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News More Uzbeks sentenced for  Andijan uprising
More Uzbeks sentenced for Andijan uprising
Joshua Pantesco
December 3, 2005 03:17:00 pm

Lower courts in Uzbekistan Saturday sentenced 25 more men found guilty of involvement in the May 2005 Andijan uprising. Thirteen defendants were sentenced by the Tashkent provincial court and 12 by the Tashkent city court; all received...

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News Yemen cleric faces execution for spying after appeal fails
Yemen cleric faces execution for spying after appeal fails
Joshua Pantesco
December 3, 2005 02:44:00 pm

A Yemeni appellate court Saturday upheld the capital sentence of a Shia cleric accused of spying for the Iranian government and for supporting an armed rebellion in northern Yemen last year. The case will now go...

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News Iran constitutional council OKs bill to block nuclear inspectors
Iran constitutional council OKs bill to block nuclear inspectors
Joshua Pantesco
December 3, 2005 01:55:00 pm

Iran's conservative Guardian Council Saturday approved the constitutionality of a bill designed to prevent inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if Iran is reported to the UN Security Council...

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News EU protests death penalty after 1,000th US execution
EU protests death penalty after 1,000th US execution
Joshua Pantesco
December 3, 2005 01:40:00 pm

The European Union has released a statement criticizing the death penalty after North Carolina executed Kenneth Lee Boyd , marking the 1,000th execution in the US since the US Supreme Court lifted a 10 year...

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News Illinois safe video games legislation ruling [US DC]
Illinois safe video games legislation ruling [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 3, 2005 12:41:00 pm

Entertainment Software Association et al. v. Rod Blagojevich, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly, December 2, 2005 [holding that an Illinois law restricting the sale and rental of violent or sexually explicit...

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News Rice to defend US treatment, transport of detainees as ACLU readies CIA suit
Rice to defend US treatment, transport of detainees as ACLU readies CIA suit
Andrew Wood
December 3, 2005 11:28:00 am

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to deliver a stern message to leaders in Europe when she heads there Monday, telling them in effect to "back off" from their criticism of US treatment of terror...

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News Fitzgerald suggests CIA leak probe may continue
Fitzgerald suggests CIA leak probe may continue
Alexis Unkovic
December 3, 2005 11:27:00 am

In court papers filed Friday, US Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said certain details of his investigation into the CIA leak case , including grand jury testimony and documents identifying witnesses, must remain secret, implying that...

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News Wisconsin governor vetoes malpractice award-cap bill
Wisconsin governor vetoes malpractice award-cap bill
Andrew Wood
December 3, 2005 10:51:00 am

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle Friday vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money victims in medical malpractice lawsuits could be awarded for pain and suffering at $450,000 for adults and $550,000 for minors. Doyle said...

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News ICC authorizes independent board to run war crime victims fund
ICC authorizes independent board to run war crime victims fund
Alexis Unkovic
December 3, 2005 10:43:00 am

The 100-nation governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Friday authorized an independent board to award funds to victims of war crimes through administration of the international Victims Trust Fund . Member...

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News Federal judge strikes down Illinois ‘safe games’ legislation
Federal judge strikes down Illinois ‘safe games’ legislation
Alexis Unkovic
December 3, 2005 10:09:00 am

US District Judge Matthew F. Kennelly of the Northern District of Illinois ruled Friday that an Illinois law restricting the sale and rental of violent or sexually explicit video games to minors is an...

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IOC expels 6 members for taking bribes

On March 17, 1999, the International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members for taking bribes. The preceding investigation revealed that the indicted officials had received over $800,000 in gifts and benefits from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) before awarding the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City.

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US Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, author of the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, was born in Calvert County, Maryland, on March 17, 1777.

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