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News Rights group claims US used German military base for renditions
Rights group claims US used German military base for renditions
Alexis Unkovic
October 6, 2006 04:07:00 pm

British human rights group Reprieve accused the United States in a report issued Friday of using Germany's Ramstein Air Base as a detention center for renditions . Reprieve's sources claim that...

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News Cambodia genocide prosecutor expects to hand cases to judge by year’s end
Cambodia genocide prosecutor expects to hand cases to judge by year’s end
Michael Sung
October 6, 2006 03:11:00 pm

Canadian prosecutor Robert Petit , one of the two active prosecutors for the Cambodian genocide tribunal that will try former leaders of the Khmer Rouge , told a meeting of international prosecutors at The Hague Friday...

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News Supreme Court to reconsider death penalty for Texas murderer
Supreme Court to reconsider death penalty for Texas murderer
Alexis Unkovic
October 6, 2006 03:10:00 pm

The US Supreme Court announced Friday that it will reconsider the death penalty sentence of LaRoyce Lathair Smith, convicted of murdering a 19-year-old Dallas Taco Bell manager...

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News Navy petty officer pleads guilty to role in Hamdania death
Navy petty officer pleads guilty to role in Hamdania death
Ned Mulcahy
October 6, 2006 03:07:00 pm

US Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Melson J. Bacos, a hospital corpsman, pleaded guilty Friday to kidnapping and conspiracy charges in connection to the April 26 death of Iraqi civilian Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania....

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News NHL labor battle continues as second post-lockout season opens
NHL labor battle continues as second post-lockout season opens
David Shucosky
October 6, 2006 12:23:00 pm

As the National Hockey League opened its 2006-2007 season this week, the lockout that wiped out the entire 04-05 slate has reared its head again in the form of a lawsuit filed against the players'...

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News Japan PM says WWII leaders not war criminals
Japan PM says WWII leaders not war criminals
Lisl Brunner
October 6, 2006 10:09:00 am

New Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared before parliament Friday that Japanese leaders during World War II were not war criminals. Abe, who took office late last month , had said a day earlier...

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News US, EU reach interim agreement on airline passenger data-sharing
US, EU reach interim agreement on airline passenger data-sharing
Kate Heneroty
October 6, 2006 10:03:00 am

US and European diplomats have reached an interim agreement on new trans-Atlantic airline passenger data-sharing policies . Under the new regulations, airlines must continue to share 34 pieces of passenger data, including passenger names, addresses and credit...

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News Hicks lawyer seeks Australian’s return from Guantanamo subject to control order
Hicks lawyer seeks Australian’s return from Guantanamo subject to control order
Lisl Brunner
October 6, 2006 09:45:00 am

The lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks is pushing the Australian government to ask the US for Hicks' return by Christmas, allowing him to be kept under a control...

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News Arizona voter ID law barred by Ninth Circuit injunction
Arizona voter ID law barred by Ninth Circuit injunction
Lisl Brunner
October 6, 2006 09:14:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has granted an emergency injunction suspending the application of Arizona's controversial voter ID law a month before the November 7 general election. The law, which Arizonans...

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News Saddam lawyer predicts ‘unmitigated chaos’ if client executed
Saddam lawyer predicts ‘unmitigated chaos’ if client executed
Kate Heneroty
October 6, 2006 07:46:00 am

Ramsey Clark , former US Attorney General and a member of the Saddam Hussein defense team, predicted Thursday that the execution of the former Iraqi dictator would lead to "catastrophic violence" and "total, unmitigated chaos."...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First former Warsaw Pact countries join NATO

On March 12, 1999, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Read the NATO accession treaties for the Czech Republic, the Republic of Hungary, and the Republic of Poland.

Janet Reno sworn in as first female US Attorney General

On March 12, 1993, Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female US Attorney General. Learn more about Janet Reno from the US Department of Justice Attorney General's website as it stood on November 9, 2000.

Mahatma Gandhi begins Salt March

Indian independence advocate Mahatma Gandhi and 78 others began a 3.5-week-long march to the Arabian Sea on March 12, 1930 to defy monopolistic colonial laws prohibiting the collection of salt by Indians. The demonstration exemplified Gandhi's strategy of Satyagraha. The march ended with thousands joining in in other cities, Gandhi being briefly jailed and then granted a seat at the 1930-1932 India Round Table Conference in London. Learn more about the Salt March.

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