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News China officials detain prominent human rights lawyer
China officials detain prominent human rights lawyer
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 30, 2009 02:13:00 pm

Chinese human rights group Gongmeng announced Thursday that its co-founder, prominent human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong was arrested at his home early Wednesday morning and has not been heard from since....

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News House committee passes bill to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity
House committee passes bill to eliminate cocaine sentencing disparity
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 30, 2009 12:26:00 pm

The US House Judiciary Committee voted 16-9 Wednesday to approve a bill that would eliminate sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine offenses. The bill, co-sponsored by committee chairman John Conyers (D-MI)...

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News Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
Federal judge orders release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 30, 2009 11:09:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the release of Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainee Khaled Al-Mutairi. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted Al-Mutairi's petition for habeas...

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News Federal judge rules Pakistan woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent fit to stand trial
Federal judge rules Pakistan woman alleged to be al Qaeda agent fit to stand trial
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 30, 2009 09:37:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday ruled that Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman with alleged ties to al Qaeda, is mentally competent to stand trial....

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News Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo detainees
Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo detainees
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 29, 2009 11:33:00 am

Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday that Ireland will accept two detainees being released from the US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay . The detainees will not be admitted as refugees, but...

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News Federal appeals court revives suit over Iran assassination
Federal appeals court revives suit over Iran assassination
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 29, 2009 10:27:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit against Iran over the 1984 assassination of former chief of the Iranian armed forces Gholam Oveissi in France by...

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News Parmalat and Bank of America reach $100 million settlement
Parmalat and Bank of America reach $100 million settlement
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 29, 2009 09:52:00 am

Bank of America (BOA) announced Tuesday that it has reached a settlement with Parmalat SpA in litigation stemming from the 2003 collapse of the Italian dairy giant. Under the terms...

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News ICTY convicts Seselj of contempt for revealing witness identities
ICTY convicts Seselj of contempt for revealing witness identities
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 24, 2009 03:25:00 pm

The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Friday convicted Serbian nationalist Volislav Seselj of contempt and sentenced him to 15...

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News Taiwan court to deliver ex-president Chen verdict in September
Taiwan court to deliver ex-president Chen verdict in September
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 24, 2009 02:23:00 pm

The Taipei District court said Friday that a verdict in the corruption cases against former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian will be delivered on September 11. Presiding judge Tsai Shou-hsum said that the trial had...

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Suu Kyi defense lawyers present closing arguments
Jaclyn Belczyk
July 24, 2009 01:00:00 pm

Defense lawyers for Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi presented their closing arguments Friday with the prosecution expected to offer its closing arguments Monday. Suu Kyi was reportedly disappointed with...

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Terrorists launch airplane attacks on major US targets

On September 11, 2001, terrorists allegedly associated with al Qaeda hijacked four US commercial airliners, two of which were crashed into the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, with a third hitting the Pentagon in Washington DC. The fourth plane went down in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attacks spawned an immediate tightening of aviation security regulations and in October 2001 led to Congressional passage of the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, giving the executive broad new national security powers.

Israel and Egypt agree to peace deal

On September 11, 1978, Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel and President Anwar Sadat of Egypt agreed to the Camp David Accords, a plan for peace between the two countries. This led to the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. U.S. President Jimmy Carter played a major role in the negotiations.

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Starr Report detailing case for Clinton impeachment delivered to Congress

On September 11, 1998, Whitewater independent counsel Kenneth Starr delivered an extensive report to Congress accusing President Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses - including perjury, obstruction of justice, tampering with witnesses and abuse of his powers of office - in connection with his relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Within minutes of its much-anticipated release on the Internet, JURIST carried the report here.

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