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News US Army officer to recommend court-martial for Iraq war objector
US Army officer to recommend court-martial for Iraq war objector
Jeannie Shawl
August 25, 2006 08:55:00 am

US Army Lt. Col. Mark Keith, the investigating officer with recommending whether 1st Lt. Ehren Watada will face a military trial for refusing to deploy to Iraq, will recommend Friday that Watada face court-martial on...

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News US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee to German custody
US transfers Guantanamo Bay detainee to German custody
Jeannie Shawl
August 25, 2006 08:27:00 am

The US Defense Department said Thursday that Murat Kurnaz , a Turkish citizen who is also a legal resident of Germany, has been transferred from Guantanamo Bay into German custody....

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News Draft UN Mideast peacekeeping rules authorize using force to protect civilians
Draft UN Mideast peacekeeping rules authorize using force to protect civilians
Jeannie Shawl
August 23, 2006 01:15:00 pm

The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL , will be authorized to use force to protect civilians under immediate threat and act in preemptive self defense according to a draft copy of its proposed rules of engagement obtained...

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News ICTY assigns counsel for Serb nationalist politician Seselj after ‘disruptive’ conduct
ICTY assigns counsel for Serb nationalist politician Seselj after ‘disruptive’ conduct
Jeannie Shawl
August 23, 2006 11:38:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has assigned counsel for Vojislav Seselj , ruling that Seselj may not conduct his own defense in his war crimes trial. According to the ICTY...

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News Kurd survivors of Anfal gas attack testify as Saddam genocide trial continues
Kurd survivors of Anfal gas attack testify as Saddam genocide trial continues
Jeannie Shawl
August 22, 2006 10:01:00 am

Witness testimony began Tuesday in Saddam Hussein's trial on genocide and crimes against humanities charges in connection to the so-called "Anfal" operation that led to the killings of as many as 180,000...

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News Federal judge dismisses one terror charge against Padilla
Federal judge dismisses one terror charge against Padilla
Jeannie Shawl
August 21, 2006 04:33:00 pm

US District Judge Marcia Cooke has dismissed one of the charges brought against terror suspect Jose Padilla and his two co-defendants, ruling that the charge is "multiplicitous" and violates the Double Jeopardy Clause ...

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News Airplane plot suspect asks UK court to compel disclosure of reasons for detention
Airplane plot suspect asks UK court to compel disclosure of reasons for detention
Jeannie Shawl
August 21, 2006 10:53:00 am

One of the terror suspects arrested in London earlier this month in connection with the foiled terror plot to bomb airplanes crossing the Atlantic Ocean has challenged his continued detention in a London court. Lawyers for "Detainee...

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News ICTY prosecutor says Serbia failure to arrest Mladic ‘inexcusable’
ICTY prosecutor says Serbia failure to arrest Mladic ‘inexcusable’
Jeannie Shawl
August 21, 2006 08:52:00 am

Carla Del Ponte , chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , on Monday called Serbia's continued failure to arrest war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic "inexcusable," saying...

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News Saddam refuses to enter plea as Iraqi genocide trial begins
Saddam refuses to enter plea as Iraqi genocide trial begins
Jeannie Shawl
August 21, 2006 08:29:00 am

Saddam Hussein refused to enter a plea Monday as he and six co-defendants went on trial on genocide and crimes against humanities charges in connection to the so-called "Anfal" operation that led...

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Israel detains another senior Hamas lawmaker
Jeannie Shawl
August 20, 2006 05:52:00 pm

Israeli intelligence forces on Sunday arrested Mahmoud al-Ramahi, a top member of Hamas and secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council , one day after Israeli forces detained the Palestinian deputy prime minister . Israel regards...

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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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UK signs Hong Kong over to China

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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