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News Ex-detainee in US rendition suit tells EU parliament of interrogation by German
Ex-detainee in US rendition suit tells EU parliament of interrogation by German
Chris Buell
March 14, 2006 10:54:00 am

Khalid el-Masri , a German national allegedly kidnapped in Macedonia in 2003, held by the CIA in Afghanistan and finally released in 2004 and dumped in Albania, testified Monday before a European Parliament committee investigating...

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News Texas appeals court throws out subpoenas in DeLay probe
Texas appeals court throws out subpoenas in DeLay probe
Krystal MacIntyre
March 14, 2006 10:37:00 am

The Texas Third Court of Appeals Monday threw out more than 30 subpoenas issued by Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle , who is investigating the political fundraising activities of former US House Majority Leader Rep....

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News Enron defense lawyers finish cross-examination of Fastow
Enron defense lawyers finish cross-examination of Fastow
Chris Buell
March 14, 2006 10:27:00 am

Defense lawyers in the Enron fraud trial Monday finished their cross-examination of former Chief Financial Officer and lead government witness Andrew Fastow , bringing to a conclusion his four-day stint on the...

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News AP sues Pentagon for all Guantanamo detainee identities
AP sues Pentagon for all Guantanamo detainee identities
Chris Buell
March 14, 2006 10:05:00 am

The Associated Press filed a lawsuit Monday against the US Department of Defense seeking the release of records and identities of the more than 750 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay since 2001,...

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News Canada, EU urge US compromise on UN rights council
Canada, EU urge US compromise on UN rights council
Krystal MacIntyre
March 14, 2006 10:04:00 am

Canada, the European Union, and several key supporters of a proposed UN Human Rights Council are urging the United States to accept a compromise that would allow approval of a draft UN General Assembly resolution ...

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News International brief ~ UN approves of AU Darfur extension
International brief ~ UN approves of AU Darfur extension
D. Wes Rist
March 14, 2006 09:21:00 am

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the UN Security Council has expressed its approval of the African Union decision to extend the AU peacekeeping force mandate for Darfur by six...

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News Zimbabwe police deny torture allegations by Mugabe coup plotters
Zimbabwe police deny torture allegations by Mugabe coup plotters
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 08:00:00 am

Zimbabwe police Monday denied torture allegations by suspects arrested and charged with plotting to overthrow the government and assassinate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe . Senior Assistant Commissioner Ronald Muderedzwa said only 11 people have been arrested...

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News Trials begin for white supremacist prison gang members
Trials begin for white supremacist prison gang members
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 07:27:00 am

Four members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang go on trial Tuesday in California as the government attempts to bring an end to the white supremacist group. Altogether, twenty members of the gang face eventual trial in...

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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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News Milosevic trial formally closed
Milosevic trial formally closed
Holly Manges Jones
March 14, 2006 06:49:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia formally closed its war crimes case against former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic Tuesday, three days after he was found dead in his cell over...

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First former Warsaw Pact countries join NATO

On March 12, 1999, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Read the NATO accession treaties for the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the Republic of Poland.

Janet Reno sworn in as first female US Attorney General

On March 12, 1993, Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female US Attorney General. Learn more about Janet Reno from the US Department of Justice Attorney General's website as it stood on November 9, 2000.

Mahatma Gandhi begins Salt March

Indian independence advocate Mahatma Gandhi and 78 others began a 3.5-week-long march to the Arabian Sea on March 12, 1930 to defy monopolistic colonial laws prohibiting the collection of salt by Indians. The demonstration exemplified Gandhi's strategy of Satyagraha. The march ended with thousands joining in in other cities, Gandhi being briefly jailed and then granted a seat at the 1930-1932 India Round Table Conference in London. Learn more about the Salt March.

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