
Tatyana Margolin
May 2, 2006 06:37:00 am

A Turkish appeals court has rejected a prosecutor's recommendation and has ruled that charges still stand against Hrant Dink, a high-profile Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor of the newspaper Agos who has written about the killings of...

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News New Hampshire adopts law to protect first place in primaries
New Hampshire adopts law to protect first place in primaries
Tatyana Margolin
April 28, 2006 06:31:00 am

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed a bill Thursday giving the state's Secretary of State flexibility in setting the filing period for presidential candidates, responding to the Democratic Party’s efforts to change the 2008 primary calendar...

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News Belarus opposition leader jailed
Belarus opposition leader jailed
Tatyana Margolin
April 28, 2006 05:02:00 am

Belarus authorities have sentenced Alexander Milinkevich and three other opposition leaders to a fifteen-day jail term for attending an illegal demonstration after arresting them Thursday. At the peaceful rally in Minsk, the...

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News Israel PM order to close security fence gaps around Jerusalem prompts legal wrangle
Israel PM order to close security fence gaps around Jerusalem prompts legal wrangle
Tatyana Margolin
April 27, 2006 08:21:00 am

Israeli activist group Peace Now has condemned Wednesday's directive from Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Omert to top security officials to block the gaps in the controversial security fence [JURIST report; IDF...

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News Moussaoui jury enters fourth day of deliberations
Moussaoui jury enters fourth day of deliberations
Tatyana Margolin
April 27, 2006 05:10:00 am

Jurors in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui head into a fourth day of deliberations Thursday after no verdict was reached Wednesday. The jurors, who have been deliberating now for 16 hours over the...

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News ID cards bill sent back to UK Commons for fourth time as constitutional crisis looms
ID cards bill sent back to UK Commons for fourth time as constitutional crisis looms
Tatyana Margolin
March 21, 2006 06:33:00 am

A classic legislative tug-of-war between the UK House of Lords and House of Commons continued Monday as peers once again sent the controversial Identity Cards Bill back to MPs after a majority...

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News NAACP urges Justice Department to block New Orleans elections under Voting Rights Act
NAACP urges Justice Department to block New Orleans elections under Voting Rights Act
Tatyana Margolin
March 14, 2006 06:56:00 am

The president of the NAACP called on the US Justice Department Monday to block New Orleans mayoral elections currently scheduled for April 22, saying they would be "illegal" because the state of Louisiana "cannot guarantee...

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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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