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News Uganda names rebels wanted by ICC; pledges arrests
Uganda names rebels wanted by ICC; pledges arrests
Holly Manges Jones
October 7, 2005 02:16:00 pm

Uganda's defense minister Friday released the names of five men wanted in connection for cruelties suffered at the hands of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) after receiving arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal...

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News Former Bush administration official pleads not guilty to obstruction charges
Former Bush administration official pleads not guilty to obstruction charges
Holly Manges Jones
October 7, 2005 01:35:00 pm

President Bush's former chief procurement officer entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment Friday, in response to an indictment on charges that he made false statements and obstructed investigations into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The charges...

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News Adelphia founder, son indicted on tax fraud charges
Adelphia founder, son indicted on tax fraud charges
Holly Manges Jones
October 7, 2005 01:04:00 pm

Former Adelphia Communications CEO John Rigas and his son, the company's former CFO, have been indicted for failing to pay $300 million in taxes, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Friday. The IRS has said...

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News Five charged for Srebrenica killings by Serbian court
Five charged for Srebrenica killings by Serbian court
David Shucosky
October 7, 2005 11:53:00 am

Serbia charged five members of a paramilitary group, the Scorpions, Friday for their roles in the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. They and several others were arrested in June after a video [JURIST...

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News Indonesia to reconsider granting automatic sentence cuts
Indonesia to reconsider granting automatic sentence cuts
Wanda Kudrycka
October 7, 2005 11:50:00 am

The Indonesian government is reviewing a decree granting automatic sentence remissions to prisoners, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said Friday. The announcement follows protests from Australia over news that cleric Abu Bakir Bashir , convicted for his role in...

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News Spain deports 73 in ongoing border clash with Morocco
Spain deports 73 in ongoing border clash with Morocco
David Shucosky
October 7, 2005 11:38:00 am

Spain began deporting illegal immigrants on Friday after a week of border rushes at Melilla, a tiny enclave on Spain's border with Morocco along the northern coast of Africa. Hundreds of illegal African immigrants have entered the country this...

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News States brief ~ KS Supreme Court removes county judge for viewing online porn
States brief ~ KS Supreme Court removes county judge for viewing online porn
Rachel Felton
October 7, 2005 11:24:00 am

Leading Friday's states brief, the Kansas Supreme Court removed Saline County District Judge George. R. Robertson from the bench today for viewing pornography from his office computer. The court stated that the conduct of a single judge may...

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News New Orleans police chief says National Guard may be needed through March
New Orleans police chief says National Guard may be needed through March
David Shucosky
October 7, 2005 11:00:00 am

Although the New Orleans Police Department may be fully operational again as early as next month, acting Police Superintendent Warren Riley said Thursday that National Guard troops may be needed in the city through March. Riley wants the Guard...

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News Final preparations made for upcoming Iraqi constitution referendum
Final preparations made for upcoming Iraqi constitution referendum
David Shucosky
October 7, 2005 10:45:00 am

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq is wrapping up preparations for the October 15 vote on Iraq's draft constitution . The IECI, with support from the UN, has hired...

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Eisner resigns seat on Disney board of directors
David Shucosky
October 7, 2005 10:29:00 am

Although he was expected to stay on until September 2006 , former Disney Chairman Michael Eisner has cut all ties with Walt Disney Co. according to a document filed Thursday with...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

London Naval Treaty signed

On April 22, 1930, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, and Japan signed the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament (London Naval Treaty), which limited the production of warships and limited submarine warfare. Leading up to World War II, Japan and Italy withdrew from the treaty, leaving only the US, UK, and France to sign the Second London Naval Treaty.

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On April 22, 1946, US Supreme Court Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone died at the age of 73. Learn more about the life and career of Chief Justice Stone from Oyez.

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