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News US lawmaker urges criminal probe against NYT for disclosing terror finance program
US lawmaker urges criminal probe against NYT for disclosing terror finance program
Jaime Jansen
June 26, 2006 01:03:00 pm

US Rep. Peter King (R-NY) , chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee , encouraged the Bush administration in a FOX News interview on Sunday to press criminal charges against the New York Times, The...

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UN rights expert demands investigation into death of Saddam lawyer, assails court
Jaime Jansen
June 26, 2006 12:33:00 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Leandro Despouy has called for the Iraqi government to begin an independent investigation into the murder of Khamis al-Obeidi , a lawyer representing Saddam Hussein in...

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News UK in talks with US on release of British residents from Guantanamo Bay
UK in talks with US on release of British residents from Guantanamo Bay
Jaime Jansen
June 26, 2006 11:45:00 am

The UK Foreign Office has begun talks with the US on the potential release of eight UK residents detained at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay into the custody of British authorities. The...

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Mauritania approves constitutional change, preliminary results show
Jaime Jansen
June 26, 2006 10:30:00 am

Mauritania citizens have approved changes to the country's constitution in a Sunday referendum by 80 to 90 percent, according to preliminary results announced Monday by the Interior Ministry. The changes are...

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News Supreme Court strikes down Vermont campaign finance law
Supreme Court strikes down Vermont campaign finance law
Jeannie Shawl
June 26, 2006 10:22:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday handed down decisions in five cases, including Randall v. Sorrell , consolidated with two other cases, where the Court struck down Vermont's Act...

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Philippines president faces second round of impeachment challenges
Jaime Jansen
June 26, 2006 09:35:00 am

Opponents of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo filed a new impeachment complaint against Arroyo on Monday, exactly one year after opponents filed an impeachment complaint on three other charges. The Philippine constitution allows only one...

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Spain judge begins investigation in Guatemala genocide case
Jaime Jansen
June 26, 2006 09:06:00 am

Spanish judge Santiago Pedraz has begun his investigation into atrocities committed during Guatemala's 1978-86 armed conflict that included a 1980 military assault on the Spanish Embassy, killing 37 people. Pedraz traveled to Guatemala Saturday in response to a case...

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China court hands down death sentence for executive convicted of embezzlement
Jaime Jansen
June 26, 2006 08:59:00 am

Li Rongxing, a former oilfield chief, has been sentenced to death in China after being convicted of taking bribes and embezzling over $4.6 million in the people's intermediate court in Tai'an , newspapers in Beijing reported...

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News Nepal commission summons former royal ministers in democracy crackdown probe
Nepal commission summons former royal ministers in democracy crackdown probe
Kiran Chapagain
June 26, 2006 08:20:00 am

A high-level Nepalese commission probing the crackdown on the pro-democracy uprising in April of this year that eventually led to the restoration of parliamentary government summoned three former royal ministers Sunday, including a top...

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US senators denounce amnesty provisions in Iraq national reconciliation plan
Jaime Jansen
June 26, 2006 08:00:00 am

Several US senators condemned parts of a national reconciliation proposal designed to end the Iraqi insurgency and facilitate reconstruction, which was unveiled to the Iraqi parliament Sunday by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki . US lawmakers...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Inquisition of Galileo begins

On April 12, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church began its formal inquisition of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was tried by the Roman Inquisition "for holding as true the false doctrine taught by some that the sun is the center of the world" in direct contradiction to the Catholic Church's teaching that man and the Earth are the center of the Universe. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" and sentenced to life in prison. His punishment was later commuted to house arrest. Learn more about the trial of Galileo Galilei.

President Clinton cited for contempt in Paula Jones case

On April 12, 1999, US District Judge Susan Webber Wright found President Bill Clinton in contempt of court in the Paula Jones case, concluding that the President had provided "intentionally false" evidence in that case about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

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