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New Chile constitution [Chile Presidency]

September 18, 2005 06:57:00 PM

Constitución Política de la República de Chile, enacted September 17, 2005 [heavily-amended version of the 1980 constitution designed to entrench democracy by, inter alia, reducing the presidential term from 6 years to 4 years, giving the president control over the...

States brief ~ CT Supreme Court orders town to release aerial photos, maps to public

June 15, 2005 03:30:00 PM

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled today that the town of Greenwich must release its computer database of aerial photographs and maps to the public. The Supreme Court rejected the town's argument that the...

BREAKING NEWS ~ Michael Jackson not guilty on all counts

June 13, 2005 05:18:00 PM

Pop star Michael Jackson has been acquitted of all charges against him. He had been charged with 10 counts in connection with events that allegedly took place with a 13-year-old boy two years ago. He was acquitted of four...

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Watergate burglars arrested for DNC break-in

On June 17, 1972, James McCord, security director of President Richard Nixon's re-election committee, and four Cuban-Americans are arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, DC. Learn more about the Watergate scandal.

South Africa repeals racial classification law

On June 17, 1991, South Africa repealed the Population Registration Act. Since its passage in 1950, the Act had required every South African to be racially classified at birth. These classifications, in turn, would determined the child's social and political rights for the rest of his or her life in South Africa. Learn more about the History of Apartheid in South Africa from Standford University.