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News Documents show US interrogators’ techniques ‘remembered from movies’ in Iraq
Documents show US interrogators’ techniques ‘remembered from movies’ in Iraq
Sara R. Parsowith
September 16, 2005 06:50:00 am

US soldiers serving in Iraq relied on techniques they remembered from movies to interrogate prisoners, according to documents released Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union as part of its ongoing Freedom of Information Act requests [ACLU...

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News Mississippi sues insurance companies over Katrina payouts
Mississippi sues insurance companies over Katrina payouts
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 15, 2005 09:40:00 pm

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced Thursday that his office had filed a civil suit against five national insurance companies - Mutual Insurance Co., State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., Allstate Property and Casualty Co.,...

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News Draft terrorism bill [UK Home Office]
Draft terrorism bill [UK Home Office]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 15, 2005 08:35:00 pm

Terrorism Bill, UK Home Office, September 13, 2005 . Review the...

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News DOD worker told to destroy Atta documents will talk to Judiciary Committee
DOD worker told to destroy Atta documents will talk to Judiciary Committee
Sara R. Parsowith
September 15, 2005 08:33:00 pm

US Congressman Curt Weldon (R-PA) said Thursday that an unnamed Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohammed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 9/11 attacks , and was...

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News DOJ, Plame special counsel wanted Congress to block CIA ID leak probe
DOJ, Plame special counsel wanted Congress to block CIA ID leak probe
Sara R. Parsowith
September 15, 2005 08:13:00 pm

The US Department of Justice and the special counsel investigating the leak of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame advised Congress earlier this week to block legislation that would force the adminstration to...

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News DOJ drops voting rights suit against Boston
DOJ drops voting rights suit against Boston
Sara R. Parsowith
September 15, 2005 08:05:00 pm

The US Department of Justice said Thursday it had dropped its voting rights lawsuit against Boston after city officials agreed to provide voting materials such as ballots and registration notices in Spanish, Chinese...

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News UN waiting for Iraqi Assembly to sign off on constitution before printing draft
UN waiting for Iraqi Assembly to sign off on constitution before printing draft
Sara R. Parsowith
September 15, 2005 07:49:00 pm

A UN spokesperson in Iraq confirmed Thursday that the UN plans to distribute five million copies of Iraq's draft constitution to Iraqis before a national referendum on the charter on October 15, but indicated that printing...

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News Former Cuban political prisoner sues Castro for psychiatric abuse
Former Cuban political prisoner sues Castro for psychiatric abuse
Sara R. Parsowith
September 15, 2005 07:30:00 pm

Nilo Jerez, a former political prisoner in Cuba , sued Fidel Castro and his government Thursday claiming he had been rendered sterile after having been repeatedly tortured with drugs and electric shocks in the early...

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News Environmental brief ~ Federal judge dismisses states CO2 lawsuit
Environmental brief ~ Federal judge dismisses states CO2 lawsuit
Tom Henry
September 15, 2005 07:00:00 pm

Leading Thursday's environmental law news, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 8 states against four private energy companies and the federal Tennessee Valley Authority which claimed they contributed to global warming. US District Judge...

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News New York AG indicts 8 former execs of largest US insurance brokerage
New York AG indicts 8 former execs of largest US insurance brokerage
Sara R. Parsowith
September 15, 2005 06:58:00 pm

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and State Insurance Superintendent Howard Mills Thursday said that eight former senior executives of Marsh & McLennan had been indicted for bids given "under false pretenses."...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

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