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News Abused Catholic bishop supports bill giving victims longer time to sue
Abused Catholic bishop supports bill giving victims longer time to sue
Holly Manges Jones
January 12, 2006 11:03:00 am

Detroit Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, 75, became the first US Catholic bishop to publicly admit he was sexually abused by a priest after he met with Ohio lawmakers Wednesday in support of a state bill proposing the...

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News DOJ threatens New York with lawsuit for failing to modernize voting process
DOJ threatens New York with lawsuit for failing to modernize voting process
David Shucosky
January 12, 2006 11:01:00 am

The US Department of Justice has indicated it may file a lawsuit against New York state for failing to modernize its voting procedures in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 . The state Board...

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News Mexican high court rejects efforts to prosecute ex-president for genocide
Mexican high court rejects efforts to prosecute ex-president for genocide
Christopher G. Anderson
January 12, 2006 10:41:00 am

An attempt by a special prosecutor to try former Mexican president Luis Echeverria on genocide charges for the massacre of hundreds of students during a 1968 demonstration was rejected by Wednesday by the Mexican Supreme Court [official...

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News Negotiations resume on new UN rights panel
Negotiations resume on new UN rights panel
Christopher G. Anderson
January 12, 2006 10:10:00 am

US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton and representatives from other UN member countries resumed negotiations Wednesday on the creation of a new UN rights watchdog to replace the Human Rights Commission . At the closed...

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News Alito confirmation hearings transcript: Day 3 [AP]
Alito confirmation hearings transcript: Day 3 [AP]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 12, 2006 09:37:00 am

Transcript of Day 3 of confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito, Jr., nominated to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, US Senate Judiciary Committee, January 11, 2006. Read the full text transcript as provided...

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News Congo election officials certify approval of new constitution
Congo election officials certify approval of new constitution
Kate Heneroty
January 12, 2006 09:25:00 am

Electoral results released by the Independent Electoral Commission in the Democratic Republic of Congo Wednesday certify the landslide approval of the new Congolese constitution ....

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News Pope John Paul II shooter released from Turkish prison
Pope John Paul II shooter released from Turkish prison
Kate Heneroty
January 12, 2006 09:02:00 am

Mehmet Ali Agca , a Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from a Turkish prison Thursday to cheers from a crowd of nationalist supporters. After serving 20...

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News Canadian Gitmo detainee seeks change of lawyers as military hearings get underway
Canadian Gitmo detainee seeks change of lawyers as military hearings get underway
Christopher G. Anderson
January 12, 2006 09:02:00 am

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr on Wednesday asked the judge presiding over Khadr's military trial to delay proceedings so that Khadr could secure counsel with more trial experience....

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News German court sentences Iraqi for recruiting, funding insurgents
German court sentences Iraqi for recruiting, funding insurgents
Kate Heneroty
January 12, 2006 08:41:00 am

A German court sentenced Iraqi Lokman Amin Mohammed to seven years in prison Thursday for recruiting fighters and raising money to support the insurgency in Iraq. Prosecutors say Mohammed played a key role in the Western Europe branch [JURIST...

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News Alito held over as confirmation hearings enter fourth day
Alito held over as confirmation hearings enter fourth day
Kate Heneroty
January 12, 2006 08:00:00 am

Members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee will continue their questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito into the fourth day of his confirmation hearings Thursday following Wednesday testimony dominated by...

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Treaty of Trianon concludes WWI between Allies and Hungary

On June 4, 1920, the Allies and Hungary signed the Treaty of Trianon, which concluded peace between the two sides after World War I. The treaty cost Hungary 72% of its territory, which went primarily to Romania, Czechoslovakia, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

US Supreme Court ruled wiretapping legal to secure evidence in police investigations

On June 4, 1928, in Olmstead v. United States, the US Supreme Court decided that wiretapping private telephone conversations to secure evidence was permissible.

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