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Austria court convicts three neo-Nazis for glorifying Nazism

January 11, 2013 09:26:42 AM

An Austrian court convicted three neo-Nazis on Thursday of glorifying Nazism over the Internet, sentencing them to as many as nine years in prison. Neo-Nazi leader Gottfried Kuessel was sentenced to nine years in prison for creating...

November 26, 2012 10:37:46 AM

German prosecutors on Monday charged 91-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen SS Siert Bruins with the murder of a Dutch resistance fighter in 1944. The Dortmund prosecutor accused Bruins of executing [AP...

November 15, 2012 12:33:21 PM

The German Finance Ministry on Thursday gave final approval to amendments to the Luxembourg Agreement that will increase compensation to surviving victims of the Nazi regime. German...

October 29, 2012 04:00:08 PM

An alleged Nazi war criminal has filed a writ to sue the Australian government for wrongful imprisonment after being jailed on a charge of killing an 18-year-old Jewish man in Hungary in 1944. Charles Zentai , a...

September 27, 2012 12:19:28 PM

Police in Slovakia announced on Thursday that they have launched an investigation of a 97-year-old Hungarian man suspected of war crimes in connection with the Holocaust. Laszlo Csatary was arrested in Hungary in July on allegations of abusing and...

September 24, 2012 10:30:37 AM

Germany is seeking the extradition of an 87-year-old Philadelphia man who is accused of committing war crimes as an SS Guard at Auschwitz concentration camp, the Associated Press (AP) reported Sunday. Retired Toolmaker Johann Breyer told the...

September 13, 2012 02:55:48 PM

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday refused to reconsider a decision to deny a posthumous appeal to restore the citizenship of convicted Nazi guard John Demjanjuk . Demjanjuk,...

August 22, 2012 03:46:14 PM

German prosecutors announced Wednesday that they are contemplating charges against an 87-year-old man suspected of having been a Nazi prison guard. The German special prosecutors' office that pursues Nazi-era crimes is recommending that charges be filed against...

August 3, 2012 10:55:27 AM

Slovakian authorities on Thursday announced that they have filed new charges against a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest last month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. The charges concern facilitating the...

July 30, 2012 01:31:18 PM

Slovakian authorities on Monday announced plans to seek the extradition of a 97-year-old Hungarian man arrested in Budapest earlier this month on allegations of abusing and helping deport thousands of Jews during the Holocaust. Slovak Justice Minister Tomas Borec...

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extended indefinitely

On May 11, 1995, over 170 signatory nations agreed to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) indefinitely. The NPT is an agreement signed by 189 countries to control the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology based on the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The treaty was opened for signature in 1968 with a provision for review conferences every five years. During the 1995 review conference in New York City, member countries decided to keep the treaty open indefinitely. Learn more about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the United Nations.

Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas

On May 11, 1682, the Massachusetts General Court repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony. Learn more about the state's ban on Christmas.