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News Saddam back in court as genocide trial resumes
Saddam back in court as genocide trial resumes
Holly Manges Jones
November 7, 2006 10:29:00 am

Saddam Hussein was back in court Tuesday as the genocide trial against him resumed for the alleged killing of 100,000 Kurds in the late 1980s during the so-called "Anfal" campaign . Hussein entered the court...

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News UK bomb plotter sentenced to life in prison
UK bomb plotter sentenced to life in prison
Holly Manges Jones
November 7, 2006 09:29:00 am

Dhiren Barot , a British man who pleaded guilty to planning a series of bombs on US and British targets, was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. Barot was accused of planning several attacks, including...

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News Iraqi panel proposing rehabilitation of former Baath party officials
Iraqi panel proposing rehabilitation of former Baath party officials
Holly Manges Jones
November 7, 2006 08:23:00 am

The Iraqi government's DeBaathification Commission plans to submit a proposal to Iraq's parliament that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's now-defunct Baath Party to be reinstated to public life, the commission's executive director said...

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News Judge dismisses House Democrats lawsuit over budget bill signed with clerical error
Judge dismisses House Democrats lawsuit over budget bill signed with clerical error
Holly Manges Jones
November 7, 2006 07:38:00 am

US District Judge Nancy Edmunds Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by US House Democrats challenging the validity of a $39 billion deficit-reduction bill. The plaintiffs argued that the measure was invalid since the...

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News Third US serviceman pleads guilty in Iraqi civilian murder case
Third US serviceman pleads guilty in Iraqi civilian murder case
Holly Manges Jones
November 7, 2006 06:49:00 am

US Marine Lance Cpl. Tyler Jackson on Monday pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and conspiracy to obstruct justice in connection with the April 26 death of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania...

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News Military Commissions Act argued unconstitutional
Military Commissions Act argued unconstitutional
Holly Manges Jones
November 2, 2006 07:55:00 am

Lawyers representing detainees held in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay Wednesday petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to declare a portion of the...

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News Former top US Iraq commander blames Abu Ghraib scandal for forced retirement
Former top US Iraq commander blames Abu Ghraib scandal for forced retirement
Holly Manges Jones
November 2, 2006 07:12:00 am

US Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez retired from the military Wednesday saying he was "forced" to leave because of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal which occurred during his tenure as the commander...

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News Two more UK airplanes bomb plot suspects released
Two more UK airplanes bomb plot suspects released
Holly Manges Jones
November 1, 2006 12:33:00 pm

A British court Wednesday ordered the release of two brothers charged in connection with an alleged plot to blow up commercial planes flying from Great Britain to the US in August. In a hearing at the City...

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News China amends banking law to combat fraud ahead of globalization
China amends banking law to combat fraud ahead of globalization
Holly Manges Jones
November 1, 2006 12:04:00 pm

The National People's Congress of China Tuesday approved an amendment to the country's banking laws which was written to combat corruption as global competition with the Chinese banking sector continues to increase. The amendment...

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News Senior Iraqi judge kidnapped in Tikrit
Senior Iraqi judge kidnapped in Tikrit
Holly Manges Jones
November 1, 2006 11:23:00 am

A senior judge in Iraq has been kidnapped at gunpoint, a Salahudin provincial police colonel said Wednesday. Judge Sa'adoun Hassan al-Azzawi was kidnapped Tuesday night by gunmen while traveling in his car. Azzawi is the deputy...

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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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