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News Former Guantanamo prosecutor claims political interference in commission cases
Former Guantanamo prosecutor claims political interference in commission cases
Josh Camson
October 28, 2007 10:19:00 am

Former US Guantanamo Bay chief military prosecutor Col. Morris Davis said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published Saturday that politics is interfering with Guantanamo prosecutions . Davis said that recently-approved rules governing...

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News Canada government introduces bill requiring Muslim women to lift veils to vote
Canada government introduces bill requiring Muslim women to lift veils to vote
Eric Firkel
October 28, 2007 10:16:00 am

Canada's minority Conservative Party government introduced legislation Friday that would require Muslim women wearing a veil to show their faces before voting. Bill C-6 on "visual identification of voters" is said to be designed to combat...

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News Peru high court convicts former Fujimori  minister of embezzlement
Peru high court convicts former Fujimori minister of embezzlement
Josh Camson
October 28, 2007 08:59:00 am

The Supreme Court of Peru has convicted former Peruvian economy minister Jorge Baca Campodonico of embezzlement, according to the government's official gazette Saturday. Campodonico diverted $59.4 million from government funds to failing private bank Banco...

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News Mukasey says Constitution no bar to warrantless surveillance of terror suspects
Mukasey says Constitution no bar to warrantless surveillance of terror suspects
Devin Montgomery
October 27, 2007 03:02:00 pm

US Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey told the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter released Friday that the Constitution does not preclude the president from wiretapping terrorism suspects without a warrant. His comments...

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News Palestinian president signs anti-money laundering decree aimed at Hamas
Palestinian president signs anti-money laundering decree aimed at Hamas
Patrick Porter
October 27, 2007 02:26:00 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has signed new money laundering regulations meant to hinder the flow of funds to Hamas and to show foreign banks doing business with Palestinian counterparts that they are not violating US...

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News UN expert invited to investigate alleged US extrajudicial killings in Iraq, Afghanistan
UN expert invited to investigate alleged US extrajudicial killings in Iraq, Afghanistan
Steve Czajkowski
October 27, 2007 12:21:00 pm

UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Philip Alston said Friday he is planning an official visit to the US to investigate allegations of unlawful killings by US military and non-military actors in Iraq and...

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News Iraqi prosecutor defends death sentence for Saddam-era defense minister
Iraqi prosecutor defends death sentence for Saddam-era defense minister
Nick Fiske
October 27, 2007 11:03:00 am

Iraqi prosecutor Munqith al-Faroon defended the death sentence for convicted Saddam Hussein-era defense minister Sultan Hashim al-Tai Friday, saying that al-Tai personally oversaw the deaths of 180,000 people during brutal military campaigns against Iraq's...

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News US Army panel overturns 1944 rioting court-martial convictions of black soldiers
US Army panel overturns 1944 rioting court-martial convictions of black soldiers
Steve Czajkowski
October 27, 2007 10:16:00 am

The US Army Board for Correction of Military Records ruled Friday that a group of African-American soldiers court-martialed in 1944 for rioting and attacking Italian POWs held at at Seattle's Fort Lawton should have their convictions overturned....

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News Myanmar releases 87 prisoners, prepares for Pinheiro visit
Myanmar releases 87 prisoners, prepares for Pinheiro visit
Nick Fiske
October 27, 2007 10:05:00 am

Myanmar's military junta has announced the release of 87 people held in the wake of the government's crackdown against protesters and political dissidents which began in August. The released prisoners include more than 50 members of the National League...

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News Serbian cooperation with ICTY still inadequate: Del Ponte
Serbian cooperation with ICTY still inadequate: Del Ponte
Mike Rosen-Molina
October 26, 2007 04:37:00 pm

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) chief prosecutor Carla Del Ponte said Friday that Serbia must do more to apprehend fugitive war crimes suspects before she can give a positive report on the country's work...

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No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

USSR established

On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.

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