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News Mukasey urges compromise on new surveillance bill
Mukasey urges compromise on new surveillance bill
Nick Fiske
March 22, 2008 10:16:00 am

US Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday that he was willing to compromise with Congress on legislation amending the Foreign Intelligence Security Act but that the legislature would have to provide a "workable...

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News Bangladesh releases Muhammad cartoonist
Bangladesh releases Muhammad cartoonist
Nick Fiske
March 20, 2008 06:10:00 pm

Bangladeshi authorities Thursday released a cartoonist detained for allegedly insulting the Muslim prophet Muhammad after the police official pressing charges against him repeatedly failed to appear in court. Arifur Rahman was arrested in September after...

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News Former CIA ‘ghost detainee’ describes interrogation abuses in Amnesty report
Former CIA ‘ghost detainee’ describes interrogation abuses in Amnesty report
Nick Fiske
March 14, 2008 03:34:00 pm

A former CIA "ghost detainee" detailed torture and abuse by agency interrogators at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and a secret CIA facility in Afghanistan in an Amnesty International (AI) report ...

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News Myanmar opposition group urges citizens to vote down draft constitution
Myanmar opposition group urges citizens to vote down draft constitution
Nick Fiske
March 14, 2008 10:20:00 am

Myanmar opposition group 88 Generation Students urged Burmese voters Friday to reject the country's new draft constitution in an upcoming national referendum . The group said in a public statement that the new constitution would...

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News Roberts, Thomas urge Congress to approve pay hike for federal judges
Roberts, Thomas urge Congress to approve pay hike for federal judges
Nick Fiske
March 14, 2008 09:34:00 am

US Chief Justice John Roberts and Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas told a House Appropriations subcommittee Thursday that Congress should pass a bill to raise the pay of federal judges in an attempt to...

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News Myanmar rejects independent observers for May constitution referendum
Myanmar rejects independent observers for May constitution referendum
Nick Fiske
March 8, 2008 02:31:00 pm

The military government of Myanmar on Saturday rejected a suggestion by UN special envoy to Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari that the upcoming May referendum on a new constitution for the country...

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News China rights activist to stand trial on subversion charges
China rights activist to stand trial on subversion charges
Nick Fiske
March 8, 2008 02:11:00 pm

Chinese prosecutors plan to proceed to trial against human rights activist Hu Jia and the trial could begin within a month, a defense lawyer for Hu said Saturday. Hu was formally charged last month with inciting subversion of state...

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News Bolivia court halts referendum on new constitution
Bolivia court halts referendum on new constitution
Nick Fiske
March 8, 2008 11:08:00 am

Bolivia's National Electoral Court on Friday blocked a national referendum on the country's new draft constitution which was to take place on May 4. The new constitution, supported by Bolivian President Evo Morales [official website,...

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News UN rights council condemns Israel attacks in Gaza Strip
UN rights council condemns Israel attacks in Gaza Strip
Nick Fiske
March 6, 2008 06:05:00 pm

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Thursday condemned Israel's most recent offensive in the Gaza Strip in a resolution passed by the seventh session of the HRC. The resolution, which was...

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News Iraq appeals court overturns conviction of US citizen facing death penalty
Iraq appeals court overturns conviction of US citizen facing death penalty
Nick Fiske
March 1, 2008 11:42:00 am

An Iraqi appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction and death sentence of Mohammad Munaf , a US citizen and former translator charged with orchestrating the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists held for 55 days...

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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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