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News Ex-Gitmo detainee convicted, sentenced in Spain for al Qaeda involvement
Ex-Gitmo detainee convicted, sentenced in Spain for al Qaeda involvement
Jamie Sterling
October 5, 2005 11:16:00 am

A Spanish court convicted a former Guantanamo Bay detainee Wednesday and sentenced him to six years in Spanish jail for his involvement in the al Qaeda terror organization. Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed, who hails from the Spanish...

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News US military personnel detail Gitmo, Iraq detainee abuse in new book, meeting
US military personnel detail Gitmo, Iraq detainee abuse in new book, meeting
Alexandria Samuel
October 5, 2005 10:45:00 am

Amid efforts to pass legislation that would impose restrictions on the detention and interrogation of terror suspects, more allegations have been made of detainee mistreatment at US facilities in Guantanamo Bay and Iraq. Army...

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News NYT reporter says not part of cover-up in CIA probe
NYT reporter says not part of cover-up in CIA probe
Alexandria Samuel
October 5, 2005 10:15:00 am

In an interview Tuesday with CNN's Lou Dobbs, New York Times reporter Judith Miller called the 85 days she spent in Virginia's Alexandria Detention Facility demeaning and lonely, and defended her decision to...

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News Chirac says Turkey must make major changes for EU membership
Chirac says Turkey must make major changes for EU membership
Wanda Kudrycka
October 5, 2005 09:54:00 am

French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday at a Paris news conference that Turkey would need to make deep reforms in order to conform to fundamental European cultural standards - what...

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News McCain, Graham push US detainee treatment legislation despite Bush veto threat
McCain, Graham push US detainee treatment legislation despite Bush veto threat
Jeannie Shawl
October 5, 2005 09:15:00 am

US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has resurrected proposed legislation that would impose restrictions on the detention, interrogation and prosecution of terror suspects. McCain's proposal, to be added as an amendment to the military spending bill...

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News 19,000 Serbs participated in Srebrenica massacre, government report finds
19,000 Serbs participated in Srebrenica massacre, government report finds
Wanda Kudrycka
October 5, 2005 07:23:00 am

A Bosnian government panel said Tuesday that over 19,000 Bosnian Serbs, including policemen, army officials and civilians, participated in the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The report is based on information gained from the Serb Republic's...

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News First compensation payments made to London bombing victims
First compensation payments made to London bombing victims
Wanda Kudrycka
October 5, 2005 06:45:00 am

Britain's Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) made the first compensation payments to victims of July 7 London bombings Tuesday. CICA has so far sent out two checks and offered interim payments totaling £400,000 ($700,000...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Iraq assembly reverses constitution vote rule change
BREAKING NEWS ~ Iraq assembly reverses constitution vote rule change
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
October 5, 2005 06:43:00 am

BBC News is reporting that Iraq's National Assembly has voted to reverse its recent changes to the rules of the country's constitutional referendum scheduled for October 15. The changes, adopted by the Shiite- and Kurd-dominated body over the weekend,...

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News Iraqi lawmakers approve death penalty in anti-terror law
Iraqi lawmakers approve death penalty in anti-terror law
Chris Buell
October 4, 2005 05:00:00 pm

The Iraqi National Assembly Tuesday approved new anti-terror legislation with stiff penalties for those convicted under it, including the death penalty for those found guilty of financing or provoking terrorism. The new law comes as a violent...

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News Lawyer: wanted Croatian general will surrender if tried at home
Lawyer: wanted Croatian general will surrender if tried at home
Greg Sampson
October 4, 2005 04:59:00 pm

A defense lawyer for fugitive Gen. Ante Gotovina said in an interview Tuesday that his client would surrender to authorities if he is allowed to face trial in his home country of Croatia. Currently, Gotovina would face...

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Supreme court overturns racially restrictive covenants

On May 3, 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, even covenants between private individuals. In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Court overturned a covenant among members of a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that restricted home sales to only white families.

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