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News Iraqi constitution committee leader to be announced Tuesday
Iraqi constitution committee leader to be announced Tuesday
Alexandria Samuel
May 23, 2005 08:31:00 pm

AP is reporting that Hummam Hammoudi, a Shiite Muslim cleric who is a senior aide in the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq , will likely be announced as head of the Iraqi constitution committee....

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News President Bush and Afghan president reach no deal on prisoners, raids
President Bush and Afghan president reach no deal on prisoners, raids
Alexandria Samuel
May 23, 2005 08:18:00 pm

President Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai met in the White House East Room Monday to discuss US military operations in Afghanistan . The leaders were able to agree on a joint declaration that US...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Senators reach agreement over judicial nominees
BREAKING NEWS ~ Senators reach agreement over judicial nominees
Alexandria Samuel
May 23, 2005 07:41:00 pm

AP is reporting that a bipartisan group of Senators has reached a deal to avert a showdown over judicial nominees. Sources state that under the agreement, Democrats would pledge not to filibuster any of Bush's future appeals court or...

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News Filibuster showdown continues in Senate
Filibuster showdown continues in Senate
Alexandria Samuel
May 23, 2005 06:51:00 pm

In a sure sign that Republicans are prepared to spend all night debating the filibuster, workers Monday set up dozens of cots in the Strom Thurmond Room of the Capitol. The session to decide President Bush's nomination of Pricilla...

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News International brief ~ Egyptian parliament approves Sudan peacekeeping force
International brief ~ Egyptian parliament approves Sudan peacekeeping force
D. Wes Rist
May 23, 2005 06:03:00 pm

Leading Monday's international brief, the Egyptian Parliament has unanimously approved a decision by Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak to send Egyptian troops to Sudan under the UN peacekeeping mandate in Security Council Resolution 1590...

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News EU to Microsoft: meet deadline or face sanctions
EU to Microsoft: meet deadline or face sanctions
Tom Henry
May 23, 2005 03:35:00 pm

The European Union has given software giant Microsoft until the end of May to comply with its antitrust order or face punitive sanctions, officials for both organizations said Monday. The dispute...

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News UPDATE ~ Iran reconsidering ban on reformist candidates
UPDATE ~ Iran reconsidering ban on reformist candidates
Tom Henry
May 23, 2005 02:42:00 pm

Following up on a morning report in JURIST's Paper Chase, Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered the Guardian Council to reconsider a decision to reject all reformist candidates running for the presidency. Specifically, Ayatollah...

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News Rights groups oppose death penalty in Iraq
Rights groups oppose death penalty in Iraq
Tom Henry
May 23, 2005 02:18:00 pm

Middle East spokeswoman for Amnesty International Nicole Choueiry expressed the group's opposition Monday to a recent announcement from Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari that the death penalty would be retained in Iraq and that the...

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News Supreme Court rules against shackling defendants
Supreme Court rules against shackling defendants
Tom Henry
May 23, 2005 01:03:00 pm

In a 7-2 decision the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional to force capital murder defendants to appear before juries in shackles. The majority said that viewing a prisoner in shackles would be too...

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News UN court reduces Rwandan’s life sentence for genocide
UN court reduces Rwandan’s life sentence for genocide
Tom Henry
May 23, 2005 12:33:00 pm

An appeals court for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Monday set aside the life sentence of Juvenal Kajelijeli , convicted in 2003 of genocide and incitement to commit genocide, and converted it to 45 years with...

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First American anti-slavery society organized

On April 14, 1775, Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia helped organize the first American society for the abolition of slavery.

Learn more about the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.

USSR agrees to leave Afghanistan

On April 14, 1988, the USSR signed the Geneva Accords, pledging to withdraw its military forces from Afghanistan. Soviet troops had been in the country since the USSR invaded in 1979 in order to support the communist government there. In addition to setting a timetable for Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Geneva Accords further defined the terms of relations between the government of Pakistan and the communist government of Afghanistan, providing for the return of prisoners and non-interference in the affairs of the other nation.

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