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News AOL anti-phishing complaints [US DC]
AOL anti-phishing complaints [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 28, 2006 10:14:00 pm

American Online Inc. v John Does, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, February 27, 2006 . Read the full text of the...

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News Abortion clinic protests ruling [US SC]
Abortion clinic protests ruling [US SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 28, 2006 10:06:00 pm

Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc., Supreme Court of the United States, February 28, 2006 . Read the full text...

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News Ohio sentencing law ruling [OH SC]
Ohio sentencing law ruling [OH SC]
February 28, 2006 09:57:00 pm

State v. Foster, Supreme Court of Ohio, February 27, 2006 . Read the full text...

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News Detainee lawyer wants court to prohibit Guantanamo force-feedings
Detainee lawyer wants court to prohibit Guantanamo force-feedings
Joshua Pantesco
February 28, 2006 08:28:00 pm

A lawyer for a Yemeni prisoner held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has filed a motion in DC federal court asking that the use of a restraint chair and large nasal feeding tubes to force-feed...

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News ICC has Hague prison ready for Uganda war criminals
ICC has Hague prison ready for Uganda war criminals
Joshua Pantesco
February 28, 2006 07:55:00 pm

The International Criminal Court announced Tuesday that construction on 12 holding cells has been completed, and the world's first general international war crimes court is ready to use them to detain leaders of the...

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News Islamic charity sues to shut down NSA warrantless wiretapping program
Islamic charity sues to shut down NSA warrantless wiretapping program
Joshua Pantesco
February 28, 2006 07:23:00 pm

An Oregon chapter of the defunct Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation claimed in a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday that the National Security Agency had illegally wiretapping several conversations between the charity and its attorneys. The complaint alleges...

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News UK High Court stays London mayor suspension for offensive comment
UK High Court stays London mayor suspension for offensive comment
Joshua Pantesco
February 28, 2006 06:44:00 pm

Britain's High Court Tuesday blocked a four week suspension of London Mayor Ken Livingstone ordered by a case tribunal of the Adjudication Panel for England last week for bringing his...

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News Philippines high court refuses immediate ruling on state of emergency decree
Philippines high court refuses immediate ruling on state of emergency decree
Andrew Wood
February 28, 2006 04:17:00 pm

The Philippines Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred a ruling on petitions brought against the state of emergency declared by President Gloria Arroyo last week. Arroyo, who today said the decree...

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News Senators express frustration with NSA surveillance program at second hearing
Senators express frustration with NSA surveillance program at second hearing
Andrew Wood
February 28, 2006 03:13:00 pm

Members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee holding a second hearing Tuesday on the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program appeared frustrated by the lack of information released by the Bush administration. Senator Patrick...

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News Environmental brief ~ OSHA sets new hexavalent chromium limits
Environmental brief ~ OSHA sets new hexavalent chromium limits
Tom Henry
February 28, 2006 03:02:00 pm

Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a new rule that lowers the acceptable level of hexavalent chromium that can be present in a workplace....

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No lynchings reported in US for first time

On December 30, 1952, the Tuskegee Institute reported that 1952 was the first year of no lynchings of African Americans in the United States in the 71 years it had kept records. Learn more about lynching and listen to Billie Holiday's jazz recording of the 1938 protest song Strange Fruit.

USSR established

On December 30, 1922, representatives of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucus approved the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR and the Declaration of the Creation of the USSR, creating the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). During World War II, the USSR would also annex Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Moldova. Learn more about the history of the USSR from the BBC.

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