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News Ohio rights groups sue to preserve 2004 election paper ballots
Ohio rights groups sue to preserve 2004 election paper ballots
Jaime Jansen
September 1, 2006 11:15:00 am

Several voting rights groups filed a federal lawsuit in the Southern District of Ohio Thursday demanding that Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell preserve the paper ballots from the 2004 presidential election , just...

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News US soldier disputing Iraq war legality to face desertion charge
US soldier disputing Iraq war legality to face desertion charge
Alexis Unkovic
September 1, 2006 11:02:00 am

An attorney for US Army Sgt. Ricky Clousing , an Iraq war veteran, said Thursday that his client will face a desertion charge at a special court-martial stemming from his June 2005 defection from Fort Bragg ....

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News New Orleans judge delays prisoner release reviews
New Orleans judge delays prisoner release reviews
Alexis Unkovic
September 1, 2006 10:16:00 am

New Orleans Parish criminal court Judge Arthur Hunter Thursday deferred a threatened review of prisoner records in anticipation of release which he earlier said he would begin on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane...

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News California legislature approves greenhouse gas restrictions
California legislature approves greenhouse gas restrictions
Kate Heneroty
September 1, 2006 09:45:00 am

California's State Assembly passed the nation's first bill to restrict greenhouse gas emissions Thursday, by a vote of 46-31. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 grants new authority to the California Air Resources...

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News UN Security Council adopts resolution to send peacekeepers to Darfur
UN Security Council adopts resolution to send peacekeepers to Darfur
Alexis Unkovic
September 1, 2006 09:13:00 am

The UN Security Council passed a resolution Thursday authorizing the deployment of UN peacekeeping troops to the Darfur region of Sudan under the authority of the current UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS)...

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Rosenbergs convicted of espionage

On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of passing US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The couple was sentenced to death on April 3 under the Espionage Act of 1917, 18 U.S.C 794. They were then executed two years later on June 19, 1953 in New York State's Sing Sing Prison. View the FBI's files on the Rosenbergs.

British parliament passed act creating Canada

On March 29, 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act, a constitutional document creating a united Dominion of Canada. It went into effect on July 1 that year.

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