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News DC Circuit upholds contempt ruling against reporters in CIA name leak case
DC Circuit upholds contempt ruling against reporters in CIA name leak case
Chris Buell
February 15, 2005 11:37:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has upheld a contempt ruling against two reporters who refused to disclose their sources to investigators looking into the leak of an undercover CIA agent's name to the...

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News Australian minister concedes former Gitmo detainee may have been tortured in Egypt
Australian minister concedes former Gitmo detainee may have been tortured in Egypt
Chris Buell
February 15, 2005 11:24:00 am

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has conceded that claims by Mahdouh Habib , a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, that he was tortured while held in Egypt may be true. Downer, who made the comments...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Shanley sentenced to 12-15 years for 1980s molestation
BREAKING NEWS ~ Shanley sentenced to 12-15 years for 1980s molestation
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 15, 2005 11:16:00 am

AP is reporting that defrocked Roman Catholic priest Paul Shanley has been sentenced to 12 to 15 years in prison for repeatedly molesting a boy in the 1980s.11:35 AM ET - An AP report is now available....

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News Royal family disputes claim that Prince Charles marriage is illegal
Royal family disputes claim that Prince Charles marriage is illegal
Chris Buell
February 15, 2005 10:36:00 am

Following up a Monday report in JURIST's Paper Chase, a spokesman for the Prince of Wales has disputed a report by BBC Panorama that Prince Charles' upcoming marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles is illegal. Four legal experts...

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News UK denies passports for two released from Guantanamo
UK denies passports for two released from Guantanamo
Chris Buell
February 15, 2005 10:11:00 am

The UK government has informed at least two of the four British men recently released from Guantanamo Bay that they cannot obtain passports. An attorney for Martin Mubanga and Feroz Abbasi said that both...

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News Political parties file complaints over results, Iraqi electoral commission reports
Political parties file complaints over results, Iraqi electoral commission reports
Chris Buell
February 15, 2005 09:45:00 am

Iraqi political parties have filed at least six challenges to the results of the Jan. 30 elections, the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq reported Tuesday. The Commission has given parties until Wednesday to challenge the election results...

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News Australian PM mum on claims government knew of abuse in Iraq
Australian PM mum on claims government knew of abuse in Iraq
Chris Buell
February 15, 2005 09:07:00 am

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has refused to respond to charges by a former intelligence officer that the Australian government knew of abuses by coalition troops in Iraq, despite claims to the contrary. Rod Barton, formerly an...

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News European rights court says UK protestors didn’t receive fair trial
European rights court says UK protestors didn’t receive fair trial
Jeannie Shawl
February 15, 2005 08:25:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that two British activists found guilty in the UK of libel against fast food chain McDonald's did not have a fair trial and were deprived of their...

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News Red Cross chief meets with Bush over Gitmo detainees
Red Cross chief meets with Bush over Gitmo detainees
Jeannie Shawl
February 15, 2005 08:13:00 am

International Committee of the Red Cross president Jakob Kellenberger met with President Bush Monday to discuss ICRC concerns about detainees at Guantanamo Bay . The Red Cross regularly visits the detainees...

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News Senate panel accuses former Oil-for-Food head of pocketing over $1M
Senate panel accuses former Oil-for-Food head of pocketing over $1M
Jeannie Shawl
February 15, 2005 07:46:00 am

The US Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has said that former head of the UN Oil-for-Food program Benon Sevan made over $1 million from allocating oil from Saddam Hussein's...

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Supreme Court ruled school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board

On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court held in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that racially segregated public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Pay a virtual visit to the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.

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