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News Australia anti-terror bill report [Australia Senate]
Australia anti-terror bill report [Australia Senate]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
November 28, 2005 05:50:00 pm

Provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005, Parliament of Australia, Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee, November 28, 2005 [report on pending Australian anti-terrorism legislation calling for the removal of the sedition section of the laws and seeking to shorten...

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News Federal appeals court strikes down Missouri ‘partial-birth’ abortion ban
Federal appeals court strikes down Missouri ‘partial-birth’ abortion ban
Alexandria Samuel
November 28, 2005 04:28:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday upheld a lower court decision striking down a Missouri law restricting late-term abortions. The Infant Protection Act was passed in July 2004...

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News Environmental brief ~ UN climate treaty conference convenes in Canada
Environmental brief ~ UN climate treaty conference convenes in Canada
Tom Henry
November 28, 2005 04:05:00 pm

Leading Monday's environmental law news, the eleventh session of the United Nations Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention (COP 11) began today with the first session of the meeting of the Parties...

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News Armenian constitution change headed for easy approval despite fraud problems
Armenian constitution change headed for easy approval despite fraud problems
Alexandria Samuel
November 28, 2005 03:57:00 pm

Armenian electoral officials report that nearly 64 percent of registered voters in the former Soviet republic turned out Sunday to give overwhelming support to a referendum to change the country's constitution and impose stricter separation of powers...

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News International Criminal Court expects trials to begin in 2006
International Criminal Court expects trials to begin in 2006
Alexandria Samuel
November 28, 2005 03:15:00 pm

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court announced Monday that the Hague-based court expects its first round of trials to start as early as mid-2006. In connection with this week's meeting of states...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in government immunity case
Supreme Court hears arguments in government immunity case
Tom Henry
November 28, 2005 03:13:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in Will v. Hallock where it will decide whether a plaintiff who sued the federal government for an alleged...

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News California congressman pleads guilty to bribery, tax charges
California congressman pleads guilty to bribery, tax charges
Tom Henry
November 28, 2005 02:47:00 pm

Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA) pleaded guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion and promptly resigned from office. Cunningham admitted to taking $2.4 million in bribes in a...

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News Egyptian judges reject parliamentary election results
Egyptian judges reject parliamentary election results
Tom Henry
November 28, 2005 02:12:00 pm

A group of Egyptian jurists known as The Judges Club said in a statement Monday that, due to over 100 irregularities reported by monitoring judges at polling stations, it did not endorse the results of the parliamentary runoff elections....

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News Afghan government: US punishment for corpse burning ‘very lenient’
Afghan government: US punishment for corpse burning ‘very lenient’
Brandon Smith
November 28, 2005 01:05:00 pm

Afghanistan's government said Monday that it believed the US military's punishment for four American soldiers who burned the bodies of two Taliban rebels was "very lenient." The US military said Saturday that the soldiers, who...

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News Chief witness in Hariri probe says story false, was bribed
Chief witness in Hariri probe says story false, was bribed
Brandon Smith
November 28, 2005 12:37:00 pm

Hosam Taher Hosam, a Syrian witness who told the UN committee investigating the death of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri that Syrian and Lebanese officials had a hand in the February 14 assassination...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Indian National Congress founded

The Indian National Congress (INC) was founded on December 28, 1885 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. In subsequent decades, the so-called Congress Party would advocate for Indian independence from the UK, which was eventually achieved in 1947. The first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, was elected as a member of the INC. Learn more about the history and founding of the Indian National Congress.

Congress recognized Pledge of Allegiance

On December 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and encouraged its recitation in schools. The Pledge was supposedly written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus Day. The words “under God” were added by Congress in 1954. The revised version of the Pledge was the subject of litigation before the United States Supreme Court originally brought by Michael Newdow, a parent who unsuccessfully objected to his daughter's school district policy requiring daily recitation of the Pledge. The court ruled that Newdow had no standing.

Nepal ends monarchy, establishes republic

On December 28, 2007, the Kingdom of Nepal's interim parliament ended the country's monarchy and established the Republic of Nepal. Free elections were held on April 10 of the following year to elect a Constituent Assembly.

Learn more about the rise of democracy in Nepal.

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