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News French judge recommends Rwanda president face war crimes trial
French judge recommends Rwanda president face war crimes trial
Holly Manges Jones
November 21, 2006 07:53:00 am

French anti-terrorism judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere has recommended that Rwandan President Paul Kagame stand trial for the 1994 killing of former president Juvenal Habyarimana , which sparked the country's genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC...

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News Mexico election challenger swears himself in as parallel president
Mexico election challenger swears himself in as parallel president
Holly Manges Jones
November 21, 2006 07:19:00 am

Losing leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador held a ceremony Monday to establish himself as the "moral" president of Mexico in his latest attempt to develop a parallel government for...

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News Former HP head pleads not guilty in ‘pretexting’ case
Former HP head pleads not guilty in ‘pretexting’ case
Holly Manges Jones
November 16, 2006 08:40:00 am

Former Hewlett-Packard chairwoman Patricia Dunn pleaded not guilty Wednesday to four felony charges stemming from her role in the corporate spying scandal . Dunn is one of five...

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News German appeals court finds Moroccan guilty of aiding 9/11 attacks
German appeals court finds Moroccan guilty of aiding 9/11 attacks
Holly Manges Jones
November 16, 2006 07:22:00 am

The German Federal Court of Justice Thursday found Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq guilty of assisting the men who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks on the US. The...

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News Bush renominates controversial appeals court candidates
Bush renominates controversial appeals court candidates
Holly Manges Jones
November 16, 2006 07:20:00 am

US President George Bush on Wednesday renominated six candidates for federal appeals court judgeships, at least four of whom Democrats have already rejected . Senate rules require nominations to be resubmitted after a recess longer...

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Lebanon president rejects Hariri tribunal approval
Holly Manges Jones
November 15, 2006 12:20:00 pm

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud Wednesday rejected his cabinet's approval of a UN draft proposal for an international judicial tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik...

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News Criminal justice reform tops new UK legislative agenda
Criminal justice reform tops new UK legislative agenda
Holly Manges Jones
November 15, 2006 11:16:00 am

The Labour Party government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged Wednesday to "put victims at the heart of the criminal justice system support the police and all those responsible for the public's safety" in its new legislative...

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News Vatican calls US plans for Mexican border fence ‘inhumane’
Vatican calls US plans for Mexican border fence ‘inhumane’
Holly Manges Jones
November 15, 2006 10:46:00 am

The US decision to build a 700-mile fence along the US-Mexican border is "inhumane," a senior Vatican official said Tuesday while delivering Pope Benedict XVI's yearly message on migrants . Cardinal Renato Martino, head...

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News DOJ asserts MCA bars enemy immigrants, Gitmo detainees from judicial review
DOJ asserts MCA bars enemy immigrants, Gitmo detainees from judicial review
Holly Manges Jones
November 14, 2006 11:25:00 am

The US Department of Justice argued Monday that immigrants arrested while in the US and labeled as enemy combatants under an expansive definition in the new Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA)...

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Rumsfeld war crimes complaint filed in Germany
Holly Manges Jones
November 14, 2006 10:01:00 am

Eleven former Abu Ghraib detainees and one Guantanamo detainee all claiming to have been victims of US torture initiated a criminal complaint in Germany...

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Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford, in a televised address to the American people, pardoned ex-President Richard Nixon for any offenses committed in association with the Watergate break-in.

Read the full text of Ford's address, or listen to him read the pardon (via Watergate.info).

Treaty of San Francisco signed, officially ending WWII in the Pacific

On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco was signed between 49 nations and Japan, ending World War II in the Pacific region. In addition to dismantling the Japanese Empire, the accord also provided for compensation to be paid by Japan to prisoners of war and civilians who were victimized by Japan during the War. Communist China did not participate in the San Francisco negotiations and thus signed the separate Treaty of Tapei with Japan.

Ford pardoned Nixon

On Sepetmber 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Read President Ford's remarks explaining the pardon.

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