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News Iran Interior Ministry flags fraud danger in upcoming presidential run-off
Iran Interior Ministry flags fraud danger in upcoming presidential run-off
Krista-Ann Staley
June 21, 2005 11:56:00 am

Iran's Interior Ministry Tuesday warned of the danger of fraud in Friday's scheduled run-off presidential vote, with a spokesman referring darkly to "some people who are ready to do anything to stay in power." The...

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News Immigration judge rules accused Nazi can be deported
Immigration judge rules accused Nazi can be deported
David Shucosky
June 21, 2005 11:54:00 am

A federal immigration judge ruled on Monday that John Demjanjuk , who lost his US citizenship for serving as a guard at a concentration camp, can be deported. The case dates back to 1977 [Cleveland Plain...

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News Luxembourg to go on with EU constitution referendum as PM puts job on line
Luxembourg to go on with EU constitution referendum as PM puts job on line
David Shucosky
June 21, 2005 11:25:00 am

Luxembourg leaders say they will stick to their original plan for a July 10 referendum on the embattled European Union constitution . Following popular rejection of the charter in France and the Netherlands, seven other European countries...

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News UK considers abandoning juries for complex fraud trials
UK considers abandoning juries for complex fraud trials
David Shucosky
June 21, 2005 11:08:00 am

British Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith Tuesday announced a government plan to abolish jury trials in complicated fraud cases. The move follows the collapse of a fraud trial earlier this year, partly because of jury...

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News TSA collected air passenger personal data despite Congressional ban
TSA collected air passenger personal data despite Congressional ban
Krista-Ann Staley
June 21, 2005 10:50:00 am

According to documents obtained by the Associated Press Monday, the Transportation Security Administration collected private information about commercial airline passengers who flew in June 2004, despite Congressional instructions not to do so. The documents indicate the information...

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News Turkish militant gets life for plan to fly plane into Ataturk tomb
Turkish militant gets life for plan to fly plane into Ataturk tomb
Krista-Ann Staley
June 21, 2005 10:33:00 am

A Turkish court sentenced Metin Kaplan Monday to life imprisonment for plotting to kill members of the country's ruling elite by flying a plane into the mausoleum of Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Turkish republic....

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News Cambodia accepts Japanese offer to help fund Khmer Rouge trials
Cambodia accepts Japanese offer to help fund Khmer Rouge trials
David Shucosky
June 21, 2005 10:29:00 am

The Cambodian government announced Tuesday that it will accept Japan's offer of $11 million to fund a shortfall in the estimated budget for trying former leaders of the communist Khmer Rouge regime, considered responsible for...

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News Saudis rebuff Rice call for rights, democratic reform
Saudis rebuff Rice call for rights, democratic reform
Krista-Ann Staley
June 21, 2005 10:11:00 am

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called for democratic reforms by US allies across the Middle East in a major foreign policy address in Cairo Monday, and publicly called on Saudi Arabia to release...

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California upholds state sentencing guidelines
David Shucosky
June 21, 2005 09:48:00 am

The California Supreme Court upheld state sentencing guidelines on Monday, ruling that allowing judges to impose a discretionary range of sentences for various crimes did not give them too much power. The ruling follows the recent US...

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International commission upholds whaling ban despite Japan objection
David Shucosky
June 21, 2005 09:39:00 am

The International Whaling Commission voted 29-23 against lifting its ban on commercial whaling Tuesday at its 2005 annual meeting . Japan had recently threatened to leave the organization if it didn't allow for some sort...

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France abolishes slavery

On February 4, 1794, the legislature of France abolished slavery throughout the territories of the French Republic. The practice was then reinstituted by Napoleon in 1804, before being banned permanently in 1814 after Bonaparte was exiled to Elba. As of 2001, slavery is defined as a "crime against humanity" by French law.

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks born

On February 4, 1913, late civil rights activist Rosa Parks—who became famous in 1956 for refusing to give up her seat to a white man and go to the back of a Montgomery Alabama bus—was born in Tuskegee, Alabama. Learn more about Rosa Parks.

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