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News Federal court rules Countrywide shareholder suit can go forward
Federal court rules Countrywide shareholder suit can go forward
David Hanna
May 16, 2008 03:44:00 pm

A federal judge ruled this week that a shareholder derivative lawsuit brought against the directors and officers of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial for misrepresenting its financial condition could proceed. The court held that the plaintiffs,...

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Federal appeals court enjoins Forest Service logging plan
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May 16, 2008 12:08:00 pm

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court order denying an injunction against a US Forest Service plan to allow commercial logging in the Plumas National Forest ...

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ICTY transfers Kosovo war criminal to France prison
David Hanna
May 16, 2008 10:20:00 am

Convicted Kosovo Albanian war criminal Haradin Bala has been transferred to a prison in France to serve out the rest of his 13-year sentence , the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official...

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Nintendo loses $21 million patent infringement suit
David Hanna
May 15, 2008 12:37:00 pm

Entertainment console and video game manufacturer Nintendo of America, Inc. was ordered to pay $21 million Wednesday to Anascape, Ltd., a small Texas video game company after losing a jury verdict in a patent infringement lawsuit concerning...

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Ecuador election court clears former president to run for office
David Hanna
May 14, 2008 10:23:00 am

Ecuador's election court announced Wednesday that a two-year suspension from politics for former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez, had formally come to an end Sunday, leaving him free to run for...

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Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.

NATO created

On April 4, 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was created when twelve countries signed the North Atlantic Treaty. The organization was created as a common alliance against communist encroachment into Europe. Today, NATO has 28 member nations, including former European communist nations.

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