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News Lead defense lawyer withdraws from Moussaoui case
Lead defense lawyer withdraws from Moussaoui case
Jeannie Shawl
May 4, 2005 09:06:00 am

Frank Dunham , the public defender appointed to head the defense for Zacarias Moussaoui , has withdrawn from the case and will not be part of the legal team working to save Moussaoui from a death sentence. Moussaoui,...

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News Annan says Security Council reforms will not alter veto entitlement
Annan says Security Council reforms will not alter veto entitlement
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 09:06:00 am

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that expecting any of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to endorse reforms that would give other nations the same veto powers they already enjoyed...

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News UPDATE ~ Judge questions England guilty plea after psychologist testimony
UPDATE ~ Judge questions England guilty plea after psychologist testimony
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 08:46:00 am

Following up on a earlier report in JURIST's Paper Chase, Judge Col. James Pohl asked Pfc. Lynndie England late Tuesday whether she wanted to consider withdrawing her guilty plea after her childhood psychologist testified to her reduced...

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News Air Force investigating constitutionality of religious activities at Academy
Air Force investigating constitutionality of religious activities at Academy
Jamie Sterling
May 4, 2005 08:18:00 am

Acting Air Force Secretary Michael L. Dominguez , announced Tuesday that the Pentagon will investigate reported religious activities at the Colorado Springs United States Air Force Academy to determine if the climate there respects the Establishment...

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News England sentencing panel chosen
England sentencing panel chosen
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2005 03:28:00 pm

A US military court Tuesday selected a panel of six soldiers, all American Iraqi war veterans, to sentence Pfc. Lynndie England, the face of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. England pleaded guilty Monday to seven charges and...

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News Bosnian Serb general pleads not guilty to Srebrenica massacre charges
Bosnian Serb general pleads not guilty to Srebrenica massacre charges
Elana Kornblit
May 3, 2005 02:37:00 pm

Former Bosnia Serb General Vinko Pandurevic pleaded not guilty Tuesday to war crimes charges linked to the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of over 7,000 Muslim males. Pandurevic was indicted five years ago on...

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News Togo constitutional court confirms Gnassingbe election as president
Togo constitutional court confirms Gnassingbe election as president
Elana Kornblit
May 3, 2005 02:18:00 pm

Togo's constitutional court Tuesday confirmed ruling party candidate Faure Gnassingbe as the official winner of the disputed April 24 presidential election. According to the court, Gnassingbe won by 60.15 percent of the vote. The constitutional...

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News War crimes prosecutor says wanted Taylor remains threat to West Africa
War crimes prosecutor says wanted Taylor remains threat to West Africa
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2005 02:14:00 pm

Exiled former President of Liberia Charles Taylor will remain a threat to the entire West African region until he is tried and has said he will continue his efforts to assassinate Guinean President Lansana Conte according...

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News Partial Iraqi government sworn-in
Partial Iraqi government sworn-in
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2005 01:21:00 pm

New Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and 27 Cabinet members were sworn in Tuesday as Iraq's first post-Saddam elected government. That government remains incomplete, however, with five ministries under temporary leadership and two deputy prime...

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News Omanis protest convictions of 31 for plotting government overthrow
Omanis protest convictions of 31 for plotting government overthrow
Jamie Sterling
May 3, 2005 12:51:00 pm

Thousands of Omanis on Tuesday gathered at a mosque in Oman's capital city of Muscat to protest Monday's state security court conviction of 31 people for plotting to overthrow Sultan Qaboos [Oman Ministry of Information...

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Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.

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