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News California AG seeks chemical warnings on fries, snack food
California AG seeks chemical warnings on fries, snack food
Kate Heneroty
August 28, 2005 09:56:00 am

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer is seeking a court order requiring warning labels on foods that contains acrylamide , a chemical found in potato chips and french fries that the state believes may...

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News No vote on revised Iraq constitution draft; Sunnis object,  assembly adjourns
No vote on revised Iraq constitution draft; Sunnis object, assembly adjourns
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 28, 2005 08:50:00 am

A revised draft of the Iraqi constitution was presented and read out to Iraq's National Assembly Sunday, but continuing Sunni objections to the charter's stance on federalism, de-Baathification and other...

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News Sunni objections to Iraq constitution draft [AP]
Sunni objections to Iraq constitution draft [AP]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 27, 2005 08:33:00 pm

List of changes sought by Sunni negotiators to the draft Iraqi constitution , presented by Iraqi Culture Minister Nouri Farhan al-Rawi, Minister of State for Women's Affairs Azhar Abdel-Karim, Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Saad al-Hardan, Industry Minister Osama...

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News UPDATE ~ Top Iraqi Sunnis speak out against constitutional draft
UPDATE ~ Top Iraqi Sunnis speak out against constitutional draft
Christopher Tate
August 27, 2005 04:14:00 pm

Following up on an earlier report on JURIST's Paper Chase, four Sunni Iraqi Cabinet members and one Deputy Prime Minister on Saturday announced their reservations with the proposed draft constitution . The statement, filed by...

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News EDITORS WANTED ~ Research, write legal news in real time…
EDITORS WANTED ~ Research, write legal news in real time…
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
August 27, 2005 04:04:00 pm

JURIST is looking for talented, public-service oriented law students from law schools in the US and abroad to join our team of real-time legal news editors this fall.From Los Angeles to London, from Chicago to Cairo - if you're...

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News Egypt refuses to ratify nuclear treaty, calls on Israel to commit to nonproliferation
Egypt refuses to ratify nuclear treaty, calls on Israel to commit to nonproliferation
Christopher Tate
August 27, 2005 03:56:00 pm

Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit Saturday responded to a renewed call for it to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in advance of a meeting of treaty members in New York in September by saying it would...

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News Army investigating allegations of falsified DNA results used as criminal evidence
Army investigating allegations of falsified DNA results used as criminal evidence
Christopher Tate
August 27, 2005 03:01:00 pm

The Army's Criminal Investigation Command announced Friday that it is investigating a civilian lab worker who admitted to falsifying DNA test results in at least one instance, examining over 475 criminal cases dating back almost a decade....

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News Georgia voter ID law receives DOJ approval
Georgia voter ID law receives DOJ approval
Christopher Tate
August 27, 2005 02:54:00 pm

The US Department of Justice granted approval Friday to a Georgia law that would require photo identification to vote in elections. This approval, which is required of Georgia and other states with a...

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News Intergovernmental negotiating group named to revise UN reform agreement
Intergovernmental negotiating group named to revise UN reform agreement
Tatyana Margolin
August 27, 2005 01:08:00 pm

Responding to US-proposed changes to the draft agreement to be signed at next month's summit on UN reform , General Assembly President Jean Ping has named a core group of countries, including the US,...

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News US military releases 1,000 detainees from Abu Ghraib prison
US military releases 1,000 detainees from Abu Ghraib prison
Tatyana Margolin
August 27, 2005 12:36:00 pm

Over the past three days, some 1,000 detainees have been released from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in the largest release to date, the US military announced Saturday. According to Central Command, the release "marks...

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Warsaw Pact signed

On May 14, 1955, seven communist countries in Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland Romania, and the USSR) signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (Warsaw Pact), a mutual defense accord created to counter NATO in the West. East Germany joined in 1959. Albania left in 1968.

Delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention

On May 14, 1787, delegates from each state begin to arrive in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention.

The last delegates arrived 10 days later, on May 24. Learn more about the Constitutional Convention.

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