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News Indonesia president: soldiers to face trial over torture video
Indonesia president: soldiers to face trial over torture video
Matt Glenn
November 1, 2010 03:12:05 pm

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced Monday that Indonesian soldiers caught on video last month torturing Papuan detainees will stand trial before...

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News UN rights expert calls for investigation of alleged rapes on Angola-DRC border
UN rights expert calls for investigation of alleged rapes on Angola-DRC border
Matt Glenn
October 29, 2010 02:04:27 pm

UN Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict Margot Wallstrom on Thursday condemned alleged gang rapes of at least 30 Congolese women who were being deported from neighboring Angola and called for...

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News Chipmaker brings patent infringement suit over Android operating system
Chipmaker brings patent infringement suit over Android operating system
Matt Glenn
October 25, 2010 03:24:12 pm

Digital security company Gemalto announced Monday that it has filed a lawsuit against HTC, Samsung Electronics, Motorola and Google , as well as some of those companies' US subsidiaries, based on the...

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News France court to try 2 officers over teen deaths that sparked 2005 riots
France court to try 2 officers over teen deaths that sparked 2005 riots
Matt Glenn
October 22, 2010 12:39:29 pm

Two French police officers who chased three teens into a power substation, resulting in two of their deaths from electrocution, will stand trial on criminal charges, lawyers said Friday. The officers are charged with "non-assistance to a person in...

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News Zimbabwe high court dismisses Finance Minister’s illegal arrest suit
Zimbabwe high court dismisses Finance Minister’s illegal arrest suit
Matt Glenn
October 18, 2010 02:06:47 pm

The Zimbabwe Supreme Court announced Monday that it would refuse to hear a civil rights case brought by Finance Minister Tendai Biti over his 2008 arrest on treason charges because he did not file an...

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News Judge approves settlement of health claims from 9/11 cleanup
Judge approves settlement of health claims from 9/11 cleanup
Matt Glenn
October 15, 2010 12:15:54 pm

Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday approved a $47.5 million settlement between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey , which...

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Hungary CEO arrested over deadly chemical spill
Matt Glenn
October 11, 2010 03:32:11 pm

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced Monday that police have arrested Mal Rt CEO Zoltan Bakonyi on criminal negligence charges for the company's role in...

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News France authorities arrest DRC war crimes suspect under ICC warrant
France authorities arrest DRC war crimes suspect under ICC warrant
Matt Glenn
October 11, 2010 02:06:41 pm

French authorities have arrested alleged Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) leader Callixte Mbarushimana under a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) , the ICC announced Monday. The court charged Mbarushimana,...

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Europe Parliament votes not to ban deepwater drilling
Matt Glenn
October 8, 2010 02:11:33 pm

The European Parliament voted Thursday to support increased government scrutiny of deepwater drilling off Europe's coasts, but voted not to ban the practice as the Environmental Committee had urged . The resolution ,...

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Myanmar high court to consider hearing Suu Kyi appeal
Matt Glenn
October 8, 2010 01:13:10 pm

Myanmar's Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hold a hearing October 18 to decide whether to consider an appeal filed in May by pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi challenging her...

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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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