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Bosnia court sentences Bosnian Muslim to 30 years for war crimes
Melissa Bancroft
July 17, 2007 07:44:00 pm

The Bosnian war crimes tribunal Tuesday sentenced a Bosnian Muslim to 30 years in prison for war crimes committed against Serbs in the 1992 - 1995 civil war . Niset Ramic received the longest sentence yet...

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The case of six foreign medics who were sentenced to death last year for infecting hundreds of children in a Libyan hospital with AIDS has been settled, according to the Gaddafi Foundation ...

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UK slams Russia refusal to extradite suspect in Litvinenko poisoning
Melissa Bancroft
July 10, 2007 07:45:00 pm

The UK Foreign Office said Tuesday that Russia's refusal to extradite the primary suspect in the murder of British citizen and former Russian intelligence officer Alexander Litvinenko was "unacceptable." Prime Minister Gordon Brown...

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Conrad Black trial jury ordered to resume deliberations after deadlock
Melissa Bancroft
July 10, 2007 07:24:00 pm

The Chicago jury in the federal fraud trial of Canadian-born financier and former media mogul Conrad Black reported Tuesday that it was unable to render a unanimous decision on all counts against Black. The jurors sent...

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Thailand interim government proposes bill to maintain army power
Melissa Bancroft
July 3, 2007 08:30:00 pm

The interim government of Thailand has proposed an internal security bill that would allow the military to remain a political force even after the election of a civilian-run government, according to critics Tuesday. The proposal would...

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Thailand eases Internet censorship
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July 3, 2007 08:12:00 pm

The government of Thailand announced Tuesday it was abandoning a law that allowed the cabinet to censor political or controversial Internet sites based solely on the Minister of Communication's discretion. Now Internet websites can now only...

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Afghanistan justice system to get $360M boost from international donors
Melissa Bancroft
July 3, 2007 07:14:00 pm

International participants promised more than $360 million in aid to help build up Afghanistan's ailing judicial system at a conference of UN members and Afghan leaders that concluded in Rome Tuesday. Despite the pledge, judiciary problems were overshadowed by...

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Padilla jury hears co-defendant wiretap conversations supporting bin Laden
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June 26, 2007 08:41:00 pm

The jury in the Jose Padilla terrorism conspiracy case heard new wiretap evidence Tuesday suggesting that Padilla's co-defendants supported Osama bin Laden . The prosecution first played a video interview that aired on CNN...

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Ex-deputy US Interior Secretary sentenced to 10 months for role in Abramoff scandal
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June 26, 2007 08:20:00 pm

Former Deputy US Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles was sentenced to 10 months in prison Tuesday for his role in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. As part of the negotiated plea deal, the Department...

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June 26, 2007 07:26:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 39-2 Tuesday to endorse a non-binding resolution asking Japan to formally apologize for enslaving Chinese women during World War II. The bill,...

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US suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of American suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

Catholic Church tries Galileo for heresy

On September 20, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church tried Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was brought before the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith for his assertion that the Earth orbits the Sun. He was sentenced to spend the rest of his life under house arrest.
Read documents from the trial of Galileo.

Suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate

On September 20, 1884, a group of suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.

The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.

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