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News Bush calls for up-or-down Senate vote on judicial nominees
Bush calls for up-or-down Senate vote on judicial nominees
Jamie Sterling
May 9, 2005 01:58:00 pm

In a statement issued Monday while visiting Europe for World War II commemorations, President Bush once again urged the Senate to put his judicial nominees to an up-or-down vote . Two of the nominees highlighted in...

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News MCI to pay Mississippi $100 million to settle WorldCom back taxes
MCI to pay Mississippi $100 million to settle WorldCom back taxes
Jamie Sterling
May 9, 2005 01:24:00 pm

Mississippi state Attorney General Jim Hood announced Monday that under the terms of a settlement agreement with the state telecommunications giant MCI will hand over $100M cash to cover back taxes owed by its predecessor,...

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News NYSE seat holder files suit to block exchange merger
NYSE seat holder files suit to block exchange merger
Jamie Sterling
May 9, 2005 12:29:00 pm

William Higgins, holder of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , filed suit in New York state court Monday in a bid to block the NYSE merging with electronic stock market Archipelago Holdings. The merger...

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News Iranian abortion bill rejected by Guardian Council
Iranian abortion bill rejected by Guardian Council
Jamie Sterling
May 9, 2005 12:03:00 pm

Iran's Guardian Council , the legislative watchdog panel composed of six lawyers and six Islamic clerics, Monday rejected a bill that would have allowed abortion during the first four months of pregnancy when the mother's life was endangered...

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News Spain granting 700,000 permits to illegal immigrant workers in mass amnesty
Spain granting 700,000 permits to illegal immigrant workers in mass amnesty
Jamie Sterling
May 9, 2005 11:27:00 am

The Spanish government has announced that it is granting some 700,000 work permits to previously-illegal immigrants who could prove that they had lived and worked in Spain for at least six months. As of Saturday, the final day immigrants...

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News IDF wants Jewish extremists arrested before Gaza pullout
IDF wants Jewish extremists arrested before Gaza pullout
Jamie Sterling
May 9, 2005 10:48:00 am

An Israeli newspaper reported Monday that senior officers in the Israel Defense Forces want to pre-emptively detain a number of Israeli extremists before the planned Gaza Strip pullout and evacuation of settlements this summer. On...

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News Sharon postpones Palestinian prisoners release
Sharon postpones Palestinian prisoners release
Jamie Sterling
May 9, 2005 10:02:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced Sunday that he will postpone the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners, alleging that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is not upholding his promise to pressure Palestinian militants into a ceasefire. Abbas...

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News Convicted spy alleges torture in US prison
Convicted spy alleges torture in US prison
Jeannie Shawl
May 9, 2005 09:52:00 am

New legal documents filed by convicted spy Jonathan Pollard include allegations that Pollard has been tortured during his US imprisonment. Pollard was arrested in 1985 and was convicted of spying for Israel while he was a civilian...

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News War crimes trial of two Rwandans begins in Belgium
War crimes trial of two Rwandans begins in Belgium
Jeannie Shawl
May 9, 2005 09:29:00 am

The trial of two Rwandan men accused of war crimes during the 1994 Rwandan genocide begins Monday in Brussels. Half-brothers Etienne Nzabonimana and Samuel Ndashyikirwa are accused of helping the Hutu militia and are charged under Belgium's...

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News Nepalese political parties demand constitutional reforms
Nepalese political parties demand constitutional reforms
Jeannie Shawl
May 9, 2005 08:53:00 am

A week after Nepal's King Gyanendra lifted a state of emergency , the country's seven political parties have joined together to present a common agenda that demands a return to democracy and constitutional reforms...

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Harlan Fiske Stone becomes first US Supreme Court nominee to testify before Senate committee

On January 28, 1925, US Attorney General Harlan Fiske Stone became the first US Supreme Court nominee to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, testifying for five hours.

Warsaw Confederation signed

On January 28, 1573, the Warsaw Confederation was signed, opening religious freedom in Lithuania and Poland. The Confederation document statutized the Polish practice of tolerating different religions. Read the Articles of the Warsaw Confederation in the original Polish.

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