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News California prisoner suicide rate on the rise, challenge pending over staff training
California prisoner suicide rate on the rise, challenge pending over staff training
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 10:47:00 am

According to records released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation , 44 convicts out of a total California prison population of 164,000 committed suicide during 2005, an increase from 26 in 2004 and 36 in 2003,...

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Abramoff to plead guilty to fraud charges
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 10:21:00 am

Indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff has agreed to plead guilty to two of six fraud charges and to assist federal prosecutors with any ongoing investigations in exchange for a more favorable sentence, Abramoff's lawyers said Tuesday. Abramoff...

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News Uganda opposition leader calls for president to face treason charges
Uganda opposition leader calls for president to face treason charges
Krista-Ann Staley
January 3, 2006 10:18:00 am

Ugandan opposition leader and presidential challenger Dr. Kizza Besigye , released on bail by the Ugandan High Court Monday, has declared that President Yoweri Museveni should face charges for treason committed during the 1998-2003...

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France ends state of emergency imposed after riots
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 10:03:00 am

As expected , the French Government on Tuesday officially declared an end to the state of emergency implemented in November to quell riots that tore through the country late last year....

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Saddam wants firing squad if sentenced to death
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 09:34:00 am

Issam Ghazzawi, a defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein , said Tuesday that Hussein, on trial for his involvement in the 1982 Dujail massacre , would prefer to die by firing squad rather than...

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News War crimes fugitive Mladic drew Serb pension until Nov. 2005, probe reveals
War crimes fugitive Mladic drew Serb pension until Nov. 2005, probe reveals
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 09:15:00 am

Former Bosnian Serb general and indicted war criminal Radko Mladic , who is wanted by the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on genocide charges, had access to his army general's...

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Alito nomination to be opposed in new liberal advocacy ad campaign
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 08:47:00 am

A coalition of liberal interest groups has announced a new series of television commercials aimed at derailing the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. The ads, to be officially unveiled Wednesday, will...

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IECI set to release results of Iraq vote fraud investigation
Joshua Pantesco
January 3, 2006 07:59:00 am

The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) announced Tuesday that results from its investigation into allegations of voting fraud during the December 15 parliamentary elections will be announced Wednesday, but that voting results will...

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Chile court grants Pinochet bail on some rights charges
Krista-Ann Staley
January 2, 2006 04:34:00 pm

A Chilean appeals court on Monday allowed ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet to post bail for six of the nine human rights charges he faces relating to Operation Colombo . Pinochet...

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Bolton pledges renewed effort in negotiations on new UN rights panel
Krista-Ann Staley
January 2, 2006 03:33:00 pm

US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton has promised to push for major changes in the United Nations in an interview published Monday in the Washington Post, including reforms to the international body's human rights panel. Bolton...

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Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.

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