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News Venezuela may seek extradition of Robertson for assassination comments
Venezuela may seek extradition of Robertson for assassination comments
Kate Heneroty
August 29, 2005 10:09:00 am

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Sunday that his nation would take legal action against Christian evangelist Pat Robertson and could seek his extradition to Venezuela, after Robertson suggested his assassination last week. In...

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News Australian PM rejects school headscarf ban
Australian PM rejects school headscarf ban
Kate Heneroty
August 29, 2005 09:33:00 am

Australian Prime Minister John Howard rejected a proposal Monday that Muslim girls be forbidden from wearing headscarves in public schools, saying that banning headscarves only would be impractical and banning headscarves only would be inconsistent. The suggestion...

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News Iran rejects European, American nuclear talks
Iran rejects European, American nuclear talks
Kate Heneroty
August 29, 2005 09:05:00 am

Iran rejected conditional negotiations with Europe concerning its nuclear program Sunday, instead voicing interest in talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency . Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi also said the United States would not be included...

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News Thousands protest Iraq constitution as Sunni party calls for changes
Thousands protest Iraq constitution as Sunni party calls for changes
Jeannie Shawl
August 29, 2005 08:35:00 am

Thousands of Sunni Arabs protested the draft Iraqi constitution Monday, one day after the revised draft was presented and read to the National Assembly . The parliament did not vote to...

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News New Orleans mandatory evacuation order [Mayor NO]
New Orleans mandatory evacuation order [Mayor NO]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 28, 2005 08:03:00 pm

Promulgation of Emergency Orders, Mayor of New Orleans, August 28, 2005 . Excerpt:1. A mandatory evacuation order is hereby called for all of the Parish of...

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News Iraq president sticks by refusal to sign any Saddam death order
Iraq president sticks by refusal to sign any Saddam death order
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 28, 2005 02:48:00 pm

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has said once again that he will not sign any eventual warrant for the execution of ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, and would quit instead. During an interview on al-Arabiya TV, he insisted...

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Mayor orders New Orleans evacuated ahead of hurricane hit
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 28, 2005 01:52:00 pm

Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the entire US city of New Orleans (population 484,674) evacuated Sunday in advance of the anticipated Gulf Coast landfall Monday morning of Hurricane Katrina , currently described by the National Weather Service as a...

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News Israeli PM Sharon’s son indicted for campaign finance corruption
Israeli PM Sharon’s son indicted for campaign finance corruption
Kate Heneroty
August 28, 2005 11:13:00 am

Omri Sharon , a member of the Israeli Knesst and the son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , was indicted Sunday on charges of forgery, perjury and violating campaign finance laws, stemming from his fund raising activities...

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News Iranian judges to carry guns for protection following attacks
Iranian judges to carry guns for protection following attacks
Kate Heneroty
August 28, 2005 10:52:00 am

From Monday Iranian judges will be allowed to carry handguns and may shoot if they feel threatened, according to an official speaking Sunday after the fourth attack on an Iranian judge in four weeks. Tehran...

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News Egypt releases opposition group leader after 3 month detention
Egypt releases opposition group leader after 3 month detention
Kate Heneroty
August 28, 2005 10:31:00 am

Egypt Saturday released from prison Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary-general of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood opposition group. Ezzat was arrested in May in a crackdown on political protests, days before the country's...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia

On September 5, 1774, the first assembly of the Continental Congress, forerunner of the US Congress, convened in Philadelphia to protest the so-called "Intolerable Acts" passed by the British Parliament. Review the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress.

France passes conscription law

On September 5, 1798, France promulgated a conscription policy with the passage of the Jourdan Law. The law instituted a draft for all males between the ages of twenty and twenty-five with exceptions for clergy, holders of public office, and certain students and industrial workers. The law also allowed the wealthy to pay for someone else to take their place in the military.

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