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News Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW
Morocco terrorism suspects face serious human rights violations: HRW
Ashley Hileman
October 25, 2010 12:32:24 pm

Suspects detained under Morocco's counterterrorism law routinely face serious human rights violations, including illegal detention and torture, according to a report issued Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The 56-page report was created following interviews...

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Pentagon limits ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ discharge authority
Ashley Hileman
October 22, 2010 11:16:07 am

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a memorandum on Thursday limiting the authority to discharge openly gay service members to five senior Department of Defense (DOD) officials. The memo is seen as a response to...

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Supreme Court to hear Ashcroft immunity appeal
Ashley Hileman
October 18, 2010 12:30:30 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certorari in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd to determine whether former US attorney general John Ashcroft is entitled to...

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US House voted to impeach President Clinton

On December 19, 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair.

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UK signs Hong Kong over to China

On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 year after the transfer of power.

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