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News Latest cluster bomb treaty conference ends without deal on binding ban
Latest cluster bomb treaty conference ends without deal on binding ban
Jaime Jansen
February 22, 2008 10:10:00 am

Delegates failed to agree on a binding treaty banning cluster bombs by the end of a five-day conference organized by Cluster Munitions Coalition (CMC) in New Zealand Friday, but have agreed to...

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News East Timor extends state of emergency for 1 month after assassination attempts
East Timor extends state of emergency for 1 month after assassination attempts
Jaime Jansen
February 22, 2008 09:43:00 am

The National Parliament of East Timor voted Friday to further extend the country's state of emergency , which was set to expire Saturday, by an additional 30 days. Last week, the parliament extended the state of emergency [JURIST...

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News UK MPs extend control order legislation for additional year
UK MPs extend control order legislation for additional year
Jaime Jansen
February 22, 2008 08:54:00 am

The British House of Commons approved an order Thursday extending until March 2009 provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 regarding control orders, which impose restrictions on uncharged terror suspects. The measure was approved by...

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News Bush campaigner acquitted in New Hampshire phone jamming case
Bush campaigner acquitted in New Hampshire phone jamming case
Jaime Jansen
February 22, 2008 08:07:00 am

James Tobin , President Bush's 2004 campaign chairman for New England, was acquitted Thursday of federal telephone harassment charges for his alleged role in a 2002 phone-jamming scheme. In his ruling Thursday, US District Judge Steven...

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News TIME appeals $106M Indonesia judgment in Suharto defamation suit
TIME appeals $106M Indonesia judgment in Suharto defamation suit
Jaime Jansen
February 21, 2008 09:58:00 am

TIME magazine on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Indonesia to reconsider its August 2007 decision awarding former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto $106 million in damages in Suharto's defamation...

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News ICTY to appoint additional judges to meet trial completion goals
ICTY to appoint additional judges to meet trial completion goals
Jaime Jansen
February 21, 2008 08:39:00 am

The UN Security Council approved a resolution Wednesday authorizing Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint four additional judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The Security Council unanimously approved...

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News East Timor issues 12 arrest warrants for suspects in attempted assassinations
East Timor issues 12 arrest warrants for suspects in attempted assassinations
Jaime Jansen
February 15, 2008 11:40:00 am

East Timor's attorney general said Friday that 12 arrest warrants have been issued for suspects in this week's attacks against East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao , but did not release the names...

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News Serbia denounces expected Kosovo secession as legally ‘invalid’
Serbia denounces expected Kosovo secession as legally ‘invalid’
Jaime Jansen
February 15, 2008 10:53:00 am

Any unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo from Serbia will be "invalid and void," Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said Thursday, hours before the UN Security Council was scheduled...

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Bush to veto intelligence bill restricting CIA interrogation tactics
Jaime Jansen
February 15, 2008 10:30:00 am

US President George W. Bush said in a BBC interview Thursday that he will veto an intelligence funding bill that would restrict CIA interrogators to using only interrogation techniques explicitly authorized by the...

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European Commission proposes extending copyright for musicians
Jaime Jansen
February 15, 2008 09:57:00 am

The European Commission plans to introduce a proposal to extend copyright protection for music performers from 50 to 95 years, Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy announced Thursday. The proposal will ensure greater protections...

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Seventeen tried in Stalin purge

On January 23, 1937, seventeen of Joseph Stalin's political enemies went on trial in Moscow during the Soviet leader's Great Purge. This trial of seventeen represented the second of the three "Moscow Trials" in which prominent Soviet leaders were accused and convicted of conspiring to overthrow the Soviet state under Article 58 of the RSFSR Penal Code. The defendants were sentenced to execution or deportation to work camps.

24th Amendment to US Constitution ratified

On January 23, 1964, the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified. Learn more about the 24th Amendment and poll taxes from the National Constitution Center.

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