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News Sasser computer worm creator confesses in German trial
Sasser computer worm creator confesses in German trial
Tom Henry
July 5, 2005 01:03:00 pm

A German court said Tuesday that Sasser computer worm author Sven Jaschan has admitted to data manipulation, computer sabotage and interfering with public corporations in one of the largest worm attacks conducted on the Internet. The destructive...

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News Hamza terrorism trial begins in England
Hamza terrorism trial begins in England
David Shucosky
July 5, 2005 12:54:00 pm

The trial of radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza on 16 terrorism-related charges , including promoting the murder of Jews and others, began in London Tuesday. Hamza, who pleaded not guilty to all charges in January, was...

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News UN child abuse monitor says many children have fewer rights than "cats or dogs"
UN child abuse monitor says many children have fewer rights than "cats or dogs"
David Shucosky
July 5, 2005 11:58:00 am

The head of a major UN study on worldwide child abuse opened a conference of government and human rights officials from 52 countries in Europe and Central Asia taking place in Slovenia Tuesday...

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News War crimes trial of ex-Kosovo PM to start January 2007
War crimes trial of ex-Kosovo PM to start January 2007
Krista-Ann Staley
July 5, 2005 11:49:00 am

The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced Tuesday that the trial of former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj will begin in January 2007. The tribunal also...

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News Iowa governor signs felon voting law
Iowa governor signs felon voting law
David Shucosky
July 5, 2005 11:36:00 am

Iowa Governor Tom Vislack Monday made good on a promise to restore voting rights to convicted felons once their sentences has been served. Last month he announced he would sign an executive order to automatically...

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News Sunni clerics calling on followers to join Iraqi political, constitutional process
Sunni clerics calling on followers to join Iraqi political, constitutional process
David Shucosky
July 5, 2005 10:29:00 am

Senior Sunni clerics will soon announce plans to issue a religious edict, or fatwa, encouraging Sunni Muslims in Iraq to join the political process and support the drafting of a new Iraqi constitution, according to Adnan Dulaimi, head of...

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News Iran denies plans to carry out eye-for-an-eye sentence
Iran denies plans to carry out eye-for-an-eye sentence
David Shucosky
July 5, 2005 10:20:00 am

A spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary Tuesday denied reports that a man convicted of blinding another person would have his eyes surgically removed, saying the country would not carry out such a punishment. Earlier, an...

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News Stay sought on Canada court ruling overturning private health insurance ban
Stay sought on Canada court ruling overturning private health insurance ban
David Shucosky
July 5, 2005 10:18:00 am

The province of Quebec asked the Supreme Court of Canada on Monday for an 18-month stay of its ruling that overturned a ban on private health insurance . The court found in favor of a Montreal...

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News Indonesia rejects UN proposal for East Timor tribunal
Indonesia rejects UN proposal for East Timor tribunal
Krista-Ann Staley
July 5, 2005 10:12:00 am

Indonesia Tuesday formally rejected a UN recommendation that an international tribunal investigate and try those accused of human rights violations in its former province of East Timor during the independence troubles there in 1999. While...

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News Bush urges groups to "tone down" rhetoric over Supreme Court nomination
Bush urges groups to "tone down" rhetoric over Supreme Court nomination
David Shucosky
July 5, 2005 10:04:00 am

In an interview with USA Today, President Bush Monday called for special-interest groups to "tone down the heated rhetoric" over the new US Supreme Court vacancy created by Friday's retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon

On May 9, 1974, the US House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) opened hearings into the possible impeachment of President Richard Nixon in connection with the Watergate scandal. The Committee voted to impeach Nixon on three counts on July 30. Chairman Rodino died in 2005 at his home in New Jersey. He was 95.

Australia Parliament opened

On May 9, 1901, the Parliament of Australia convened for the first time in Melbourne. The Australian Parliament also held its first meeting in the new capital of Canberra 26 years later on the same day 1927. Finally, on this day in 1988 Australian opened its new Parliament House in Canberra. Read the Constitution of Australia.

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