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News UK Home Secretary not rushing counter-terror laws after London bombings
UK Home Secretary not rushing counter-terror laws after London bombings
Holly Manges Jones
July 9, 2005 11:00:00 am

UK Home Office Secretary Charles Clarke is sticking to his late fall timetable to introduce a new bill to combat terrorism despite pressure to push through laws now in the aftermath of the...

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News Judge refuses to admit England statements on Abu Ghraib abuse
Judge refuses to admit England statements on Abu Ghraib abuse
Holly Manges Jones
July 9, 2005 10:37:00 am

Military judge Col. James Pohl ruled Friday that the statements Pfc. Lynndie England made to Army investigators in January 2004 regarding her actions in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal cannot be...

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News Chilean appeals court says Pinochet able to stand trial for killings
Chilean appeals court says Pinochet able to stand trial for killings
Holly Manges Jones
July 9, 2005 09:47:00 am

A three-judge panel of the Santiago Appeals Court ruled Friday that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is physically and mentally fit to stand trial for the alleged murders of brothers Hector and Guido Barria Bassay by agents...

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News Partial-birth abortion ban ruling [8th Circuit]
Partial-birth abortion ban ruling [8th Circuit]
July 8, 2005 10:32:00 pm

Carhart v. Gonzales, US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, July 8, 2005 . Excerpt:Because the Act does not contain a...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC unit investigating Deloitte
Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC unit investigating Deloitte
James Murdock
July 8, 2005 08:28:00 pm

Leading Friday's corporations and securities law news, Big Four accounting firm Deloitte is under investigation by federal regulators. Bloomberg News is reporting that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board accidentally released a private...

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News Medical treatment of detainees briefing [US DOD]
Medical treatment of detainees briefing [US DOD]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
July 8, 2005 07:31:00 pm

Briefing on the medical treatment of US detainees, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Steve Jones and Army Surgeon General and Commander US Army Medical Command, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, July 7, 2005. Excerpt:The assessment findings...

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News States brief ~ Nebraska high court rules state  cannot regulate groundwater
States brief ~ Nebraska high court rules state cannot regulate groundwater
Rachel Felton
July 8, 2005 05:01:00 pm

Leading Friday's states brief, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision today that found the state's Department of Natural Resources cannot regulate groundwater unless the legislature confers such authority. Judge John Wright, writing...

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News G8 leaders call for early agreement on UN anti-terror treaty
G8 leaders call for early agreement on UN anti-terror treaty
Kate Heneroty
July 8, 2005 04:37:00 pm

G8 leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and Russia issued a final joint statement on counter-terrorism Friday denouncing once again Thursday's terror attacks in London, and calling on...

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News US opposes unconstitutional ouster of Philippines president suspected of vote fraud
US opposes unconstitutional ouster of Philippines president suspected of vote fraud
Kate Heneroty
July 8, 2005 03:47:00 pm

The US has vowed to oppose any attempt to remove politically-beleaguered Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , dogged by allegations of election fraud , unless that is done through a constitutional process. US embassy Charge d'Affaires Joseph...

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News Appeals court holds partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional
Appeals court holds partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional
Kate Heneroty
July 8, 2005 03:11:00 pm

The US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis Friday upheld a Nebraska federal district court ruling in Carhart v. Gonzalez finding the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional because it...

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London Naval Treaty signed

On April 22, 1930, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, and Japan signed the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament (London Naval Treaty), which limited the production of warships and limited submarine warfare. Leading up to World War II, Japan and Italy withdrew from the treaty, leaving only the US, UK, and France to sign the Second London Naval Treaty.

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