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US Army officer describes Hamdan capture at Guantanamo hearing
Alexis Unkovic
December 6, 2007 03:08:00 pm

A US Army major testified Thursday at a pretrial hearing to determine whether Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan qualifies as an unlawful enemy combatant , describing the circumstances under...

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Thailand anti-corruption commission to investigate former prime minister
Alexis Unkovic
November 29, 2007 05:41:00 pm

Thailand's National Counter-Corruption Commission (NCCC) has approved the creation of three subcommittees to investigate former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and two of his former senior administration officials, according to an NCCC spokesperson...

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Serbia indicts 14 for roles in 1991 massacre of Croats
Alexis Unkovic
November 29, 2007 05:01:00 pm

Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Thursday indicted 14 former soldiers and paramilitaries on war crimes charges in connection with the October 1991 Lovas Massacre in Croatia, a spokesperson told Reuters. Half...

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UN Hariri probe pursuing new leads: Brammertz
Alexis Unkovic
November 29, 2007 04:12:00 pm

UN International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) head Serge Brammertz told the UN Security Council Wednesday that unspecified "persons of interest" have been identified and other progress has been made in...

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News Philippines officers linked to 2003 coup take over hotel, demand Arroyo resignation
Philippines officers linked to 2003 coup take over hotel, demand Arroyo resignation
Alexis Unkovic
November 29, 2007 03:14:00 pm

About a dozen officers on trial in the Philippines in connection with a failed 2003 mutiny Thursday walked out of court, took control of a Manila hotel, and demanded the resignation of Philippine President...

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Malaysia may invoke indefinite detention law to deter protests: PM
Alexis Unkovic
November 27, 2007 01:48:00 pm

Authorities in Malaysia may rely on the country's controversial Internal Security Act (ISA) to halt protests, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said Tuesday after Sunday demonstrations in Kuala Lumpur...

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Dutch court allows Srebrenica lawsuit against UN, Netherlands to proceed
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November 27, 2007 01:01:00 pm

A court in the Netherlands ruled Tuesday that the families of approximately 8,000 Bosnian Muslims who were killed in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre can proceed with their class action lawsuit ...

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Bolivia constitutional assembly approves draft constitution
Alexis Unkovic
November 25, 2007 11:41:00 am

The Bolivian Constitutional Assembly approved the text of a new draft constitution for the country Saturday, according to Constitutional Assembly President Silvia Lazarte. Bolivian President Evo Morales has sought a...

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Iraq parliament undertakes raucous first reading of de-Baathification reform bill
Alexis Unkovic
November 25, 2007 11:01:00 am

The Iraqi parliament Sunday conducted a preliminary reading of a proposed law that would allow former Baath Party members not convicted of any crimes to return to their previously held government...

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November 25, 2007 10:03:00 am

US District Judge Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California Friday stayed until March 24 a challenge to the implementation of new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations intended to...

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Attica NY prison revolt ended in assault killing 41

On September 13, 1971, National Guardsmen stormed the Attica Correctional Facility in New York state after a four-day standoff with rioting prisoners. This photo, released by New York state authorities, shows Corrections Commissioner Russell Oswald in the Attica prison yard after it was retaken.

Thirty-two prisoners and nine guards died in the final assault. Learn more about the Attica revolt and the conditions the prisoners were trying to have improved in this retrospective.

Khrushchev takes over leadership of USSR

On September 13, 1953, Nikita Khrushchev was appointed General Secretary of the USSR Communist Party, taking over leadership of the country after the death of Joseph Stalin. Soon after taking office, Khrushchev exposed many of the crimes of his predecessor. He was later forced from power in 1964, largely in response to his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Read an obituary of Nikita Khrushchev from the New York Times.

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