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News Egyptian detainee freed from Guantanamo Bay
Egyptian detainee freed from Guantanamo Bay
Greg Sampson
October 1, 2005 04:47:00 pm

The US Department of Defense announced Saturday the release of one Egyptian detainee from the prison at Guantanamo Bay after a military Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined he was no longer...

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News US releases second group of 500 Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghraib
US releases second group of 500 Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghraib
Greg Sampson
October 1, 2005 04:45:00 pm

The US military Saturday released a second group of 500 Iraqi detainees from Abu Ghraib prison following an earlier release of more than 500 detainees Monday , and a release of another 1.000 ...

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News UN human rights chief wants observers at Uzbek trials of accused rebels
UN human rights chief wants observers at Uzbek trials of accused rebels
Greg Sampson
October 1, 2005 04:19:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour announced Friday that she intends to send an official observer to the Uzbekistan trial of protestors accused of plotting a rebellion during the spring Andijan uprising [HRW...

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News White House threatens veto if Senate adds detainee treatment amendment to defense bill
White House threatens veto if Senate adds detainee treatment amendment to defense bill
Greg Sampson
October 1, 2005 02:45:00 pm

The White House Friday threatened to veto a $440.2 billion defense spending bill if the Senate amended it to establish a national commission on detainee operations or include provisions regulating the detention, treatment, or trial of terrorists. In an...

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News GAO finds Bush administration payments for favorable education news illegal
GAO finds Bush administration payments for favorable education news illegal
Alexis Unkovic
October 1, 2005 12:01:00 pm

The General Counsel of the US Government Accountability Office issued a scathing opinion letter Friday criticizing the Bush administration's use of news media and commentators to promote education policies like the No Child Left Behind...

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News Nebraska high court overrules legislature on amended murder sentence
Nebraska high court overrules legislature on amended murder sentence
Alexis Unkovic
October 1, 2005 11:05:00 am

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that members of the Nebraska Legislature overstepped their authority when they changed the minimum sentence for first-degree murder from life in prison to life in prison without parole in...

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News Top US general says Iraq draft constitution divisive
Top US general says Iraq draft constitution divisive
Alexis Unkovic
October 1, 2005 10:12:00 am

US Army General George Casey , the senior US commander in Iraq, expressed concern over the Iraqi constitution at a news conference Friday, saying the draft had created divisiveness among the...

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Arkansas governor Faubus attempted to stop integration of Little Rock high school

On September 4, 1957, Arkansas Governor Orville Faubus called out state National Guard troops to prevent federal court-ordered integration of black students into Central High School in Little Rock. President Eisenhower subsequently sent the US 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock to enforce the ruling.

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