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News Two more suspects plead guilty to failed UK liquid bomb plot
Two more suspects plead guilty to failed UK liquid bomb plot
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 21, 2008 11:58:00 am

Two men involved in an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic planes leaving a London airport pleaded guilty to lesser conspiracy charges Monday in London's Woolwich Crown Court . Arafat Waheed Khan and Waheed Zaman [Global...

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News Egypt detains 39 Muslim Brotherhood members
Egypt detains 39 Muslim Brotherhood members
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 21, 2008 11:19:00 am

Egyptian police arrested 39 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Monday, including three local party leaders in the city of Kafr El Sheikh, according to an MB statement . The group has...

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News Tunisia court convicts five for alleged coup plot
Tunisia court convicts five for alleged coup plot
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 18, 2008 03:00:00 pm

A court in Tunisia on Wednesday convicted five men, including two government officials, of involvement in a terror plot against the Tunisian government . National security force officer Souhail Guezdah was sentenced...

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News Former Nazi guards living in US may face trial abroad
Former Nazi guards living in US may face trial abroad
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 18, 2008 01:19:00 pm

Serbian prosecutors confirmed on Friday that they are gathering evidence for a case against an alleged World War II Nazi guard currently living in the United States. Peter Egner, 86, has admitted to serving in the Nazi-run Security Police...

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News Italy court denies Berlusconi request to remove judge in corruption trial
Italy court denies Berlusconi request to remove judge in corruption trial
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 18, 2008 12:42:00 pm

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday was denied his request to replace the presiding judge at his ongoing corruption trial . Berlusconi's legal team claimed that judge Nicoletta Gandus was...

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News Belgium king refuses to accept PM resignation
Belgium king refuses to accept PM resignation
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 18, 2008 12:06:00 pm

Belgian King Albert II declined to accept the resignation of Prime Minister Yves Leterme on Thursday. Leterme submitted his resignation Monday night because of his coalition government's...

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News Oil lobbyists convinced White House to drop environmental regulation plans
Oil lobbyists convinced White House to drop environmental regulation plans
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 18, 2008 11:15:00 am

The Bush administration abandoned plans to impose Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations on power plants and other stationary pollution sources after opposition from the oil industry, according to a report released Friday by the...

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News California court rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ballot initiative
California court rejects challenge to same-sex marriage ballot initiative
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 17, 2008 02:42:00 pm

The California Supreme Court Wednesday rejected without comment a challenge seeking to remove a November ballot initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in the state. The petition, filed by Equality California, the National...

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News US House votes to prohibit contractors from interrogating detainees
US House votes to prohibit contractors from interrogating detainees
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 17, 2008 02:02:00 pm

The US House of Representatives Wednesday approved by voice vote a ban prohibiting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from allowing private contractors to interrogate detainees. The ban is part of a bill authorizing intelligence...

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News Sweden legal group files challenge to wiretapping law with ECHR
Sweden legal group files challenge to wiretapping law with ECHR
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 17, 2008 01:05:00 pm

A Swedish legal organization Monday filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights , challenging a controversial warrantless wiretapping law passed by the Swedish parliament last month. The...

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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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