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News World Bank’s Wolfowitz says developed nations must share burden of corruption
World Bank’s Wolfowitz says developed nations must share burden of corruption
Alexandria Samuel
July 6, 2005 08:29:00 pm

Newly appointed World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz , the former US deputy defense secretary considered one of the most influential "neo-conservatives" in the Bush administration, said Wednesday in the run-up to the G8 summit that developed...

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News G-4 submits proposal to change UN Security Council framework
G-4 submits proposal to change UN Security Council framework
Alexandria Samuel
July 6, 2005 07:39:00 pm

In an anticipated move Wednesday, Germany, Japan, Brazil and India, also known as the G-4, submitted their UN Security Council restructuring plan to the UN General Assembly. The resolution proposes changing the current UN Security Council structure...

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News Malta ratifies European constitution
Malta ratifies European constitution
Alexandria Samuel
July 6, 2005 07:07:00 pm

The Mediterranean island of Malta became the latest nation to ratify the proposed EU constitution Wednesday. Despite initial opposition from the country's Labour Party , the Maltese Parliament approved the...

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News States brief ~ NY Court of Appeals orders anti-war protestors’ records resealed
States brief ~ NY Court of Appeals orders anti-war protestors’ records resealed
Rachel Felton
July 6, 2005 06:07:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's states brief, the New York Court of Appeals ruled today that the prior dismissed charges against four anti-war protesters are to be resealed and not used against the protesters in determining their sentences for later...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Nextel sued by affiliate over Sprint merger
Corporations and securities brief ~ Nextel sued by affiliate over Sprint merger
James Murdock
July 6, 2005 06:06:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, communications Nextel is being sued by a distributing affiliate, Nextel Partners, that claims it was not given input into Nextel's impending merger with Sprint and wants to go to arbitration....

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News Rights group calls for Afghanistan war crimes court
Rights group calls for Afghanistan war crimes court
David Shucosky
July 6, 2005 04:45:00 pm

New York-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch Wednesday issued a new report calling for Afghan President Hamid Karzai to establish a Special Court to try high-level government officials and others accused of...

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News ACLU sues on behalf of American held without charge by US forces in Iraq
ACLU sues on behalf of American held without charge by US forces in Iraq
David Shucosky
July 6, 2005 03:43:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the US government Wednesday on behalf of a US citizen detained by US forces in Iraq since May 17. Cyrus Kar, a 44-year-old filmmaker ,...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Miller ordered to jail for refusing to testify in leak probe
BREAKING NEWS ~ Miller ordered to jail for refusing to testify in leak probe
David Shucosky
July 6, 2005 03:22:00 pm

A federal judge has ordered New York Times reporter Judith Miller to jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA operative's identity. Bill Keller, executive editor of the Times, called the order...

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News Minority Leader Reid says Gonzales "qualified" for Supreme Court
Minority Leader Reid says Gonzales "qualified" for Supreme Court
Christopher Tate
July 6, 2005 03:20:00 pm

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Wednesday that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is a "qualified" candidate for the vacancy created on the Supreme Court by the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ....

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News International brief ~ Pinochet stripped of immunity for human rights abuses
International brief ~ Pinochet stripped of immunity for human rights abuses
D. Wes Rist
July 6, 2005 03:10:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's international brief, in a ruling originally expected in June, the Santiago Appeals Court has held that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was not entitled to immunity from prosecution for alleged human rights...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

Learn more about Oliver Ellsworth.

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