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News International brief ~ ECOWAS rejects new Togo leader
International brief ~ ECOWAS rejects new Togo leader
D. Wes Rist
February 10, 2005 08:27:00 pm

In Thursday's international brief, West African regional organization ECOWAS has refused to recognize Faure Gnassingbe as the legitimate leader of Togo and threatened sanctions against the country unless it returned to its prior...

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News Judge sets new execution date for Connecticut killer
Judge sets new execution date for Connecticut killer
Russell Adkins
February 10, 2005 07:56:00 pm

In what is to be New England's first execution in 45 years, a Connecticut judge has set a new May 11 execution date for convicted killer Michael Ross and appointed a special counsel to investigate claims by...

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News Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 [US Senate]
Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 [US Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 10, 2005 06:18:00 pm

S 5, Class Action Fairness Act of 2005, passed by the US Senate February 10, 2005. Read the full text of the bill. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News REAL ID Act of 2005 [US House]
REAL ID Act of 2005 [US House]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 10, 2005 05:13:00 pm

HR 418, the REAL ID Act of 2005, passed by the US Houes of Representatives, February 10, 2005 . Read the GPO text of the...

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News Declassified report on aviation security [9/11 Commission]
Declassified report on aviation security [9/11 Commission]
February 10, 2005 04:20:00 pm

Staff Report on the Four Flights and Civil Aviation Security, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, declassified February 10, 2005 [finding that the FAA had at least 52 warnings and intelligence on al-Qaeda between April and September...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Lawyer convicted of helping terrorist client communicate with followers
BREAKING NEWS ~ Lawyer convicted of helping terrorist client communicate with followers
Jeannie Shawl
February 10, 2005 03:38:00 pm

AP is reporting that civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart has been convicted of helping imprisoned Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman communicate with his terrorist followers.3:45 PM ET - After 13 days of deliberation, a jury has convicted Stewart on...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate approves bill to limit class action suits
BREAKING NEWS ~ Senate approves bill to limit class action suits
Jeannie Shawl
February 10, 2005 03:34:00 pm

AP is reporting that the US Senate has approved the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 , which will limit class action lawsuits.3:54 PM ET - The Senate passed the bill, which will require multistate class action lawsuits...

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News German ruling on Iraq war crimes complaint [DE Generalbundesanwalt]
German ruling on Iraq war crimes complaint [DE Generalbundesanwalt]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 10, 2005 03:32:00 pm

Ruling by the German Federal Prosecutor, February 10, 2005 [rejecting a complaint brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights and 4 former Iraqi detainees seeking prosecution under German law of US officials for war crimes in connection with actions of...

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News Film director allowed to sue in UK via video conference
Film director allowed to sue in UK via video conference
Jeannie Shawl
February 10, 2005 03:14:00 pm

The UK House of Lords Thursday granted the request of film director Roman Polanski that he be allowed to pursue a libel suit via video tape. Polanski is suing Vanity Fair magazine for libel in the UK,...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ House approves immigration legislation
BREAKING NEWS ~ House approves immigration legislation
Chris Buell
February 10, 2005 02:55:00 pm

AP is reporting that the US House has approved the REAL ID Act , legislation aimed at preventing entry by terrorists into the country. The act sets regulations for the use of state driver's licenses by immigrants and facilitates...

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Organization of American States established

On April 30, 1948, the Organization of American States (OAS) was established in Bogota, Colombia with the signing of the Charter of the Organization of American States at the Ninth International Conference of American States.

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