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News Mexico protests wall, license provisions in Real ID Act
Mexico protests wall, license provisions in Real ID Act
Jamie Sterling
May 13, 2005 09:59:00 am

Mexico has announced plans to oppose recent measures under the Real ID Act signed into law Wednesday as part of an appropriations package making it harder for immigrants to get state IDs and drivers...

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News Immigration restrictions pass Arizona legislature
Immigration restrictions pass Arizona legislature
Jamie Sterling
May 13, 2005 09:18:00 am

The Arizona State Legislature voted Thursday to approve a new bill tightening immigration laws in the state for the thousands of illegal immigrants who enter the state from Mexico annually. The bill restricts benefits...

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News Released documents may implicate French, Russian officials in oil-for-food scandal
Released documents may implicate French, Russian officials in oil-for-food scandal
Jamie Sterling
May 13, 2005 08:47:00 am

A subcommittee of the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce has released new documents that could implicate French and Russian officials in the scandal involving the UN Oil-for-Food program. The documents suggest...

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News Ross put to death in first New England execution for 45 years
Ross put to death in first New England execution for 45 years
Jamie Sterling
May 13, 2005 08:29:00 am

Connecticut serial killer Michael Ross was executed by lethal injection early Friday morning in New England's first execution in 45 years, made possible after the state Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that he was competent to...

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News Nebraska same-sex marriage ban ruling [US DC]
Nebraska same-sex marriage ban ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 12, 2005 08:46:00 pm

Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, Judge Joseph F. Bataillon, May 12, 2005. Excerpt:The reach of Section 29 is at once too broad and too narrow to satisfy its purported purpose...

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News Report on French, UK politicians in UN oil-for-food scandal [US Senate Investigations Subcom.]
Report on French, UK politicians in UN oil-for-food scandal [US Senate Investigations Subcom.]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 12, 2005 08:45:00 pm

Report On Oil Allocations Granted To Charles Pasqua & George Galloway, Staff Report, US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, May 12, 2005. Excerpt:This Report presents the evidence gathered by the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee...

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News DC law firms charged with immigration fraud
DC law firms charged with immigration fraud
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 12, 2005 05:34:00 pm

Federal officials with the US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement , part of the US Department of Homeland Security, announced Thursday that a federal grand jury had indicted two Washington DC law firms, two associated lawyers and...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal judge strikes down Nebraska gay marriage ban
BREAKING NEWS ~ Federal judge strikes down Nebraska gay marriage ban
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 12, 2005 05:27:00 pm

KGW in Portland, Oregon, is reporting that a federal judge has just struck down Nebraska's ban on gay marriage, ruling that it interferes with the rights of gay couples and also with those of foster parents, adopted children and...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Bolton nomination sent to full Senate without endorsemenet
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bolton nomination sent to full Senate without endorsemenet
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 12, 2005 03:27:00 pm

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted 10-8 to send John Bolton's nomination for US ambassador to the UN to the full Senate, but without committee endorsement. The move follows a refusal earlier today by Ohio...

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News Iraq asks Jordan for Chalabi pardon
Iraq asks Jordan for Chalabi pardon
Jamie Sterling
May 12, 2005 02:55:00 pm

Jordan's King Abdullah announced Thursday that he was willing to review the 1992 conviction of Ahmad Chalabi , sentenced in absentia by a Jordanian court to 22 years of hard labor for embezzling funds from Petra...

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Saint Lucia gains independence

On February 22, 1979, Saint Lucia gained independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign nation.

Read the Constitution of Saint Lucia.

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On February 22, 1965, US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter died in Washington, DC. Learn more about Felix Frankfurter from Oyez.

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