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News Federal judge urges state, local officials to expedite New Orleans mayor elections
Federal judge urges state, local officials to expedite New Orleans mayor elections
Jaime Jansen
December 27, 2005 04:35:00 pm

US District Judge Ivan Lemelle Tuesday urged federal and state officials to work together and quickly set a date for the postponed New Orleans mayoral primary elections at a hearing of...

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News Specter slams Saddam trial process in tribunal chamber
Specter slams Saddam trial process in tribunal chamber
Jaime Jansen
December 27, 2005 04:12:00 pm

On a brief visit to Iraq Tuesday US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter met with the chief judge overseeing the Saddam Hussein trial , telling reporters gathered in the trial chamber before the meeting...

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News US  doubts government control of Iraqi prisons
US doubts government control of Iraqi prisons
Jaime Jansen
December 27, 2005 03:47:00 pm

The US State Department said Tuesday that Iraqi prisons are only “nominally” under control of the elected government in Baghdad, acknowledging that they are in practice run by the Shiite-led Interior Ministry , which has not yet...

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News FISC changes to post-2001 Bush wiretap requests may have prompted end-run
FISC changes to post-2001 Bush wiretap requests may have prompted end-run
Joshua Pantesco
December 27, 2005 01:42:00 pm

The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) substantively modified 179 Bush administration wiretap requests made after 2001, after declining to modify a single request in 20 of the 21 years between 1979 and 1999, according to an...

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News Turkish prosecutors may charge EU lawmaker with state slander
Turkish prosecutors may charge EU lawmaker with state slander
Joshua Pantesco
December 27, 2005 01:17:00 pm

Turkish prosecutors launched an inquiry Tuesday into whether slander charges should be brought against a European Union lawmaker who made disparaging remarks about the Turkish army, an act criminalized by the revised Turkish penal code . Dutch legislator...

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News Serbia close to finding war crimes fugative Mladic, sources say
Serbia close to finding war crimes fugative Mladic, sources say
Joshua Pantesco
December 27, 2005 01:05:00 pm

A Serbian security official said Tuesday that Serb police had intercepted a cell phone conversation involving Bosnian Serb general and indicted war criminal Ratko Mladic , the strongest lead police have thusfar developed in...

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News Saddam adds three Arab lawyers to defense team
Saddam adds three Arab lawyers to defense team
Joshua Pantesco
December 27, 2005 12:57:00 pm

Saddam Hussein has authorized three more lawyers to work with the four already representing him at his Baghdad trial for the 1982 massacre at Dujail that left as many as...

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News Russian upper house passes bill limiting NGOs
Russian upper house passes bill limiting NGOs
Joshua Pantesco
December 27, 2005 12:07:00 pm

The Federation Council , Russia's upper house of parliament, voted 152-1 Tuesday for a bill first approved by the lower house last month that greatly increases state control over non-governmental organizations (NGOs) by implementing strict registration...

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News Execution feud prompts Austria town to expunge Schwarzenegger from website
Execution feud prompts Austria town to expunge Schwarzenegger from website
Alexandria Samuel
December 27, 2005 11:49:00 am

Officials in the Austrian city of Graz have removed all references to Arnold Schwarzenegger from the city's website in the wake of controversy over the California Governor's decision earlier this month to deny clemency to...

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News Thousands in Baghdad protest Iraq election ‘fraud’
Thousands in Baghdad protest Iraq election ‘fraud’
Alexandria Samuel
December 27, 2005 11:11:00 am

Over 10,000 Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad Tuesday to protest alleged fraud in the December 15 parliamentary elections in Iraq . Complaints of fraud surfaced almost immediately after the polls closed , with the majority...

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Nineteenth Amendment ratified

On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing women's suffrage, was ratified by the states. Learn more about the Nineteenth Amendment.

IOC bars South Africa over Apartheid

On August 18, 1964, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred South Africa from participating in the Summer Olympics due to the country's Apartheid policy. The nation would not be reinstated until 1992. Learn more about the banishment of South Africa by the IOC from the BBC.

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