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News Karadzic appears before ICTY to renew request for delay
Karadzic appears before ICTY to renew request for delay
Daniel Makosky
November 3, 2009 12:08:00 pm

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday for the first time since his trial commenced last week to renew his...

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News Birmingham mayor convicted on bribery charges
Birmingham mayor convicted on bribery charges
Daniel Makosky
October 29, 2009 11:47:00 am

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Larry Langford on multiple bribery charges. Langford was accused of directing $7.1 million in bond business to a friend in exchange for money and luxury goods...

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News UN official cites obstacles to climate change agreement
UN official cites obstacles to climate change agreement
Daniel Makosky
October 27, 2009 01:09:00 pm

Director of the UN secretary-general’s Climate Change Support Team Janos Pasztor said Monday that a December UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark may not produce a treaty. Pasztor suggested that the success of the...

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News Karadzic threatens boycott of ICTY war crimes trial
Karadzic threatens boycott of ICTY war crimes trial
Daniel Makosky
October 22, 2009 11:07:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic on Thursday announced his intention to boycott the opening of his war crimes trial, set to come before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on...

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News Uruguay high court overturns amnesty law for rights violations during dictatorship
Uruguay high court overturns amnesty law for rights violations during dictatorship
Daniel Makosky
October 20, 2009 01:02:00 pm

The Uruguayan Supreme Court on Monday found unconstitutional the country’s Expiry Law, which granted amnesty to military officials accused of human rights violations during the country's 1973-1985 dictatorship. The court's ruling applies only to the...

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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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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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