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News UPDATE ~ Egypt election commission rejects poll rerun request
UPDATE ~ Egypt election commission rejects poll rerun request
Sara R. Parsowith
September 8, 2005 09:21:00 pm

The Egyptian Presidential Election Commission late Thursday rejected a request by leading opposition candidate Ayman Nour to rerun Wednesday's presidential elections after reports of widespread fraud and procedural violations . An early...

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News Realtors antitrust suit [US DOJ]
Realtors antitrust suit [US DOJ]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 8, 2005 09:02:00 pm

US v. National Associatioon of Realtors, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Esatern Division, September 67, 2005 ....

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News DNA database constitutionality ruling [NJ SC]
DNA database constitutionality ruling [NJ SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 8, 2005 08:42:00 pm

State of New Jersey v. John O'Hagen, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appeals Division, September 7, 2005 . Excerpt:The minimal intrusion...

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News Sharon postpones demolition of Gaza synagogues despite high court ruling
Sharon postpones demolition of Gaza synagogues despite high court ruling
Sara R. Parsowith
September 8, 2005 08:39:00 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday night postponed the demolition of synagogues in the evacuated Gaza Strip despite an Israeli High Court decision earlier Thursday to permit the destruction of synagogues that could...

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News Executive order suspending court deadlines after Katrina [Governor LA]
Executive order suspending court deadlines after Katrina [Governor LA]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 8, 2005 08:34:00 pm

Emergency Suspension of Prescription, Peremption and Other Legal Deadlines, Executive Order KBB 2005-32, Governor Kathleen Blanco, September 6, 2005. Excerpt:All deadlines in legal proceedings, including liberative prescriptive and peremptive periods in all courts, administrative agencies, and boards are hereby suspended...

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News Hunger strike at Gitmo enters second month
Hunger strike at Gitmo enters second month
Sara R. Parsowith
September 8, 2005 08:09:00 pm

A US military spokesman said Thursday that a hunger strike of prisoners at the US terror-suspect detention camp at Guantanamo Bay has entered its second month. Some prisoners are now being force-fed via tubes and through...

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News Environmental brief ~ CA joins states suit  to increase appliance energy-efficiency
Environmental brief ~ CA joins states suit to increase appliance energy-efficiency
Tom Henry
September 8, 2005 07:50:00 pm

In Thursday's environmental law news, California has joined 14 other states suing the US Department of Energy (DOE) , alleging that the agency is 6 to 13 years behind schedule in updating efficiency standards for some household and...

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News Gonzales setting up special Katrina fraud task force
Gonzales setting up special Katrina fraud task force
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
September 8, 2005 07:16:00 pm

On a visit to the stricken Gulf Coast region with Vice President Dick Cheney, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Thursday outlined priorities for a new Hurricane Katrina Fraud Task Force set up in the Justice Department to deter, investigate...

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News US judge halts deportation of Egyptian for fear of torture
US judge halts deportation of Egyptian for fear of torture
Sara R. Parsowith
September 8, 2005 07:05:00 pm

US Immigration Judge Kenneth Hurewitz has ruled that Basuyouy Mamdouh Ebaid should not be deported because he would likely be tortured in his native Egypt. Ebaid was found on a terrorist watch list for praising Osama bin Laden [Wikipedia...

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News Switzerland opens Oil-for-Food investigation as UN, US call for reforms
Switzerland opens Oil-for-Food investigation as UN, US call for reforms
Holly Manges Jones
September 8, 2005 04:22:00 pm

Swiss authorities have announced that they are investigating four people in connection with the now defunct UN Oil-for-Food program , all of whom are suspected of money laundering and bribery. The four suspects have not...

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Catholic Church abolishes index of prohibited books

On June 14, 1966, the Roman Catholic Church abolished the Index Librorum Prohibitum (index of prohibited books). The list was first published in 1559 to ban books that the Church considered immoral or contradictory to Church teachings. Read a list of authors and works placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitum.

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On June 14, 1943, the US Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette that school children could not be compelled to salute the US flag if it conflicted with their religious beliefs.

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