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News Giuliani testifies about 9/11 experience at Moussaoui death penalty trial
Giuliani testifies about 9/11 experience at Moussaoui death penalty trial
David Shucosky
April 6, 2006 12:26:00 pm

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani testified at the resumed sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui on Thursday, describing the 9/11 attacks as he experienced them in his official capacity. He recalled being unable...

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News DOD review of terrorist database shows data retained by mistake
DOD review of terrorist database shows data retained by mistake
Holly Manges Jones
April 6, 2006 12:24:00 pm

The US Department of Defense said Thursday that a review of one of the government's national security databases, the Threat and Local Observation Notice system or TALON program , uncovered approximately 260 improper entries into the...

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News Nepal police arrest 300 anti-government protestors
Nepal police arrest 300 anti-government protestors
Holly Manges Jones
April 6, 2006 11:34:00 am

Police officers in Nepal arrested 300 protestors Thursday who were involved in 16 demonstrations across the capital city calling for a restoration of democracy in the country. Gopendra Pandey, a spokesman for the Nepal Ministry of...

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News UK anti-war activist faces asset seizure for refusing to pay taxes supporting Iraq war
UK anti-war activist faces asset seizure for refusing to pay taxes supporting Iraq war
David Shucosky
April 6, 2006 11:21:00 am

A British county court has given a UK anti-war activist until May 5 to pay £580 (about $1,017 USD) in back taxes he's withholding to protest the war in Iraq or face seizure of his property. Robin Brookes, a...

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News Uganda high court denies opposition request for new elections
Uganda high court denies opposition request for new elections
Holly Manges Jones
April 6, 2006 11:05:00 am

The Ugandan Supreme Court has ruled by a vote of 4-3 against a challenge to the February 23 presidential elections which allowed President Yoweri Museveni to remain in power. The challenge and request...

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News Israel police detain Hamas cabinet member in Jerusalem
Israel police detain Hamas cabinet member in Jerusalem
Nishat Hasan
April 6, 2006 10:47:00 am

Khaled Abu Arafa, the minister of Jerusalem affairs in the new Hamas-led Palestinian government , was detained Thursday by Israeli police as he attempted to meet his predecessor, Ziad Abu Zayyad, for administrative purposes. Reports indicate Abu Arafa...

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News Darfur war crimes suspects to be barred US entry under House bill
Darfur war crimes suspects to be barred US entry under House bill
Jeannie Shawl
April 6, 2006 09:54:00 am

The Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 received near-unanimous approval by the US House of Representatives Wednesday evening. The bill, if approved by the Senate and signed by...

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527 campaign fundraising bill [US House]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
April 6, 2006 09:21:00 am

527 Reform Act of 2006, passed by the US House of Representatives April 5, 2006 [bill that would require non-profit political groups, called "527s" for the tax code section under which they are organized, to register as political committees and...

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News Saddam-era judge testifies that Shiite executions followed fair trial
Saddam-era judge testifies that Shiite executions followed fair trial
Jeannie Shawl
April 6, 2006 09:16:00 am

The Saddam Hussein trial continued Thursday in Baghdad with testimony from Awad al-Bandar , the head of the Revolutionary Court who sentenced 148 Shiites to death in 1984 . Al-Bandar, one of the seven...

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US House passes bill to limit campaign fundraising by 527 groups
Jeannie Shawl
April 6, 2006 08:27:00 am

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the 527 Reform Act of 2006 , legislation that would require non-profit political groups, called "527s" for the tax code section under which they...

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IOC expels 6 members for taking bribes

On March 17, 1999, the International Olympic Committee expelled six of its members for taking bribes. The preceding investigation revealed that the indicted officials had received over $800,000 in gifts and benefits from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) before awarding the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City.

Roger Taney born

US Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, author of the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, was born in Calvert County, Maryland, on March 17, 1777.

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