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News Syrian human rights leader acquitted of anti-government activity
Syrian human rights leader acquitted of anti-government activity
Alexandria Samuel
June 26, 2005 11:00:00 am

Leading Syrian human rights activist Aktham Naisse , was acquitted of all charges by a Syrian State Security Court Sunday. Naisse, chairman of the Committees for the Defense of Democratic Liberties and Human Rights in Syria,...

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News UPDATE ~ US House members report improved conditions at Gitmo
UPDATE ~ US House members report improved conditions at Gitmo
Alexandria Samuel
June 26, 2005 10:35:00 am

After visiting the Guantanamo Bay detention center Saturday , House Republicans and Democrats reported that conditions at the facility are improving. The lawmakers traveled to the detention facility to witness interrogations and observe living conditions of the suspected...

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News US lawmakers visit Guantanamo prison
US lawmakers visit Guantanamo prison
Christopher Tate
June 25, 2005 04:38:00 pm

Sixteen US House members visited the Guantanamo Bay detention center on Saturday, with a Senate delegation to follow. The trip was planned in response to mounting concerns on both sides of the partisan aisle ...

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News Losing Iranian presidential candidate condemns "illegal" efforts to defeat him
Losing Iranian presidential candidate condemns "illegal" efforts to defeat him
Christopher Tate
June 25, 2005 03:39:00 pm

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , the relatively-moderate cleric and former president of Iran who lost Friday's run-off election to hardline conservative Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , contended Saturday that there had been...

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News Proposed Russian constitutional amendment could give Putin third term
Proposed Russian constitutional amendment could give Putin third term
Christopher Tate
June 25, 2005 03:01:00 pm

A bill due to be considered in the Russian state Duma next week would allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to circumvent the two-term limit on presidents set by the Russian Constitution . The legislative amendment...

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News Afghanistan starts voter registration amidst UN security concerns
Afghanistan starts voter registration amidst UN security concerns
Holly Manges Jones
June 25, 2005 11:20:00 am

Afghanistan began to register voters Saturday for the parliamentary elections scheduled for September 18, a day after UN Special Representative Jean Arnault told the UN Security Council that greater security will be necessary to...

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News Former CEO of Italian Parmalat ordered to stand trial for fraud
Former CEO of Italian Parmalat ordered to stand trial for fraud
Holly Manges Jones
June 25, 2005 10:32:00 am

An Italian judge ruled Saturday that Calisto Tanzi , founder and CEO of Italian dairy and juice company Parmalat , will stand trial in the $18 billion fraud case that caused the company's downfall. Parmalat Finanziaria SpA admitted...

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News Murder verdict opens door for death penalty sentence in Vermont
Murder verdict opens door for death penalty sentence in Vermont
Holly Manges Jones
June 25, 2005 10:03:00 am

A jury found Donald Fell guilty for murder in federal court Friday allowing the jurors to next determine if he should receive the death penalty, which has not been applied in Vermont for nearly 50 years. In November 2000,...

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News UPDATE ~ Iran hardliner sweeping to victory in run-off amid fraud allegations
UPDATE ~ Iran hardliner sweeping to victory in run-off amid fraud allegations
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
June 24, 2005 07:36:00 pm

An official with Iran's Guardian Council said early Saturday local time that hardline Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a commanding lead over former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Nextel, Sprint face legal action over planned merger
Corporations and securities brief ~ Nextel, Sprint face legal action over planned merger
James Murdock
June 24, 2005 07:00:00 pm

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, affiliates of both Sprint and Nextel plan legal action relating to the companies' planned merger. In a filing with the SEC today, Nextel Partners , a Washington...

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Cedar Revolution begins in Lebanon

On March 14, 2005, the Cedar Revolution began in Lebanon after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Led by the March Fourteenth Movement, street protests in the Cedar Revolution led to the resignation of the generally pro-Syrian government of Lebanon and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the country.

Jack Ruby convicted for murder of JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald

On March 14, 1964, nightclub owner Jack Ruby was convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had presumably assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Ruby was sentenced to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned Ruby's conviction in October 1966 and ordered a new trial citing improperly admitted testimony and an improper venue in the original proceeding, but Ruby died before the second trial could be convened. Review a transcript of Jack Ruby's July 1964 testimony before the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. The Assistant Counsel for the Commission doing some of the questioning reported on the transcript is Arlen Specter, who would become a US Senator for Pennsylvania.

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