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News Mexico president applauds US Senate immigration bill passage
Mexico president applauds US Senate immigration bill passage
Jaime Jansen
May 26, 2006 09:01:00 am

Mexican President Vicente Fox on Thursday applauded the US Senate's approval of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 that would tighten border security and allow illegal immigrants to follow a...

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News Federal court of appeals remands Georgia evolution disclaimer case
Federal court of appeals remands Georgia evolution disclaimer case
Jaime Jansen
May 26, 2006 08:25:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday remanded an appeal from the Atlanta-based Cobb County School District asking the court to overturn a district court decision...

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News UK Iraq war legal advice disclosure called inadequate
UK Iraq war legal advice disclosure called inadequate
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 26, 2006 08:01:00 am

In the wake of Thursday's release by UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith of a disclosure statement outlining his actions in rendering advice on the legality of the Iraq war to the government of Prime...

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News Afghan rights commission says 34 civilians killed in US airstrike
Afghan rights commission says 34 civilians killed in US airstrike
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 26, 2006 07:37:00 am

A spokesman for the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kandahar said Friday that some 34 Afghan civilians were killed in a US airstrike on a village in the south of the country earlier this week along...

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News Egypt judges stage silent protest outside High Court for greater independence
Egypt judges stage silent protest outside High Court for greater independence
Tom Henry
May 25, 2006 08:47:00 pm

As many as 300 reformist judges in Egypt who have called for more judicial independence from the government led by President Hosni Mubarak staged a silent protest in front of the High Court Thursday as...

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News Bosnia PM to form war crimes commission
Bosnia PM to form war crimes commission
Tom Henry
May 25, 2006 08:05:00 pm

In a reversal of his position from only a day earlier, Bosnian Prime Minister Adnan Terzic announced Thursday that he would form a commission to probe war crimes carried out in the current capital city of Sarajevo...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ US Senate passes immigration reform bill
BREAKING NEWS ~ US Senate passes immigration reform bill
Jeannie Shawl
May 25, 2006 06:25:00 pm

The US Senate has approved the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 by a vote of 62-36 . The bill would set millions of illegal immigrants on a path to potential citizenship and...

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News Fourth Circuit hears reversal arguments in ‘Virginia Jihad network’ case
Fourth Circuit hears reversal arguments in ‘Virginia Jihad network’ case
Joshua Pantesco
May 25, 2006 03:29:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard defense arguments in the appeal of three guilty bench verdicts handed down in 2004 to three US Muslims in the 'Virginia Jihad network' case [JURIST...

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News UK Attorney General releases details on Iraq war legal advice process after order
UK Attorney General releases details on Iraq war legal advice process after order
Jeannie Shawl
May 25, 2006 03:28:00 pm

Following an order from the British Information Commissioner, UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on Thursday made public additional details concerning the process surrounding the release of his March 7, 2003 memorandum expressing some...

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House Judiciary Committee approves net neutrality bill
Joshua Pantesco
May 25, 2006 02:53:00 pm

The US House Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted 20-13 to approve the full committee markup of the Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006 , the 'net neutrality' bill sponsored by Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner...

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LA Riots break out following beating of Rodney King

Riots that would grip the city of Los Angeles, California for six days broke out on April 29, 1992, after LAPD officers who beat Rodney King while being filmed were acquitted by a jury. The verdict ignited a powder keg of discontent about police discrimination against LA's Black community. The riots would result in more than 60 deaths and $1 billion in property damage. Learn more about the LA Riots from NPR.

Chemical Weapons Convention goes into force

On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction went into force. The Convention prohibits member nations from creating and deploying chemical weapons and is overseen by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Oliver Ellsworth born

Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States and primary author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745.

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