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News Europe rights watchdog calls for  Guantanamo closing
Europe rights watchdog calls for Guantanamo closing
Holly Manges Jones
July 2, 2005 11:08:00 am

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has released a new report calling for the closure of the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, saying it has fueled hatred toward the West and has increased...

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News Parties brace for battle over O’Connor replacement
Parties brace for battle over O’Connor replacement
Holly Manges Jones
July 2, 2005 11:02:00 am

Republicans and Democrats have begun bracing for the upcoming battle over who will replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor after she announced her retirement from the court Friday. The debate is expected to be...

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News Iraq UN ambassador accuses US forces of killing cousin in home raid
Iraq UN ambassador accuses US forces of killing cousin in home raid
Holly Manges Jones
July 2, 2005 10:43:00 am

Iraq UN ambassador Samir Sumaida'ie has accused US Marines of shooting to death his 21-year old cousin Mohammed al-Sumaida'ie during a raid of his father's house in Haditha, a city in Iraq's western Anbar province...

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News White House says no evidence yet linking Iran president-elect to 1979 hostage crisis
White House says no evidence yet linking Iran president-elect to 1979 hostage crisis
Holly Manges Jones
July 2, 2005 10:06:00 am

A White House spokesman acknowledged Friday that the administration had so far turned up no evidence to support allegations that Iranian president-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad played a role of the 1979 Iranian takeover of the US...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Cox formally nominated as SEC Chairman
Corporations and securities brief ~ Cox formally nominated as SEC Chairman
James Murdock
July 1, 2005 07:57:00 pm

Leading Friday's corporations and securities news, the White House Friday formally filed papers with the Senate for the nomination of Congressman Christopher Cox as new Chairman of the SEC. Cox, a Republican from California, was informally tabbed...

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News States brief ~ NC Supreme Court rules more civil penalties to go to public education
States brief ~ NC Supreme Court rules more civil penalties to go to public education
Rachel Felton
July 1, 2005 07:09:00 pm

Leading Friday's states brief, a North Carolina Supreme Court ruling today expanded the number of civil penalties which properly belong to school districts under the state constitution . The court upheld most of a 2003 court of...

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News Military official confirms detainee abuse by Iraqi security forces
Military official confirms detainee abuse by Iraqi security forces
Kate Heneroty
July 1, 2005 04:40:00 pm

For the first time Friday, a senior American military official publicly confirmed abuse of detainees and prisoners by Iraqi security forces. Major General David Rodriguez said in a briefing for Pentagon reporters from Iraq that in the...

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News Convicted Merrill Lynch executive to report to prison for Enron scheme
Convicted Merrill Lynch executive to report to prison for Enron scheme
Kate Heneroty
July 1, 2005 04:25:00 pm

The former head of investment banking at Merrill Lynch who was convicted last year in connection with Enron's bogus sale of power barges, will report to a low security federal prison in Hopewell, Virginia on...

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News Ethiopian PM promises fair election investigation
Ethiopian PM promises fair election investigation
Kate Heneroty
July 1, 2005 04:09:00 pm

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi promised Friday that an investigation into allegations of fraud in the May 15 election, which left Zenawi in power, would be "totally transparent and fair." Zenawi said the investigation, which includes international...

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News Turkish parliament overrides presidential veto of penal code
Turkish parliament overrides presidential veto of penal code
Kate Heneroty
July 1, 2005 02:55:00 pm

The Turkish parliament has re-approved amendments to the country's new European Union oriented penal code, overriding an earlier veto by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer . The new code includes the first major...

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Titanic sinking precipitated multiple lawsuits

The Titanic sank early in the morning of April 15, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Of 2228 passengers and crewmembers aboard, only 705 survived. The sinking gave rise to a variety of lawsuits against the White Star Line, the Titanic's owners.

Andrew Johnson sworn in after Lincoln assassination

On April 15, 1865, Vice-President Andrew Johnson was sworn in as the seventeenth President of the United States, after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Johnson became the first US President to be impeached, but he was not convicted. Learn more about Andrew Johnson and his impeachment from the US Senate.

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