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News Guantanamo Algerians complained to visiting delegation about treatment: report
Guantanamo Algerians complained to visiting delegation about treatment: report
Holly Manges Jones
March 28, 2006 01:39:00 pm

A delegation of Algerian officials made the country's first visit to the US military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in mid-March to evaluate the conditions of 26 Algerian citizens being held there, according to a report...

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News Judge dismisses 4 counts against former Enron executives
Judge dismisses 4 counts against former Enron executives
Holly Manges Jones
March 28, 2006 01:02:00 pm

A federal judge Tuesday dismissed three counts against former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and one count against company founder Kenneth Lay , shortly after the prosecution rested in the...

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News French labor law prompts nationwide strikes, huge demonstrations
French labor law prompts nationwide strikes, huge demonstrations
Chris Buell
March 28, 2006 12:33:00 pm

Transit workers, postal staff, teachers and media employees went on strike and more than a million people demonstrated across France Tuesday as part of escalating protests against the First Employment Contract (CPE) [FAQ, in French; official...

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News Mississippi abortion ban bill fails as legislators miss deadline for compromise
Mississippi abortion ban bill fails as legislators miss deadline for compromise
Krystal MacIntyre
March 28, 2006 12:18:00 pm

The Mississippi Legislature failed to reach a compromise on an abortion ban bill before a Monday night deadline, preventing it from becoming law during the current legislative session. The proposed bill would have prohibited most abortions...

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News China to ban human organ sales in black market crackdown
China to ban human organ sales in black market crackdown
Chris Buell
March 28, 2006 11:15:00 am

The Chinese Ministry of Health announced Tuesday that it will ban the sale of human organs in an effort to stem a rising black market trade for organs of executed prisoners. The Ministry...

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Congressman agrees to revised UN reform bill
Chris Buell
March 28, 2006 10:53:00 am

US House International Relations Committee chairman Rep. Henry Hyde indicated Monday that he would support a revised version of the UN Reform Act in an attempt to gain Senate support for the legislation. Hyde...

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Civil liberties group asks appeals court to make secret wiretap ruling public
Chris Buell
March 28, 2006 10:28:00 am

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) on Monday asked the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals to declassify a district judge's ruling on possible warrantless wiretaps used by the government in a high-profile terrorism...

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News Belarus presidential inaugural delayed as detained protestors mount hunger strike
Belarus presidential inaugural delayed as detained protestors mount hunger strike
Krystal MacIntyre
March 28, 2006 10:08:00 am

Nikolai Lozovik, Secretary for the Belarus Central Election Commission , announced Tuesday that the third-term inauguration of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko will be delayed. Lukashenko's landslide reelection earlier this month triggered claims of widespread...

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News Louisiana AG investigating Red Cross over Katrina fraud accusations
Louisiana AG investigating Red Cross over Katrina fraud accusations
Chris Buell
March 28, 2006 10:05:00 am

Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr. Monday announced an investigation into the American Red Cross over accusations that some of its volunteers stole money from Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Foti reportedly opened...

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News Mexico president lauds Senate approval of revised US immigration bill
Mexico president lauds Senate approval of revised US immigration bill
Holly Manges Jones
March 28, 2006 08:38:00 am

Mexican President Vicente Fox has lauded Monday's approval by the US Senate Judiciary Committee of an immigration bill that would provide temporary work visas to undocumented workers in the US and that rejected...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Reichstag Fire Decree issued in Germany

On February 28, 1933, German President Paul von Hindenburg issued the Presidential Decree for the Protection of People and State in response to the burning of the Reichstag (the German Parliament building) on the previous day. More commonly known as the Reichstag Fire Decree, the law suspended many key civil liberties, such as free press, habeas corpus, and warrant requirements. Blaming Communists for the attack on the Reichstag, the Nazi party and newly-appointed Chancellor Adolf Hitler pressed the law through as a first step in establishing absolute control over Germany. On March 23, the German Parliament passed the Enabling Act, which empowered Adolf Hitler to become the dictator of Germany. Four months later on July 14, the Nazis solidified their control over Germany with the passage of the Law Against the Establishment of Parties eliminated all political parties in Germany other than the Nazi Party.

Congress ratified Manypenny Agreement on the Black Hills

On February 28, 1877, the US Congress ratified the Manypenny Agreement with the Lakota Sioux, under which the United States took control of 900,000 acres of the Black Hills. Read the ratification act, which includes the terms of the Agreement. The Lakota argue to this day that the agreement is illegal, was obtained by coercion associated with starvation, and that the Black Hills should be returned to them.

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