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News Pennsylvania city illegal immigration law trial concludes
Pennsylvania city illegal immigration law trial concludes
Gabriel Haboubi
March 23, 2007 07:07:00 am

The federal trial of a lawsuit launched by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenging the constitutionality of two laws passed by the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania that make it more difficult...

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News EU says Microsoft still not complying with antitrust ruling
EU says Microsoft still not complying with antitrust ruling
Gabriel Haboubi
March 22, 2007 07:47:00 pm

The European Commission (EC) Commissioner on Competition told the European Parliament Thursday that Microsoft continues to use "abusive" business practices which steadily...

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News Northern Ireland airport considers rendition flight ban
Northern Ireland airport considers rendition flight ban
Gabriel Haboubi
March 22, 2007 01:32:00 pm

Northern Ireland's publicly-owned City of Derry Airport and Amnesty International (AI) are discussing the implementation of an official policy barring the United States and its allies from using the airport for controversial rendition...

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News EU developing international criminal fingerprint database
EU developing international criminal fingerprint database
Gabriel Haboubi
March 16, 2007 05:57:00 pm

The European Commission (EC) plans to develop a common fingerprint database that includes data collected from criminals convicted of serious crimes within member states, a spokesperson announced Friday. EC spokesperson Ana-Paula Laiss denied claims made in the...

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News UK coroner rules US 2003 Iraq ‘friendly fire’ attack that killed soldier ‘criminal’
UK coroner rules US 2003 Iraq ‘friendly fire’ attack that killed soldier ‘criminal’
Gabriel Haboubi
March 16, 2007 05:04:00 pm

British coroner Andrew Walker ruled Friday that a US A-10 tank-buster "friendly fire" attack on a UK troop convoy that killed UK soldier Matty Hull "amounted to an assault. It was unlawful because there was...

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News Khmer Rouge genocide trial rules agreement reached
Khmer Rouge genocide trial rules agreement reached
Gabriel Haboubi
March 16, 2007 03:56:00 pm

Judges appointed to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) reached an agreement Friday on the most pressing points of contention over the Khmer Rouge genocide trial rules ...

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News Interpol seeking arrest of 5 Iranians, Lebanese  in 1994 Argentina bombing
Interpol seeking arrest of 5 Iranians, Lebanese in 1994 Argentina bombing
Gabriel Haboubi
March 15, 2007 08:37:00 pm

International police organization Interpol Thursday agreed to issue arrest notices for six men thought to be connected with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires ...

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News Mexico City considers ending abortion ban
Mexico City considers ending abortion ban
Gabriel Haboubi
March 15, 2007 07:51:00 pm

Legislators in Mexico City have begun deliberations on a bill that would legalize abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy. The bill, proposed by the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) , would...

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News Canadian Guantanamo detainee to boycott trial
Canadian Guantanamo detainee to boycott trial
Gabriel Haboubi
March 8, 2007 12:39:00 pm

Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr told his mother Wednesday in the first phone call with his family since his capture in 2002 that he plans to do whatever he can to avoid appearing...

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News Europe rights court considers claim by Norwegian children of Nazi soldiers
Europe rights court considers claim by Norwegian children of Nazi soldiers
Gabriel Haboubi
March 8, 2007 11:45:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights held a hearing Thursday to determine the admissibility and merits of a case filed in 2003 by 159 children of Norwegian mothers and German fathers born during World War...

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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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