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News Former Clinton aide acquitted of fundraising fraud
Former Clinton aide acquitted of fundraising fraud
Kate Heneroty
May 27, 2005 03:06:00 pm

The former national finance director of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Senate campaign, David Rosen, was acquitted Friday of two counts of making false statements to the Federal Election Commission. Prosecutors argued that Rosen lied to conceal the...

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News NY court rules mayor must face trial for performing gay marriages
NY court rules mayor must face trial for performing gay marriages
Tom Henry
May 27, 2005 02:03:00 pm

Mayor of New Paltz Jason West will face trial for attempting to marry same-sex couples last year, New York's highest court announced Friday. West faces 24 misdemeanor counts for violating the state's domestic relations law by marrying...

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News Romania charges translator, businessman in Iraq kidnappings
Romania charges translator, businessman in Iraq kidnappings
Tom Henry
May 27, 2005 01:29:00 pm

Prosecutors in Romania on Friday charged translator Muhamed Munaf and Arab businessman Omar Hayssam with orchestrating the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists held for 55 days in Iraq. The two men were specifically charged with "initiating, funding...

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News International brief ~ Zimbabwe to seize all private productive farmland
International brief ~ Zimbabwe to seize all private productive farmland
D. Wes Rist
May 27, 2005 12:49:00 pm

Leading Friday's international brief, a high-level source in the cabinet of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has told news agencies in Zimbabwe that the administration has decided to push forward legislation that would nationalize all private...

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News Air Force orders religious tolerance after task force inquiry into Academy practices
Air Force orders religious tolerance after task force inquiry into Academy practices
Krista-Ann Staley
May 27, 2005 12:11:00 pm

Following allegations of religious intolerance and a subsequent Air Force task force visit to the Colorado Air Force Academy , the Air Force has specifically instructed its commanders to exercise “religious respect” and...

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News Congo denies detainee abuse allegations
Congo denies detainee abuse allegations
Tom Henry
May 27, 2005 11:52:00 am

The Congolese government Friday denied allegations by Amnesty International that roughly 65 civilians were being detained and possibly tortured in the southeastern province of Katanga . The human rights organization said that the detainees were accused...

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News French judge renews warrant for Pinochet arrest
French judge renews warrant for Pinochet arrest
Tom Henry
May 27, 2005 10:47:00 am

A judge in Paris investigating the disappearance of four French citizens during the dictatorial reign of Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Chile has renewed arrest warrants for Pinochet and 18 other members of the Chilean military. The warrants...

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News NY officials file suit against AIG
NY officials file suit against AIG
Krista-Ann Staley
May 27, 2005 10:31:00 am

Citing a pattern of fraud at American International Group Inc. , the world's largest insurer by market value, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has filed suit against AIG, its former chief executive, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg ,...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ US investigates Iraqi prisoner death at Abu Ghraib
BREAKING NEWS ~ US investigates Iraqi prisoner death at Abu Ghraib
Tom Henry
May 27, 2005 10:18:00 am

Reuters is reporting that the US military has begun an investigation into the shooting death Friday of an Iraqi inmate at Abu Ghraib prison . The army provided only a brief statement. "An Abu Ghraib detainee died...

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News Judge rules Bush administration skewed fish analysis
Judge rules Bush administration skewed fish analysis
Tom Henry
May 27, 2005 09:48:00 am

US District Judge James A. Redden ruled Thursday that the Bush administration distorted information to downplay the harm that 14 federal dams cause to the endangered salmon and steelhead of the Columbia and Snake rivers, neglecting its duty to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First former Warsaw Pact countries join NATO

On March 12, 1999, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Read the NATO accession treaties for the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the Republic of Poland.

Janet Reno sworn in as first female US Attorney General

On March 12, 1993, Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female US Attorney General. Learn more about Janet Reno from the US Department of Justice Attorney General's website as it stood on November 9, 2000.

Mahatma Gandhi begins Salt March

Indian independence advocate Mahatma Gandhi and 78 others began a 3.5-week-long march to the Arabian Sea on March 12, 1930 to defy monopolistic colonial laws prohibiting the collection of salt by Indians. The demonstration exemplified Gandhi's strategy of Satyagraha. The march ended with thousands joining in in other cities, Gandhi being briefly jailed and then granted a seat at the 1930-1932 India Round Table Conference in London. Learn more about the Salt March.

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