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Human rights monitor says 200 killed in Uzbek protests

May 14, 2005 03:50:00 PM

The head of Uzbekistan's Independent Human Rights Organization was quoted Saturday as saying that some 200 people were killed in the eastern city of Andijan Friday when government forces backed by tanks opened fire on demostrators in...

Uzbekistan trial of Muslim businessmen triggers rioting, mass prison break

May 13, 2005 11:17:00 AM

At least 12 people were killed Friday when thousands of people took to the streets of the eastern Uzebekistan city of Andijan to protest the highly publicized and controversial trial for extremism of 23 Muslim businessmen. Over 2,000 government...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Senate declares Napoleon Emporer of France

On May 18, 1804, the French Senate declared Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France.

Supreme Court upheld segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson

On May 18, 1896, the US Supreme Court ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson that racially separate but equal facilities were constitutional. This ruling was later overturned by the court in 1954's Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.