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News Annan calls for more transparent, inclusive constitutional process in Iraq
Annan calls for more transparent, inclusive constitutional process in Iraq
Chris Buell
September 16, 2005 02:02:00 pm

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on Iraq to make its constitutional process more transparent and inclusive. Such an approach would create a broader consensus leading up to the planned...

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News Roberts witness statements [US Senate Judiciary Committee]
Roberts witness statements [US Senate Judiciary Committee]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 16, 2005 01:46:00 pm

Transcript of witness testimony at the confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts, Jr., nominated to be Chief Justice of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, September 15, 2005. Read the prepared statements of the witnesses. Reported in JURIST's Paper...

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News UN evacuates 11 Uzbek refugees to London
UN evacuates 11 Uzbek refugees to London
Chris Buell
September 16, 2005 01:31:00 pm

The UN on Friday evacuated 11 Uzbek refugees to London after they fled to Kyrgyzstan following deadly riots that erupted in Andijan last spring. The 11 refugees were accused of terrorism by the Uzbekistan...

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News New Jersey Republicans allege election fraud, call for investigation
New Jersey Republicans allege election fraud, call for investigation
Chris Buell
September 16, 2005 01:16:00 pm

The New Jersey Republican Party has called on NJ Attorney General Peter Harvey to investigate widespread election irregularities it said it discovered in its own four-month probe. According to Republican State Committee Chairman Tom Wilson,...

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News Nepal army guilty of systematic torture, UN investigator says
Nepal army guilty of systematic torture, UN investigator says
Chris Buell
September 16, 2005 12:46:00 pm

The Nepalese army has resorted to systematic torture to gain intelligence and confessions in its continuing fight against Maoist rebels in the country, the Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights said Friday. Special Rapporteur...

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News Federal judge approves US Airways emergence from Chapter 11
Federal judge approves US Airways emergence from Chapter 11
Chris Buell
September 16, 2005 12:29:00 pm

A federal judge on Friday gave US Airways the green light to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy , a little more than a year after the beleaguered airline sought protection. The approval clears the way for...

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News Environmental brief ~ States sue USDA over invasive beetle control
Environmental brief ~ States sue USDA over invasive beetle control
Tom Henry
September 16, 2005 12:12:00 pm

In Friday's environmental law news, four states have sued the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for failing to impose effective controls against invasive wood-eating beetles. New York, California, Connecticut and Illinois filed a lawsuit [PDF...

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News US educational institutions celebrate first Constitution Day
US educational institutions celebrate first Constitution Day
Chris Buell
September 16, 2005 12:07:00 pm

Educational institutions across the United States took up the subject of the US Constitution for a day Friday, each with their own twist. The nationwide history lesson for students in schools and universities...

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News Missouri abortion assistance law [Governor MO]
Missouri abortion assistance law [Governor MO]
September 16, 2005 11:51:00 am

SB 1, modifying laws relating to abortion, signed into law by Missouri Governor Matt Blunt September 15, 2005 . Read the full text of the...

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News German court affirms dismissal of war crimes complaint against Rumsfeld
German court affirms dismissal of war crimes complaint against Rumsfeld
David Shucosky
September 16, 2005 11:34:00 am

A German state court in Stuttgart ruled Thursday that a federal prosecutor is not required to bring war crimes charges against US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in connection with abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US and Japan sign Kanagwa Treaty

On March 31, 1854, US Commodore Matthew Perry and representatives of the Japanese government signed the Convention of Kanagawa. The terms of the treaty marked the end of Japan's 500 years of self-imposed isolation by opening the Ports of Shimoda and Hakodate. Four years later, Japanese-American relations were further expanded by the Treaty of Amity and Commerce (Harris Treaty), which opened more Japanese ports to US trade and set up a system of extraterritoriality for Americans in Japan.

Spanish royal decree ordered expulsion of Jews

On March 31, 1492, King Ferdinand of Spain signed a decree expelling Jews from his kingdom. Read a contemporary account of the expulsion, originally written in Hebrew by an Italian Jew in 1495.

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