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Russia prosecutor confirms new Khodorkovsky charges pending

January 17, 2007 05:14:00 AM

Russian Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika confirmed Tuesday that his office is preparing new money laundering and embezzlement charges against former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky . Lawyers for Khodorkovsky first said they expected new...

October 25, 2006 03:07:00 PM

Russian officials investigating the October 7 death of reporter Anna Politkovskaya are focusing their probe on former police officers who Politkovskaya linked to the killing and torture of Chechen civilians, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported Wednesday. According to...

October 12, 2006 08:20:00 AM

Portions of an article on torture in Chechnya written by murdered reporter Anna Politkovskaya before her death were published Thursday by the Novaya Gazeta . The report detailed allegations of torture, including...

October 8, 2006 02:07:00 PM

Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika Sunday took over the investigation of Saturday's murder of Anna Politkovskaya , an award-winning Russian journalist likely killed for her stories about human rights abuses by...

July 28, 2006 01:28:00 PM

Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika announced Friday that a criminal investigation has been opened into the June abduction and murder of four Russian embassy employees in Iraq. In a statement, the Prosecutor General's office said...

July 5, 2006 11:22:00 AM

European countries need to improve extradition and criminal cooperation procedures in order to face the growing threat of international crime, Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika told the seventh session of the Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe ...

June 23, 2006 10:32:00 AM

Two Russian officials switched roles Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin appointed former Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov to the justice minister post several hours after former Justice Minister Yury Chaika was approved as the new prosecutor general in...

June 19, 2006 03:08:00 PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin nominated Justice Minister Yury Chaika on Monday to be the country's new prosecutor-general . Leaders of the Federation Council , the upper house of parliament, said they...

October 5, 2005 07:35:00 PM

Russia cautioned Switzerland on Wednesday that the countries' bilateral ties would be harmed by the Swiss decision to extradite former Russian atomic energy minister Yevgeny Adamov to the US. Switzerland's Ministry of Justice [official...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States.

Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.