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News US to free 1,000 Abu Ghraib detainees
US to free 1,000 Abu Ghraib detainees
Sara R. Parsowith
September 26, 2005 08:17:00 am

In a goodwill gesture that was requested by the Iraqi government for Muslim holy month Ramadan , the US military Monday freed 500 detainees from Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and the military has said that...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Spanish court convicts al Qaeda leader on 9/11 charges
BREAKING NEWS ~ Spanish court convicts al Qaeda leader on 9/11 charges
Jeannie Shawl
September 26, 2005 08:01:00 am

AP is reporting that a Spanish court has convicted a suspected al Qaeda cell leader of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the September 11 attacks in the US.8:11 AM ET - Immad Yarkas, the...

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News Reports of violent crime in US at 30-year low, DOJ statistics show
Reports of violent crime in US at 30-year low, DOJ statistics show
Sara R. Parsowith
September 26, 2005 07:58:00 am

Reports of violent crime in the US in 2004 were at their lowest level since the US Department of Justice began compiling statistics 32 years ago, according to a report released Sunday. The Bureau of...

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News Bush call for Pentagon lead in disaster response raises law enforcement issue
Bush call for Pentagon lead in disaster response raises law enforcement issue
Sara R. Parsowith
September 26, 2005 07:10:00 am

In a briefing Sunday to military task force officials participating in Hurricane Rita relief efforts, President Bush suggested that the Pentagon, rather than state and local agencies, should be in charge of the response to future...

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News Israeli cabinet approves legal aid for officers charged abroad with war crimes
Israeli cabinet approves legal aid for officers charged abroad with war crimes
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 25, 2005 04:51:00 pm

The Israeli cabinet Sunday approved the provision of legal aid and support services to any Israeli military officer past or present who is charged outside of the country with war crimes. Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni proposed the undertaking...

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News New French anti-terror law to intensify e-surveillance, travel controls
New French anti-terror law to intensify e-surveillance, travel controls
Christopher G. Anderson
September 25, 2005 04:10:00 pm

Acting in the aftermath of the London bombings , the French government has finalized a new draft anti-terror law that would bolster the country’s video, telephone and Internet surveillance as well as tighten travel controls...

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News Iran minister calls nuke resolution "illegal", but leaves negotiations door open
Iran minister calls nuke resolution "illegal", but leaves negotiations door open
Sara R. Parsowith
September 25, 2005 03:00:00 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki Sunday called Saturday's International Atomic Energy Agency resolution declaring Iran in "non-compliance" with safeguards under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) a "politically and illegally motivated decision" made to a "US pre-planned...

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News Turkey conference on Armenian genocide opens despite court order
Turkey conference on Armenian genocide opens despite court order
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 25, 2005 12:56:00 pm

A conference in Turkey on the alleged genocide of 1.5 Armenians in the then-Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1917 went ahead on Saturday despite a court ban that prompted protests from EU representatives who saw...

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News Judge rules Visa, MasterCard need not notify consumers of data theft
Judge rules Visa, MasterCard need not notify consumers of data theft
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 25, 2005 12:36:00 pm

A California judge ruled Friday that credit card companies Visa and MasterCard do not have to notify individual consumers whose account data was stolen by an as-yet-unknown hacker in a mass cybertheft disclosed by MasterCard...

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News Iran nuclear "non-compliance" resolution [IAEA]
Iran nuclear "non-compliance" resolution [IAEA]
September 24, 2005 11:34:00 pm

Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency , September 24, 2005 and allows the IAEA to refer...

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Confederate rebels' voting rights restored under amnesty

On May 22, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the General Amnesty Act, allowing all but about 500 Southern male voters denied voting rights as a punishment for rebellion under the XIVth Amendment to regain their right to vote and hold office. General amnesty was finally made universal on June 6, 1898.

Sri Lanka constitution ratified

On May 22, 1972, the former British colony of Ceylon ratified a new constitution, becoming the Republic of Sri Lanka.

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