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News ICTY releases confidential Milosevic documents to investigators
ICTY releases confidential Milosevic documents to investigators
Jeannie Shawl
March 16, 2006 09:41:00 am

Judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Thursday ordered that confidential materials in the Slobodan Milosevic case be made available to an ICTY inquiry team and Dutch authorities investigating the...

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News House supports blocking Dubai ports deal in symbolic vote after sell-off
House supports blocking Dubai ports deal in symbolic vote after sell-off
Jeannie Shawl
March 16, 2006 08:38:00 am

The US House on Wednesday voted to keep language in an emergency appropriations bill that would block the transfer of operations at six US ports to United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World ,...

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News International brief ~ Uganda judge refuses to dismiss Besigye treason case
International brief ~ Uganda judge refuses to dismiss Besigye treason case
D. Wes Rist
March 16, 2006 06:33:00 am

Leading Thursday's international brief, a Ugandan high court judge has refused to grant a defense motion that would have dismissed charges of treason and concealment of treason against Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye . Besigye's lawyers...

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News Motion for reconsideration of Moussaoui aviation evidence order [US DC]
Motion for reconsideration of Moussaoui aviation evidence order [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 15, 2006 10:53:00 pm

Motion by USA for Reconsideration of the Court's 1681 Order Striking All Aviation Evidence in the Zacarias Moussaoui Case, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, March 16, 2006 [asking Judge Leonie Brinkema to reconsider her previous...

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News Moussaoui prosecutors ask judge to reconsider aviation evidence ruling
Moussaoui prosecutors ask judge to reconsider aviation evidence ruling
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 15, 2006 08:32:00 pm

Government prosecutors in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial asked US District Judge Leonie Brinkema late Wednesday to reconsider her Tuesday order prohibiting the government from presenting the aviation portion of its case, including witnesses, testimony,...

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News Muhammad cartoons criminal charges rejection [Denmark DPP]
Muhammad cartoons criminal charges rejection [Denmark DPP]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 15, 2006 08:26:00 pm

Decision on possible criminal proceedings in the case of Jyllands-Posten's article "The Face of Muhammed", Denmark Director of Public Prosecutions, March 15, 2006 [saying the DPP will not press criminal charges against Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that first published caricatures...

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News CBS broadcast indecency orders [FCC]
CBS broadcast indecency orders [FCC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 15, 2006 08:05:00 pm

Orders Resolving Numerous Broadcast Television Indecency Complaints, US Federal Communications Commission, March 15, 2006. Read the full text of FCC 06-17 on Complaints Regarding Various Television Broadcasts Between February 2, 2002 and March 8, 2005; FCC 06-18 on...

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News Explanation of US vote against UN Human Rights Council [US UN Mission]
Explanation of US vote against UN Human Rights Council [US UN Mission]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 15, 2006 07:47:00 pm

Explanation of Vote by Ambassador John R. Bolton, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Human Rights Council Draft Resolution, in the General Assembly, March 15, 2006 . Read the full...

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News FBI reports on anti-war activists [ACLU]
FBI reports on anti-war activists [ACLU]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 15, 2006 07:16:00 pm

Documents on FBI monitoring of anti-war activities by the Pittsburgh-based Thomas Merton Center for Peace & Justice, released by the ACLU pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request, March 14, 2006. Read the documents as listed on an ACLU...

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News Denmark prosecutor rejects charging newspaper for Muhammad cartoons
Denmark prosecutor rejects charging newspaper for Muhammad cartoons
Krystal MacIntyre
March 15, 2006 05:10:00 pm

Denmark's Director of Public Prosecutions Henning Fode has decided not to press criminal charges against Jyllands-Posten , the Danish newspaper that first published caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad which last month...

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English Queen consort Anne Boleyn arrested on adultery accusations

English Queen consort Anne Boleyn, whom King Henry VIII married after famously divorcing Catherine of Aragon, was arrested on charges of adultery on May 2, 1536. The following trial, orchestrated by prominent minister of state Thomas Cromwell, led to Anne's conviction and eventual execution two weeks after her arrest despite Anne's denial of the charges. Henry VIII would marry Jane Seymour later that month. Learn more about Anne Boleyn.

FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover died

Longtime FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died on May 2, 1972 at age 77, having led the agency since 1924. He built his reputation on battling bootleggers during Prohibition and communist and pro-rights groups after World War II. Review Hoover's official FBI personnel file, released under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act.

European Central Bank founded

On May 2, 1998, the European Central Bank (ECB) was founded to set monetary policy for the sixteen EU nations who use the Euro as their primary currency. Learn more about the ECB from the organization's website.

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