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News Federal judge unseals FBI anthrax investigation documents
Federal judge unseals FBI anthrax investigation documents
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 6, 2008 10:36:00 am

Judge Royce Lamberth  of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered the unsealing of hundreds of documents related to the FBI's probe into the 2001 anthrax attacks ....

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News Pakistan woman alleged to be al-Qaeda agent appears in US court
Pakistan woman alleged to be al-Qaeda agent appears in US court
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 5, 2008 01:56:00 pm

The first woman scheduled to stand trial in the US on charges related to suspected al-Qaeda ties has been extradited to the US and appeared before the District Court for the Southern District of New York Tuesday...

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News South Africa court delays ruling on Zuma corruption charges
South Africa court delays ruling on Zuma corruption charges
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 5, 2008 01:02:00 pm

A South African judge on Tuesday delayed a ruling on whether to drop corruption charges against politician Jacob Zuma until September 12 in order consider Zuma's argument that he should have been consulted before the...

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News Guantanamo interviews may have been recorded
Guantanamo interviews may have been recorded
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 5, 2008 12:18:00 pm

Meetings between Guantanamo Bay detainees and representatives of their governments may have been recorded, according to a Tuesday Washington Post report . In 2002 and 2003, the US State Department advised foreign delegations that their meetings...

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News Colombia constitutional reforms favor presidential allies: Human Rights Watch
Colombia constitutional reforms favor presidential allies: Human Rights Watch
Mike Rosen-Molina
August 5, 2008 10:31:00 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday criticized proposed constitutional amendments put forth by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe that would strip the country's High Court of the authority...

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Bush signs new executive order to reform US intelligence agencies
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 31, 2008 02:30:00 pm

US President George W. Bush issued an executive order on Thursday which gives the country's Director of National Intelligence the authority to coordinate information sharing between different US and foreign intelligence services, a duty previously...

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Federal judge rejects White House privilege claims in Miers subpoena case
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 31, 2008 01:31:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia Thursday rejected arguments that senior White House officials are protected from congressional subpoena by executive privilege, ruling that former White House legal...

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News Federal appeals court grants full rehearing of Nacchio insider trading case
Federal appeals court grants full rehearing of Nacchio insider trading case
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 31, 2008 12:21:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday granted  prosecutors' petition for an en banc rehearing on whether the insider trading conviction of former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio [JURIST news...

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News South Africa court rejects Zuma bid to exclude evidence in corruption case
South Africa court rejects Zuma bid to exclude evidence in corruption case
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 31, 2008 11:40:00 am

The South African Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected a motion by politician Jacob Zuma to exclude evidence from his upcoming corruption trial. Zuma had argued that...

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California threatens to sue EPA over creation of emissions regulations
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 31, 2008 10:40:00 am

California Attorney General Jerry Brown formally notified the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Thursday that the state would file a lawsuit against the agency if it refused to issue rules regulating greenhouse...

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Ford pardoned Nixon for Watergate

On September 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford, in a televised address to the American people, pardoned ex-President Richard Nixon for any offenses committed in association with the Watergate break-in.

Read the full text of Ford's address, or listen to him read the pardon (via Watergate.info).

Treaty of San Francisco signed, officially ending WWII in the Pacific

On September 8, 1951, the Treaty of San Francisco was signed between 49 nations and Japan, ending World War II in the Pacific region. In addition to dismantling the Japanese Empire, the accord also provided for compensation to be paid by Japan to prisoners of war and civilians who were victimized by Japan during the War. Communist China did not participate in the San Francisco negotiations and thus signed the separate Treaty of Tapei with Japan.

Ford pardoned Nixon

On Sepetmber 8, 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned predecessor Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Read President Ford's remarks explaining the pardon.

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