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News Charge sheet for Pfc. Lynndie England [US DOD]
Charge sheet for Pfc. Lynndie England [US DOD]
Bernard Hibbitts
May 2, 2005 08:03:00 pm

Charge sheet for Pfc. Lynndie England, revised February 11, 2005 . Pages 1, 2, 3 via FindLaw. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here and here....

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News Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference opening address [UN SG]
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference opening address [UN SG]
Bernard Hibbitts
May 2, 2005 07:36:00 pm

Opening address to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, May 2, 2005 [saying that new threats and technology have made sections of the 1970 treaty outdated, and urging the 188-states party to the treaty to act...

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News Ex-UK military chief says he was not shown full legal advice on Iraq war
Ex-UK military chief says he was not shown full legal advice on Iraq war
Bernard Hibbitts
May 2, 2005 05:02:00 pm

Former UK Chief of the Defense Staff Admiral Sir Michael Boyce told the Observer newspaper in an interview published Monday that he was never shown the full legal advice from British Attorney General Lord...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ England pleads guilty in Abu Ghraib case
BREAKING NEWS ~ England pleads guilty in Abu Ghraib case
Bernard Hibbitts
May 2, 2005 11:49:00 am

AP is reporting that, as anticipated , Pfc. Lynndie England has pleaded guilty to charges relating to her role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. She becomes the seventh low-level guard to plead guilty for maltreatment of...

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News Report on shooting of Italian agent [US DOD]
Report on shooting of Italian agent [US DOD]
Bernard Hibbitts
May 2, 2005 11:00:00 am

US Army AR15-6 investigative report regarding the March 4 incident at a traffic control point in Baghdad resulting in the death of one Italian and the wounding of two others, released April 30, 2005 [concluding that the death of agent...

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News US releases 80+ prisoners from Afghan facilities
US releases 80+ prisoners from Afghan facilities
Bernard Hibbitts
May 1, 2005 05:18:00 pm

Some 85 prisoners were released from US detention facilities in Afghanistan Sunday after being brought to the Afghan Supreme Court in Kabul, where they swore allegiance to the government in a short ceremony. The prisoners from the south of...

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News Army probe finds instances of Guantanamo prisoner abuse
Army probe finds instances of Guantanamo prisoner abuse
Bernard Hibbitts
May 1, 2005 04:05:00 pm

The New York Times reported Sunday that a new military investigation of interrogation tactics used on terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has found several instances of abuse and humiliation of prisoners. The report by Air Force Lt. Gen....

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News Nepal protestors take to streets after king lifts state of emergency
Nepal protestors take to streets after king lifts state of emergency
Bernard Hibbitts
May 1, 2005 03:24:00 pm

Some ten thousand protestors took to the streets of Kathmandu Sunday in two separate demonstrations just a day after King Gyanendra lifted the state of emergency in the country which he had declared on February 1...

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News US, Italian reports split on responsibility for agent shooting after hostage release
US, Italian reports split on responsibility for agent shooting after hostage release
Bernard Hibbitts
May 1, 2005 02:47:00 pm

In the wake of a joint statement Friday indicating that the US and Italy had failed to agree on circumstances surrounding the shooting of an Italian agent by US soldiers in Iraq, details of the divergent...

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News Sudan constitution talks get under way
Sudan constitution talks get under way
Bernard Hibbitts
May 1, 2005 02:26:00 pm

Talks directed towards the framing of a new constitution for the war-torn country of Sudan began Saturday in Khartoum with the official opening of the National Commission for the Reform of the Constitution, formed last week . The...

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

OPEC founded

On September 14 1960, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded in Baghdad, Iraq. OPEC was created to promote higher crude oil prices for its members through the restriction of global supply.

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

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