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France court sentences Noriega to 7 years for money laundering
Sarah Miley
July 7, 2010 09:06:26 am

A Paris criminal court on Wednesday sentenced former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to seven years in jail for money laundering. Noriega, whose trial began last week , was convicted of laundering $3 million...

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DOJ files lawsuit against controversial Arizona immigration law
Sarah Miley
July 6, 2010 04:05:50 pm

The US Department of Justice on Tuesday filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Arizona seeking to permanently enjoin the state's controversial new immigration law [SB...

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US soldier charged for releasing classified video, documents
Sarah Miley
July 6, 2010 01:06:28 pm

The US Army on Tuesday formally charged Pfc. Bradley Manning for leaking a controversial classified video of a 2007 US helicopter strike in Iraq and classified State Department documents....

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Spain court reopens probe into 2003 journalist death in Iraq
Sarah Miley
July 6, 2010 11:59:04 am

The Spanish Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a lower court to reopen the investigation into the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso who was mortally wounded by US tank fire in...

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Bangladesh ex-PM’s son charged with corruption
Sarah Miley
July 6, 2010 10:56:51 am

The Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday charged the eldest son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia with corruption for allegedly laundering three million dollars through bank accounts in Singapore. Police officials stated that...

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Canada court orders government to remedy Khadr rights breach
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July 6, 2010 09:37:07 am

The Federal Court of Canada on Monday ordered the Canadian government to provide Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr with a list of remedies to ameliorate its breach of his constitutional...

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China court convicts US geologist for selling state secrets
Sarah Miley
July 5, 2010 11:18:43 am

Beijing's No. 1 Intermediate People's Court Monday sentenced US geologist Xue Feng to eight years in prison for collecting intelligence and illegally providing state secrets. Xue was also fined 200,000 yuan. The court stated that Xue received...

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Judges rule Obama cannot close Yucca waste site without congressional approval
Sarah Miley
July 5, 2010 09:52:41 am

Three administrative law judges with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Atomic Safety and Licensing Board have denied a request by the Obama administration and the US Department of Energy (DOE) to...

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Syria court imprisons lawyer for campaigning against emergency rule
Sarah Miley
July 4, 2010 11:40:35 am

A Syrian military court Sunday sentenced lawyer and activist Haitham Maleh to three years in prison for campaigning against the emergency rule under which Syria has been governed since 1963 . Defense lawyers for Maleh said...

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DC Circuit rules detainees denied habeas must be ‘part of’ terrorist group
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July 4, 2010 10:06:03 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit released a redacted opinion Thursday holding that evidence against Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Belkacem Bensaya must be reviewed to determine if...

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Iraq negotiated independence from Britain under treaty

On December 14, 1927, Iraqi and British officials agreed to a new treaty under which Britain would recognize the independence of Iraq and promised to support its admission into the League of Nations in 1932.

In return, Iraq granted the British three new airbases in Iraq and agreed that British officers should train the Iraqi army. Learn more about Iraq's British heritage.

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On December 14, 1819, Alabama was admitted to the United States of America as the twenty-second state.

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