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International brief ~ UN to help Lebanon set up Hariri assassination tribunal

January 26, 2006 05:22:00 AM

Leading Thursday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that he's sending UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel to Lebanon to assist government officials there in identifying the "nature and scope of the international assistance"...

January 21, 2006 03:03:00 PM

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday indicated he plans to reject a second interview request from UN investigators running the probe into the bus bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri . Assad...

January 12, 2006 02:02:00 PM

Syrian officials announced Thursday that President Bashar al-Assad would not submit to questioning by the UN probe into the assassination of former Lebanese president Rafik Hariri . Information Minister Mahdi Dahkl-Allah claimed that the refusal...

January 11, 2006 06:44:00 PM

The UN Wednesday officially named Serge Brammertz , Deputy Prosecutor with the International Criminal Court (ICC) and a former Belgian federal prosecutor, as the new Commissioner of the ongoing UN investigation into the February 2005 assassination...

January 4, 2006 02:35:00 PM

Syrian diplomats announced Wednesday that Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara will speak with the UN commission investigating the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , as requested by outgoing investigation head Detlev Mehlis on...

January 3, 2006 03:49:00 PM

An advisor to the Syrian Ministry of Information said Tuesday that President Bashar al-Assad will refuse a request for an interview made Monday by the UN commission investigating the death of former Lebanese...

January 2, 2006 12:12:00 PM

The Syrian government announced Monday that it will put former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam on trial for high treason and investigate his alleged acts of corruption in response to demands by Syrian parliament members ...

January 2, 2006 10:46:00 AM

A spokesperson for the UN commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced Monday that the commission will request interrogations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister...

January 1, 2006 04:35:00 PM

One day after the Syrian parliament demanded that former Vice President Abdel Halim Khaddam be tried for treason and corruption, the country's ruling Baath party decided Sunday to expel Khaddam from the party after...

December 19, 2005 07:11:00 PM

Second report of the International Independent Investigation Commission established pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1595 (2005) and 1636 (2005), December 12, 2005 [latest report of the probe headed by Detlev Mehlis looking into the February 14, 2005 bombing in Beirut...

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International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [UNITED factsheet]. On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of Illinois in December but was disbanded in July 1925 after a police raid which led to Gerber's arrest and trial (albeit not conviction). Pay a virtual visit to Henry Gerber House, now a registered Chicago landmark.

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