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Iraq court acquits 2 men accused of killing British soldiers

October 10, 2010 05:07:28 PM

An Iraqi court on Sunday acquitted two men accused of killing six British soldiers in Basra in 2003. The court ruled that it had insufficient evidence to prosecute Hamza Hateer and Mussa Ismael al-Fartusi for their...

UK High Court criticizes Ministry of Defense probe of war crimes allegations

October 4, 2009 09:25:00 AM

A three-judge panel of the UK High Court strongly criticized the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Friday for its failure to properly setup an independent inquiry into claims that war crimes had been committed...

UK military announces independent inquiry into Iraqi deaths

July 6, 2009 02:48:00 PM

UK Secretary of State for Defence Bob Ainsworth announced Monday that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) was prepared to establish an independent inquiry into the deaths of 20 Iraqis at a British base outside of...

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World Intellectual Property Organization created

On April 26, 1970, the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) went into force, creating WIPO. WIPO is a United Nations agency that works to promote intellectual property rights in the international community. Today, 184 nations have signed the convention.

Learn more about WIPO.

US soldier arrested for killing John Wilkes Booth

On April 26, 1865, Sergeant Thomas P. Corbett was placed under technical arrest for killing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

Charges against Corbett were dropped by Secretary of War Stanton, and Corbett received a share of the reward money for Booth, which amounted to $1,653.85. Learn more about Thomas P. Corbett.