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International brief ~ US submits Sudan peacekeeping resolution to Security Council

February 15, 2005 01:15:00 PM

In Tuesday's international brief, Deputy US Ambassador to the UN Stuart Holliday introduced a draft resolution to the UN Security Council on Monday proposing the creation of a 10,000 member peacekeeping force to be deployed...

January 13, 2005 03:05:00 PM

In Thursday's international brief, Somalia's parliament has approved the proposed cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi Thursday in a crucial step towards establishing a truly functioning government for the trouble-ridden country. The proposed list was the...

January 12, 2005 11:24:00 PM

Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Supreme Court of the United States, January 12, 2005, [ruling that a refugee living in the US could be deported after receiving a criminal conviction, even if their country of destination does not consent...

November 12, 2004 10:12:00 AM

A human rights group has sued two former high-ranking Somali officials currently living in the US, alleging that the two took part in torture and killings in their home country during the 1980s. San Francisco-based Center for Justice and...

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On October 19, 2005, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was put on trial for crimes against humanity committed during his time in office. He was convicted and sentenced to death on November 6, 2006. The execution took place on the following December 30. Learn more about the Trial of Saddam Hussein from the US Law Library of Congress.

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On October 19, 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York in the wake of Parliament's passage of the controversial Stamp Act imposing a tax for the upkeep of British troops in North America, approved a Declaration of Rights enumerating the rights and grievances of the American colonies.