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News Home Secretary reconsiders criminal terrorism proposals
Home Secretary reconsiders criminal terrorism proposals
Joshua Pantesco
October 6, 2005 07:09:00 pm

In a letter sent Thursday to opposition colleagues, UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke amended a three-week old proposal to criminalize a broad range of activities that could be interpreted as “glorifying” terrorism. The proposal...

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News States brief ~ MI Senate passes resolutions to prevent same-sex benefits
States brief ~ MI Senate passes resolutions to prevent same-sex benefits
Rachel Felton
October 6, 2005 05:33:00 pm

Leading Thursday's states brief, the Michigan Senate voted to approve two resolutions today that would prevent taxpayer money from being spent on same-sex benefits until the state Supreme Court decides whether a lower court ruling allowing public...

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News Massachusetts high court hears non-resident gay marriage lawsuit
Massachusetts high court hears non-resident gay marriage lawsuit
Christopher G. Anderson
October 6, 2005 03:38:00 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts , heard oral arguments Thursday on the issue of whether same-sex couples from out-of-state can marry in Massachusetts, the first state to legalize same-sex marriage . The court is deciding...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Karl Rove to testify in CIA leak case
BREAKING NEWS ~ Karl Rove to testify in CIA leak case
Jeannie Shawl
October 6, 2005 03:27:00 pm

AP is reporting that presidential adviser Karl Rove has agreed to provide additional testimony in the investigation into how CIA officer Valerie Plame's name was leaked. Rove will testify before a grand jury without a guarantee that he won't...

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News Ex-Bosnian president gets 10 year sentence for embezzlement
Ex-Bosnian president gets 10 year sentence for embezzlement
Christopher G. Anderson
October 6, 2005 03:09:00 pm

Former Bosnian President Ante Jelavic , who unsuccessfully tried to establish an autonomous Croat state within Bosnia, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years for embezzling money from a bank set up by Croat nationalists to fund the mini-state....

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News Former cadet sues Air Force for alleged religious intolerance
Former cadet sues Air Force for alleged religious intolerance
Christopher G. Anderson
October 6, 2005 02:05:00 pm

Mikey Weinstein, a graduate of the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday claiming senior academy officials illegally forced Christianity upon him. Weinstein, who is Jewish, said the USAFA violated cadets'...

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News Former Russian nuclear minister to appeal Swiss extradition to US
Former Russian nuclear minister to appeal Swiss extradition to US
Christopher G. Anderson
October 6, 2005 01:07:00 pm

Former Russian atomic energy minister Yevgeny Adamov intends to appeal a Swiss court ruling to extradite him to the United States, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Justice Department said Thursday. Last week, a Swiss court ruled ...

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News British prisoners may be given right to vote
British prisoners may be given right to vote
Holly Manges Jones
October 6, 2005 12:37:00 pm

The United Kingdom's Department for Constitutional Affairs has said it will review rules preventing prisoners from voting in British elections, after a European court upheld an earlier decision that determined that the rules violate prisoners'...

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News Indonesia high court prohibits jailing of journalists
Indonesia high court prohibits jailing of journalists
Holly Manges Jones
October 6, 2005 12:12:00 pm

The Supreme Court in Indonesia Wednesday ordered that courts should not imprison journalists found guilty in criminal press dispute cases, but should instead impose fines against them. Indonesian Chief Justice Bagir Manan said in a statement...

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News Former Bush administration official indicted in Abramoff probe
Former Bush administration official indicted in Abramoff probe
Holly Manges Jones
October 6, 2005 11:34:00 am

President Bush's former top procurement official was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on five felony counts, including making false statements and obstructing investigations into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff. The charges against David Safavian relate to an investigation...

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Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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