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News Arroyo opponents arrested, newspaper raided in Philippines crackdown
Arroyo opponents arrested, newspaper raided in Philippines crackdown
Greg Sampson
February 25, 2006 12:05:00 pm

Police in Manila Saturday raided the offices of the Manila Daily Tribune and detained several high-profile critics of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines a day after she declared a...

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News Nigerian court orders Shell Oil to pay $1.5B for environmental damage
Nigerian court orders Shell Oil to pay $1.5B for environmental damage
Greg Sampson
February 25, 2006 11:47:00 am

A Nigerian court in the southern city of Port Harcourt Friday ordered Royal Dutch Shell to pay $1.5 billion to compensate local communities for environmental pollution caused by the company's activities in the southern Niger delta region,...

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News Federal judge grants Libby access to  personal notes
Federal judge grants Libby access to personal notes
Greg Sampson
February 25, 2006 11:23:00 am

US District Judge Reggie B. Walton Friday granted defense attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby access to Libby's personal handwritten notes taken over a nine-month period around the time that the identity...

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News Illegal political activity by charities rose in 2004 election: IRS
Illegal political activity by charities rose in 2004 election: IRS
Greg Sampson
February 25, 2006 10:42:00 am

In a speech Friday in Cleveland, US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Mark Everson said that the IRS had found a sharp increase in prohibited political activity by 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charities, including some...

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News South Dakota abortion ban bill [SD]
South Dakota abortion ban bill [SD]
February 24, 2006 11:09:00 pm

HB 1215, State of South Dakota, passed by the South Dakota House of Representatives February 24, 2006 . Excerpt:No person may knowingly administer to, prescribe for, or procure for, or sell...

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News Philippines state of emergency declaration [Philippines Presidency]
Philippines state of emergency declaration [Philippines Presidency]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 24, 2006 09:24:00 pm

Proclamation No. 1017, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President, Republic of the Philippines, February 24, 2006 . Read the full text of the proclamation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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News Milosevic medical release rejection ruling [ICTY]
Milosevic medical release rejection ruling [ICTY]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 24, 2006 08:34:00 pm

The Prosecutor v. Slobodan Milosevic, Decision on Assigned Counsel Request for Provisional Release, Trial Chamber, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, February 24, 2006 [rejecting a request by former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic for provisional release so that he...

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News NY Port Authority, US company sue to stop ports takeover by Arab firm
NY Port Authority, US company sue to stop ports takeover by Arab firm
Jaime Jansen
February 24, 2006 04:19:00 pm

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey filed suit in a New Jersey Superior Court Friday to try to block Dubai Ports World , a company from the United Arab Emirates , from...

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News Defense contractor pleads guilty in California congressman bribe scheme
Defense contractor pleads guilty in California congressman bribe scheme
Jaime Jansen
February 24, 2006 03:03:00 pm

Defense contractor Mitchell Wade pleaded guilty in US District Court in Washington, DC on Friday to conspiring to funnel more than $1 million in bribes to former US Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham ....

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Abortion ban passes South Dakota legislature after House vote
BREAKING NEWS ~ Abortion ban passes South Dakota legislature after House vote
Jeannie Shawl
February 24, 2006 02:57:00 pm

AP is reporting that the South Dakota House of Representatives has given final approval to a bill that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. The state Senate approved the abortion ban earlier this week....

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Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

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