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Mumbai terror suspect pleads guilty in US court

March 19, 2010 08:01:00 AM

US citizen and Chicago resident David Headley pleaded guilty to 12 counts of federal terrorism Thursday, including charges related to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and an alleged plot against the Danish...

January 28, 2010 07:37:00 AM

US citizen David Headley pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 12 charges related to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and an alleged conspiracy against the Danish creator and publishers of controversial cartoons ...

January 11, 2010 11:58:00 AM

Danish prosecutors on Monday brought an additional charge of terrorism against the Somali man already charged with the attempted murders of Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting Prophet Muhammad as a...

March 26, 2009 05:14:00 PM

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution Thursday calling for laws against defamation of religion, in preparation for next month's Durban Review Conference on racism, discrimination, and xenophobia. The vote was 23-13 in...

August 12, 2008 10:58:00 AM

A Danish court on Monday began the trial of two men accused of planning a bomb attack on the country. The pair admitted to manufacturing an explosive compound, but have denied that they were planning an attack or that...

June 19, 2008 12:17:00 PM

The Vestre Landsret , one of the two second-highest appeals courts in Denmark, denied Wednesday an appeal of a 2006 lower court judgment dismissing a lawsuit concerning caricatures of the...

April 2, 2008 07:42:00 AM

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution by a 32-0 vote Tuesday "extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression...

April 1, 2008 08:13:00 AM

Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders , who released a controversial 15-minute film titled "Fitna" through his website last week, agreed on Monday to edit out a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad after its...

March 28, 2008 03:45:00 PM

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday condemned a film made by far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders that criticizes the Koran, calling it "offensively anti-Islamic." In a statement , Ban said:I condemn, in the...

March 28, 2008 10:28:00 AM

Kurt Westergaard, one of the Danish cartoonists who drew the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that sparked worldwide protests in 2005, plans to sue the author of an anti-Islam film for copyright infringement,...

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Germany surrenders unconditionally, ending WWII in Europe

On May 7, 1945, General Gustav Jodl, on behalf of Germany, signed an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe. The surrender was formally accepted by the Allied Powers the next day, May 8, which came to be known as Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

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