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News French PM to impose curfews, deploy police forces to combat rioting
French PM to impose curfews, deploy police forces to combat rioting
Tom Henry
November 7, 2005 03:03:00 pm

As rioting continues to spread in France , Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin on Monday announced the implementation of curfews and the deployment of 9,500 police officers and...

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News US Army Rangers charged with abusing Iraq detainees
US Army Rangers charged with abusing Iraq detainees
Tom Henry
November 7, 2005 02:40:00 pm

The US military announced Monday that five members of the 75th Ranger Regiment have been charged with physically assaulting prisoners in Iraq in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice . The five elite...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Grokster shutting down to settle file-sharing suit
BREAKING NEWS ~ Grokster shutting down to settle file-sharing suit
Jeannie Shawl
November 7, 2005 02:19:00 pm

CBS News is reporting that file-sharing software developer Grokster has agreed to shut down its operations in order to settle an online piracy lawsuit filed by Hollywood and the music industry. In June 2005, the US Supreme...

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News US Supreme Court to hear foreigner rights, workmen’s compensation cases
US Supreme Court to hear foreigner rights, workmen’s compensation cases
Tom Henry
November 7, 2005 02:04:00 pm

In addition to considering the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case involving Guantanamo tribunals , the US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three other cases. In Bustillo v. Johnson, the Court will consider...

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News Bush: "We do not torture" terror suspects
Bush: "We do not torture" terror suspects
Brandon Smith
November 7, 2005 01:30:00 pm

US President George W. Bush on Monday defended US interrogation techniques in the war on terror and insisted that the US does not torture terror detainees. Answering questions about reports of a secret...

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News India foreign minister removed after oil-for-food allegations
India foreign minister removed after oil-for-food allegations
Brandon Smith
November 7, 2005 12:35:00 pm

Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh was removed from his position Monday at his own request after allegations arose that he improperly benefited from the now-defunct UN oil-for-food program in Iraq. According to the government,...

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News Fraud allegations won’t mar Afghan election results, commission says
Fraud allegations won’t mar Afghan election results, commission says
Lisl Brunner
November 7, 2005 11:45:00 am

The UN-Afghan Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) said Monday that final results of Afghanistan's legislative polls will be announced on Wednesday , and that fraud allegations will not call the results into question. The September...

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News Former Peru president arrested in Chile
Former Peru president arrested in Chile
Lisl Brunner
November 7, 2005 10:40:00 am

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was arrested in Chile on Monday at the request of the Peruvian government. Fujimori had arrived from Japan in a bid to reenter Peru and run for the presidency in...

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News Blair urges MPs to keep 90-day detention limit despite calls for compromise
Blair urges MPs to keep 90-day detention limit despite calls for compromise
Kate Heneroty
November 7, 2005 10:39:00 am

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair urged British members of Parliament Monday "not to compromise with the nation's security" by reducing a proposed legislative 90-day time limit for detaining terror suspects without charge recommended by London's...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Supreme Court to hear challenge to Gitmo tribunals
BREAKING NEWS ~ Supreme Court to hear challenge to Gitmo tribunals
Jeannie Shawl
November 7, 2005 10:09:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the Bush administration's use of military tribunals for foreign terror suspects. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld comes on appeal from the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

St. Ives, patron saint of lawyers, died

St. Ives, Paris student of the civil law, advocate of the poor, and patron saint of lawyers died on May 19, 1303.

Learn more about St. Ives in the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Mexico ratifies Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

On May 19, 1848, Mexico ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded roughly half of Mexico's territory to the United States. Learn more about the Mexican-American War from the US Library of Congress.

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