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News Supreme Court hears dispute over Vermont campaign finance caps
Supreme Court hears dispute over Vermont campaign finance caps
Holly Manges Jones
February 28, 2006 02:06:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Randall v. Sorrell to decide whether Vermont's Act 64 campaign law , which places strict caps on campaign contributions and spending,...

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News Terror glorification offense again rejected in UK upper house
Terror glorification offense again rejected in UK upper house
Holly Manges Jones
February 28, 2006 01:36:00 pm

The UK House of Lords Tuesday voted by a margin of 160-156 to remove references to the "glorification" of terrorism from the Terrorism Bill , proposed after the London bombings last...

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News Arab nations call on UN to ban attacks on religion
Arab nations call on UN to ban attacks on religion
Holly Manges Jones
February 28, 2006 12:59:00 pm

The 12th General Conference of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU) ended Tuesday with members of Arab states calling on the United Nations to adopt a resolution which bans offenses against religion, including Islam....

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News Paris trial begins for Islamist suspect in 1995 transit bombings
Paris trial begins for Islamist suspect in 1995 transit bombings
Krystal MacIntyre
February 28, 2006 12:24:00 pm

Algerian Islamist Rachid Ramda has gone on trial in France for his alleged role in several deadly bomb attacks in Paris in 1995. Ramda was arrested in Britain in 1995, but delayed his extradition ten...

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News Rioting resumes at Afghanistan prison as negotiations fail
Rioting resumes at Afghanistan prison as negotiations fail
Chris Buell
February 28, 2006 11:43:00 am

One inmate was killed and three others wounded Tuesday as Afghan police fired on rioters trying to push down a gate at a Kabul prison, ending a day-long truce at the tense facility. Negotiations between the parties...

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News AOL sues Internet con artists under new anti-phishing law
AOL sues Internet con artists under new anti-phishing law
Krystal MacIntyre
February 28, 2006 11:34:00 am

America Online (AOL) has filed three lawsuits in federal court in Virginia against international groups that allegedly stole information from AOL users, violating Virgina's anti-"phishing" law, the first of its kind in the US....

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News Judge eyes compromise over classified information in Libby case
Judge eyes compromise over classified information in Libby case
Chris Buell
February 28, 2006 11:12:00 am

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton has indicated that he may offer a compromise over requests by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for access to classified information in his trial on perjury charges...

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News Utah House votes down anti-evolution bill
Utah House votes down anti-evolution bill
Krystal MacIntyre
February 28, 2006 11:11:00 am

The Utah House of Representatives Monday voted down a much-watched bill that would have challenged the teaching of evolution in high school science classes in the conservative state. The so-called "Origin of Life" bill as initially presented would...

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News Saddam prosecutors introduce 1984 execution order as troubled trial resumes
Saddam prosecutors introduce 1984 execution order as troubled trial resumes
Holly Manges Jones
February 28, 2006 10:31:00 am

The trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein resumed in Baghdad Tuesday with prosecutors at the Iraqi High Criminal Court - formerly the Iraqi Special Tribunal - continuing to present their case on charges...

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White House rejects request for special counsel investigation of domestic spying
Krystal MacIntyre
February 28, 2006 10:31:00 am

The Bush administration has rejected a request by a group of House Democrats asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate NSA spying on people within the United States. In a letter ...

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Saint Lucia gains independence

On February 22, 1979, Saint Lucia gained independence from the United Kingdom, becoming a sovereign nation.

Read the Constitution of Saint Lucia.

Justice Felix Frankfurter died

On February 22, 1965, US Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter died in Washington, DC. Learn more about Felix Frankfurter from Oyez.

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