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News Lawyers call UK lawsuit to block US ports deal ‘woefully thin’
Lawyers call UK lawsuit to block US ports deal ‘woefully thin’
Christopher G. Anderson
February 27, 2006 04:05:00 pm

A last-minute effort by Miami-based Eller & Co. to block expected UK High Court approval of the $6.8 billion sale of US port operating rights by British company P&O to United Arab Emirates...

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US rejects proposed UN Human Rights Council reform
Krista-Ann Staley
February 27, 2006 03:34:00 pm

The US vowed Monday to reject a proposal to establish a UN Human Rights Council presented by UN General Assembly President Jan Eliasson last week. In remarks at a brief press conference , US Ambassador...

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News Canada high court nominee faces first-ever parliamentary hearing
Canada high court nominee faces first-ever parliamentary hearing
Jeannie Shawl
February 27, 2006 03:26:00 pm

Canadian Federal Court judge Marshall E. Rothstein , nominated to replace Justice John Major on the Supreme Court of Canada , was questioned by a parliamentary committee in televised hearings Monday, the first...

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News China companies helping WWII victims sue Japan for war crimes
China companies helping WWII victims sue Japan for war crimes
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 03:16:00 pm

Several Chinese companies have reportedly donated more than $315,000 to help pay for lawsuits against the Japanese government for war crimes allegedly committed by Japanese troops during their occupation of part of China during World War II....

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News Supreme Court declines second lethal injection appeal
Supreme Court declines second lethal injection appeal
Christopher G. Anderson
February 27, 2006 03:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to entertain a second appeal by convicted murderer Clarence Hill in which his lawyers argued that Florida's system of death by lethal injection amounted to a cruel and...

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News Military judge delays court-martial start for Abu Ghraib dog handlers
Military judge delays court-martial start for Abu Ghraib dog handlers
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 02:41:00 pm

US military judge Lt. Col. Paul McConnell Monday delayed the start of a court-martial trial for an army dog handler accused in an Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. The March 8 trial date for Sgt. Santos Cardona has been...

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News Kabul prison rioters agree to truce as retrial demands go to government
Kabul prison rioters agree to truce as retrial demands go to government
Krista-Ann Staley
February 27, 2006 02:21:00 pm

Prisoners in Kabul's Policharki Prison who rioted over the weekend agreed Monday to temporarily end their disturbance and allow injured inmates to be removed for medical care, according to the chief negotiator for...

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News Federal judge blocks merit pay system for Pentagon employees
Federal judge blocks merit pay system for Pentagon employees
Krystal MacIntyre
February 27, 2006 02:03:00 pm

A federal judge blocked the Department of Defense Monday from enacting a merit pay system for its government employees. US District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said the proposed National Security Personnel System [official...

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News Mexico government report alleges crimes against humanity in ‘dirty war’
Mexico government report alleges crimes against humanity in ‘dirty war’
Alexandria Samuel
February 27, 2006 12:24:00 pm

Mexico's "scorched-earth" campaign in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in crimes against humanity, including genocide, torture, executions and disappearances, according to a draft report made public by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. The...

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News Democrats call for special counsel investigation of domestic spying
Democrats call for special counsel investigation of domestic spying
Alexandria Samuel
February 27, 2006 11:41:00 am

In a letter sent to President Bush Monday, 17 Democrats from the US House of Representatives called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate allegations that the National Security Agency conducted warrantless surveillance of US citizens...

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India and Bangladesh sign friendship treaty

On March 19, 1972, India and Bangladesh signed a Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Peace for twenty-five years. The treaty recognized the independence of Bangladesh by India at the conclusion of Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan. The treaty expired in 1997 without renewal.

Earl Warren born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. He led the Court during a critical period of social change in the 1950s and 1960s and is perhaps best known for his Opinion in Brown v. Board of Education. Learn more about Earl Warren from the Supreme Court Historical Society, and hear him deliver the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University in 1970, shortly after his retirement, on the theme "The Alternative is Chaos."

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