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News Russian officials deny UN oil-for-food violations
Russian officials deny UN oil-for-food violations
Jeannie Shawl
August 26, 2005 08:39:00 am

Russian diplomats meeting with members of the Independent Inquiry Committee looking into the now defunct UN Oil-for-Food Program have said that Russian companies did not violate UN sanctions against Iraq while participating...

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News Pentagon: sexual assault at service academies still a problem
Pentagon: sexual assault at service academies still a problem
Krista-Ann Staley
August 26, 2005 08:10:00 am

The US Defense Department Task Force on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Service Academies released its report Thursday, announcing that, despite some progress, hostile attitudes and inappropriate treatment of women persist at the US...

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News UPDATE ~ Iraqi leaders meet in last attempt to reach constitution agreement
UPDATE ~ Iraqi leaders meet in last attempt to reach constitution agreement
Jeannie Shawl
August 26, 2005 08:09:00 am

Following a one-day extension in negotiations on the Iraqi constitution , the speaker of the National Assembly said Friday that if consensus cannot be reached by the end of the day, the draft...

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News States brief ~ IL governor signs bill lowering medical malpractice premiums
States brief ~ IL governor signs bill lowering medical malpractice premiums
Rachel Felton
August 25, 2005 05:48:00 pm

Leading Thursday's states brief, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signed into law today a medical malpractice bill that he believes will lower medical malpractice insurance premiums. The bill will cap non-economic damages at $500,000 for...

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News Judge questions continued detention of Gitmo Uighurs cleared for release
Judge questions continued detention of Gitmo Uighurs cleared for release
Holly Manges Jones
August 25, 2005 04:52:00 pm

A federal judge met with Justice Department lawyer Terry Henry Thursday to discuss why the US has not yet released two Chinese Uighur Muslims still held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp after the government determined...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Iraq parliament extends constitution talks one more day
BREAKING NEWS ~ Iraq parliament extends constitution talks one more day
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 25, 2005 04:35:00 pm

AP is reporting that the speaker of the Iraqi parliament has announced a one-day extension for talks on the draft Iraqi constitution , originally scheduled to be voted on Thursday after being postponed...

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News California sues 39 pharmaceutical companies for inflating drug prices
California sues 39 pharmaceutical companies for inflating drug prices
Holly Manges Jones
August 25, 2005 04:26:00 pm

California's Attorney General Bill Lockyer said Thursday that the state is suing 39 pharmaceutical companies for concealing the actual costs of their drugs in an attempt to artificially inflate payments from California's Medicaid program. Lockyer...

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News Iran calls for more negotiations on nuclear program
Iran calls for more negotiations on nuclear program
Holly Manges Jones
August 25, 2005 04:00:00 pm

Iran said Thursday that it is working on a new proposal to negotiate with the West regarding its nuclear program, expressing an interest in negotiating with countries other than Great Britain, France and Germany. The three core...

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News EU official: Ethiopian elections resulted in human rights violations
EU official: Ethiopian elections resulted in human rights violations
Holly Manges Jones
August 25, 2005 02:12:00 pm

The chief observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia 2005 (EU EOM) said Thursday that the country's May 15 parliamentary elections did not meet international voting standards. In the first EU report released since...

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News Media groups call on US military to release journalist held in Iraq
Media groups call on US military to release journalist held in Iraq
Holly Manges Jones
August 25, 2005 02:01:00 pm

Two media rights groups called for US Middle East military commander General John Abizaid to release a Reuters journalist being held at the Abu Ghraib prison facility in Iraq unless the military can provide a valid...

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Supreme Court ordered dissolution of Standard Oil

On May 15, 1911, the US Supreme Court found Standard Oil in violation of the Sherman Act and ordered its dissolution.

Read Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. U.S.

Austrian State Treaty signed

On May 15, 1955, the Allied Powers of World War II and representatives of Austria signed the Österreichischer Staatsvertrag (Austrian State Treaty), which re-established Austria as an independent nation for the first time since it was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1938. The treaty explicitly forbade any future attempts to unify with Germany.

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