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News Hawaii lower house shelves vote on same-sex civil unions
Hawaii lower house shelves vote on same-sex civil unions
Ximena Marinero
January 30, 2010 05:39:00 pm

The Hawaii House of Representatives on Friday postponed indefinitely a vote on legislation that would have allowed persons in same-sex civil unions the same rights as married heterosexual couples. The postponement was...

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US rejects Russian security treaty proposals
Ximena Marinero
January 30, 2010 01:57:00 pm

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday dismissed two Russian proposals for new European security treaties and reaffirmed US commitment to "unified" European security. In prepared remarks delivered at the L’Ecole Militaire in Paris,...

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News DOJ approves Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger after settlement
DOJ approves Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger after settlement
Ximena Marinero
January 26, 2010 07:56:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Canadian Competition Bureau reached an agreement on Monday to allow the merger between Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. and Live Nation, Inc. . The two companies agreed to...

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News Three former Bosnian Serb police indicted for Srebrenica massacre
Three former Bosnian Serb police indicted for Srebrenica massacre
Ximena Marinero
January 26, 2010 06:33:00 am

The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court confirmed on Monday that three former Bosnian Serb policemen have been indicted on charges of genocide for their alleged roles in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the...

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News Germany court issues arrest warrant for Argentina ‘Dirty War’ junta leader
Germany court issues arrest warrant for Argentina ‘Dirty War’ junta leader
Ximena Marinero
January 23, 2010 01:46:00 pm

A German court in Nuremberg has issued an arrest warrant for Argentina's former de-facto president Jorge Videla for helping to cover up the death of a German citizen in 1978, at the height of the "Dirty War" [JURIST news...

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Switzerland court rules UBS may not disclose US taxpayer’s financial information
Ximena Marinero
January 23, 2010 09:51:00 am

The Swiss Federal Administrative Court ruled Thursday that an American taxpayer's financial information at Swiss bank UBS may not be disclosed to the US...

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US removal of illegal Haitians put on hold after earthquake
Ximena Marinero
January 16, 2010 04:58:00 pm

Haitian nationals already present in the US on January 12 have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and will be allowed to continue living and working in the US for the next 18 months regardless of their immigration status,...

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News Afghanistan authorities commit to taking over former Bagram detention facility
Afghanistan authorities commit to taking over former Bagram detention facility
Ximena Marinero
January 10, 2010 12:24:00 pm

Afghan officials on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding to delineate the process through which Afghanistan will take over the US military's Parwan Detention Center that was formerly housed at Bagram Air Base [official website; JURIST news...

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US terrorism suspect pleads not guilty to receiving al Qaeda training
Ximena Marinero
January 10, 2010 10:32:00 am

A naturalized American citizen pleaded not guilty on Saturday in federal court in New York City to charges of conspiring to commit murder in a foreign country and of receiving military training from al Qaeda. Adis Mendunjanin was indicted...

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China warns Switzerland against accepting Uighur Guantanamo detainees
Ximena Marinero
January 9, 2010 10:11:00 am

The Chinese Embassy in Switzerland on Friday warned that Switzerland would jeopardize relations with China by accepting two Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees . Switzerland has already agreed to accept an Uzbek Guantanamo detainee,...

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World court established at The Hague

On December 13, 1920, the League of Nations Assembly, sitting in Geneva, approved the statute setting up the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague. Learn more about the Permanent Court of International Justice. Visit the website of the Permanent Court's successor body, the International Court of Justice.

President Wilson arrives in France to negotiate WWI treaty

On December 13, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France to negotiate a treaty to conclude World War I. Wilson was the first US President to visit Europe while in office. His meeting with the other Allied leaders would result in the Treaty of Versailles, which created the League of Nations and redrew borders across Europe. The treaty, however, was rejected by the US Senate, thus preventing the U.S. from joining the League with the other major powers.

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