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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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Montgomery started racially-integrated bus service after boycott

On December 21, 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama, started racially integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation. Bus boycott leaders Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Stalin born

On December 21, 1879, Joseph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. In 1922, he became leader of the USSR until his death in 1953. During his time as Soviet dictator, Stalin industrialized his country, which he then led to become one of the world's two superpowers after WWII. Through his infamous purges, show trials and nationwide famines, Stalin also became responsible for millions of deaths.

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