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News Democrats blame Treasury Department for not stopping US oil-for-food kickbacks
Democrats blame Treasury Department for not stopping US oil-for-food kickbacks
Andrew Wood
October 29, 2005 11:59:00 am

Democrats on the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations claimed in a minority staff report on the UN Oil-for-Food scandal released Friday that the US Treasury Department failed to respond to UN...

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News Libby lawyer hints at poor memory defense
Libby lawyer hints at poor memory defense
Alexis Unkovic
October 29, 2005 11:10:00 am

A lawyer for former Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby , who resigned Friday after a grand jury indictment , has outlined a possible defense for his client's alleged false statements before a grand...

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News UN human rights experts invited to Guantanamo
UN human rights experts invited to Guantanamo
Andrew Wood
October 29, 2005 10:56:00 am

In a statement released Friday, the US State Department announced that it has extended an invitation to Guantanamo Bay prison to three UN human rights rapporteurs. State Department officials say "the invitation was extended in...

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News Saddam reportedly accepted exile, legal immunity offer before Iraq war
Saddam reportedly accepted exile, legal immunity offer before Iraq war
Alexis Unkovic
October 29, 2005 10:37:00 am

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein accepted a last minute offer of exile from Arab leaders in 2003 just before the US-led invasion of Iraq, according to an Al Arabiya television documentary. According to the report, the deal...

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News Portugal constitutional court blocks referendum on abortion law
Portugal constitutional court blocks referendum on abortion law
Andrew Wood
October 29, 2005 10:09:00 am

Portugal's constitutional court has blocked a national referendum designed to relax the country's abortion laws. Prime Minister Jose Socrates and the ruling Socialist party had intended to hold the referendum on November 27...

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News Alaska Supreme Court ends ban on same-sex partner benefits
Alaska Supreme Court ends ban on same-sex partner benefits
Alexis Unkovic
October 29, 2005 10:05:00 am

The Alaska Supreme Court issued an opinion Friday ending the state practice of denying benefits to same-sex partners of public employees. While the high court determined that the policy violated the equal protection clause of the Alaska...

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News Fitzgerald Libby indictment press conference transcript [WP]
Fitzgerald Libby indictment press conference transcript [WP]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 28, 2005 08:35:00 pm

Transcript of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's Press Conference, October 28, 2005 . Read the full transcript of the press conference via...

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News Bush says Libby presumed innocent, due fair trial
Bush says Libby presumed innocent, due fair trial
Jeannie Shawl
October 28, 2005 03:50:00 pm

In a brief statement Friday afternoon outside the White House, President Bush called Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's "legal proceedings" against resigned Cheney chief of staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby "serious", but stressed that Libby is presumed innocent...

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News New York appeals court upholds ban on New Paltz same-sex marriages
New York appeals court upholds ban on New Paltz same-sex marriages
Holly Manges Jones
October 28, 2005 03:11:00 pm

A New York appellate court has upheld a lower court ruling banning New Paltz Mayor Jason West from performing same-sex marriages. The unanimous five-judge panel said West "acted beyond his authority" when...

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News New Paltz same-sex marriage ban ruling [NY SCAD]
New Paltz same-sex marriage ban ruling [NY SCAD]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 28, 2005 02:48:00 pm

Robert Hebel v. Jason West, New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, October 27, 2005 . Read the full text...

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UN Human Rights Council Established

On March 16, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly established the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to replace the UN Council on Human Rights. The UNHRC was created by the overwhelming passage of Resolution A/RES/60/251ly.

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James Madison, a leading framer of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, an author of the Federalist Papers, and the fourth President of the United States was born in Port Conway, Virginia, on March 16, 1751. Review Madison's speech in Congress introducing his proposed amendments to the Constitution, and his contributions to the Federalist Papers.

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