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News Khmer Rouge tribunal expects cooperation from former second-in-command
Khmer Rouge tribunal expects cooperation from former second-in-command
Joshua Pantesco
September 20, 2007 10:45:00 am

Former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea has expressed his desire to cooperate fully with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , the court established to try former Khmer Rouge leaders,...

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News France lower house passes controversial immigration bill
France lower house passes controversial immigration bill
Joshua Pantesco
September 20, 2007 10:01:00 am

France's National Assembly , the lower house of the French parliament, passed a new immigration bill aimed at increasing the ratio of skilled to unskilled immigrants entering France by...

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News Iran releases second Iranian-American scholar from prison
Iran releases second Iranian-American scholar from prison
Joshua Pantesco
September 20, 2007 09:49:00 am

Iran released on bail Iranian-American consultant Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh from prison Wednesday, according to IRNA, the official Iranian news agency. Tajbakhsh, employed by the Open Society Institute, will not be allowed to leave...

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News Germany justice minister proposes new anti-terror laws
Germany justice minister proposes new anti-terror laws
Joshua Pantesco
September 19, 2007 10:14:00 am

German Minister of Justice Brigitte Zypries on Tuesday proposed adding two new criminal offenses to Germany's anti-terrorism law in the wake of the September 4 arrest of three suspected...

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News Ex-Khmer Rouge second-in-command charged with crimes against humanity
Ex-Khmer Rouge second-in-command charged with crimes against humanity
Joshua Pantesco
September 19, 2007 09:41:00 am

Cambodian officials on Tuesday arrested former Khmer Rouge official Nuon Chea and escorted him to a hearing before the co-investigating judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) , the...

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News Former Milberg Weiss partner Lerach pleading guilty to conspiracy charges
Former Milberg Weiss partner Lerach pleading guilty to conspiracy charges
Joshua Pantesco
September 19, 2007 08:50:00 am

Former Milberg Weiss partner William S. Lerach has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice charges in a plot in which Milberg Weiss allegedly paid up to $11.3 million in illegal kickbacks since 1984 to...

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News US sex offender laws ‘may do more harm than good’: HRW
US sex offender laws ‘may do more harm than good’: HRW
Joshua Pantesco
September 13, 2007 12:33:00 pm

Human Rights Watch concluded in a report released Thursday that is unclear whether sex offender laws "do more harm or good," noting that they prevent further harm to children but that they also encourage...

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News Senate Democrats leader balks at possible Olson AG nomination
Senate Democrats leader balks at possible Olson AG nomination
Joshua Pantesco
September 13, 2007 12:08:00 pm

US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters Wednesday he would lead opposition to the nomination of former US Solicitor General Theodore Olson to the post of US attorney general. Olson was...

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News Iraq oil bill negotiations failing: NYT
Iraq oil bill negotiations failing: NYT
Joshua Pantesco
September 13, 2007 11:30:00 am

Negotiations have collapsed in Iraq over a controversial oil bill that would govern the distribution and refinement process and give the national government control over oil revenue, the New York Times reported Thursday. The bill, which...

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News Serbia pressing hunt for war crimes fugitives with EU deal in the balance
Serbia pressing hunt for war crimes fugitives with EU deal in the balance
Joshua Pantesco
September 13, 2007 10:17:00 am

Serbia will increase efforts to locate and arrest several war criminals to curry a favorable report from Carla Del Ponte, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) when she advises EU officials...

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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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On December 19, 1984, the United Kingdom and China signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, which ceded control of Hong Kong to the government of mainland China in 1997. The treaty also ensured that Hong Kong would retain its capitalist and democratic systems for at least 50 year after the transfer of power.

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