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Inter-American rights court denies US woman's appeal of Peru terror conviction

August 10, 2005 06:19:00 PM

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has denied an appeal request to reinterpret its November 2004 ruling that upheld the conviction of an American tried in Peru on charges she collaborated with the terrorist group...

April 7, 2005 10:14:00 AM

The Vatican Thursday released the will and spiritual testament of Pope John Paul II . In the 15 page document the Pope left no material...

December 13, 2004 06:59:00 PM

Dan Tokaji, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University:"Today's the day that the Electoral College meets in each of the state capitals. Just hours before, some congressional Democrats and other Democratic activists asked state officials to delay the Electoral College...

August 1, 2004 08:01:00 AM

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego says that perhaps the most far-reaching impact of the upcoming November election is who will get to appoint the nation's judges - including its Supreme Court...

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Peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations formally ended WWII

On April 28, 1952, a peace treaty between Japan and 48 nations took effect, formally ending World War II.

Review the terms of the San Francisco Treaty.

Former CIA official Aldrich Ames pleads guilty to spying for USSR

On April 28, 1994, Aldrich Ames, a former CIA official, pleaded guilty to passing US secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. Ames further confessed that he continued spying for Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Learn more about the case of Aldrich Ames from the FBI. Also read a CNN interview with Ames.