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Federal appeals court rejects Ryan bail request pending corruption appeal
Dennis Zawacki II
October 31, 2007 07:04:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Wednesday that former Illinois Governor George Ryan could not remain free on bail while he appeals his sentence of corruption and fraud...

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ICTY affirms 15-year rape sentence of Bosnian Serb ex-paramilitary leader
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October 31, 2007 06:05:00 pm

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday rejected the appeal of former Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader Dragan Zelenovic contesting his 15-year sentence...

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Iraq vice president urges pardons for many Sunni detainees
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October 28, 2007 10:53:00 am

Iraqi Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has urged fellow Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi and President Jalal Talabani to press the Iraqi parliament to pardon Iraqi detainees not classified as "dangerous elements" linked to the insurgency, according to AP...

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Rice lobbies lawmakers against Armenian genocide resolution
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October 24, 2007 06:00:00 pm

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in testimony on US Middle East policy Wednesday that House members should discontinue an effort to pass a resolution condemning the World War-I era mass...

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Khmer Rouge second-in-command asks tribunal for release on bail
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October 17, 2007 05:52:00 pm

Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea on Wednesday asked the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC) to release him on bail. Nuon Chea's family earlier this week expressed concern over...

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October 14, 2007 10:10:00 am

The US military announced Saturday that a former senior officer at the Camp Cropper detention camp in Iraq will face a Baghdad court-martial beginning Monday on four counts of violating the United States Code of...

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Stamp Act passed by British Parliament

On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a revenue-raising measure under which all pamphlets, almanacs, newspapers, bonds, notes, leases, insurance policies, and legal papers had thenceforward to be issued on stamped paper that could only be purchased from the king's officers.

American colonists objected to the Act, saying that Parliament did not have the right to impose duties and taxes on a people who were not represented in the House of Commons. Review the terms of the Stamp Act and see the resolution of the colonies' Stamp Act Congress of October 1765, petitioning for repeal.

Arab League formed

On March 22, 1945, the League of Arab States was formed in Cairo, Egypt to promote the cultural and political interests of the Arab World. Since then, the original six-nation roster of Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Transjordan (now Jordan), Lebanon, and Iraq has now expanded to twenty-two member states.

Read the Charter of the League of Arab States and a profile of the Arab League from the BBC.

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