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News Dutch politician’s trial for Anti-Islamic statements suspended soon after it begins
Dutch politician’s trial for Anti-Islamic statements suspended soon after it begins
Matt Glenn
October 4, 2010 02:43:42 pm

The Amsterdam District Court adjourned the trial of right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders Monday after a lawyer for Wilders accused a judge of bias. After Wilders, on trial for making...

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News Senators introduce immigration reform bill
Senators introduce immigration reform bill
Matt Glenn
October 1, 2010 12:42:22 pm

US Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2010 Wednesday, which, if passed would greatly change US immigration law. The bill incorporates previously proposed...

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News France ex-president Chirac settles with Paris in corruption case
France ex-president Chirac settles with Paris in corruption case
Matt Glenn
September 27, 2010 03:12:00 pm

The Paris city council voted Monday to accept a deal in which former French president Jacques Chirac will pay the city USD $741,000 in compensation for money he allegedly paid to supporters for whom...

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News Kosovo president resigns after constitutional court ruling
Kosovo president resigns after constitutional court ruling
Matt Glenn
September 27, 2010 02:10:49 pm

Kosovar President Fatmir Sejdiu resigned Monday following last week's Constitutional Court ruling that his dual roles as president and head of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) violated the country's constitution....

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News DOJ asks court not to enforce ruling overturning ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
DOJ asks court not to enforce ruling overturning ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Matt Glenn
September 24, 2010 12:16:55 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an objection Thursday in the US District Court for the Central District of California asking the court not to issue a proposed injunction prohibiting the military...

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News ICTY prosecutor urges greater effort to arrest war crimes suspect Mladic
ICTY prosecutor urges greater effort to arrest war crimes suspect Mladic
Matt Glenn
September 20, 2010 02:28:03 pm

Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz called on Serbia and other governments Monday to increase efforts to find and arrest former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic [case...

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News Switzerland government to consider stricter rules for assisted suicide
Switzerland government to consider stricter rules for assisted suicide
Matt Glenn
September 17, 2010 01:36:19 pm

The Swiss Federal Council and Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) announced Friday that they will introduce legislation establishing stricter rules on assisted suicide after a consultation with local governments, government...

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News Former IBM executive sentenced to 6 months in Galleon insider trading case
Former IBM executive sentenced to 6 months in Galleon insider trading case
Matt Glenn
September 13, 2010 03:25:42 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York sentenced former IBM senior vice president Robert Moffat to six months in prison Monday and ordered him to pay a $50,000...

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News Senate begins impeachment trial of federal judge
Senate begins impeachment trial of federal judge
Matt Glenn
September 13, 2010 02:35:51 pm

The US Senate Impeachment Trial Committee began hearing arguments Monday in the case against federal judge Thomas Porteous who is charged with perjury and accepting bribes from lawyers while a judge in the US District Court for...

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News France prosecutors seek to drop police charges over 2005 riot deaths
France prosecutors seek to drop police charges over 2005 riot deaths
Matt Glenn
September 10, 2010 01:02:02 pm

French judges may drop charges against two police officers who chased three teen boys into a power substation where two of the teens died after being electrocuted, according to Friday reports . The two officers were charged in...

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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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