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News Saddam lawyer walks out of genocide trial again after judge rejects demands
Saddam lawyer walks out of genocide trial again after judge rejects demands
Joshua Pantesco
October 30, 2006 08:31:00 am

Khalil al-Dulaimi, chief defense counsel for Saddam Hussein , appeared in court Monday, presented 12 demands to the judge to be satisfied to end the ongoing defense team boycott, and stormed out of court after the presiding...

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News UK mercenaries in Iraq need closer regulation: advocacy group
UK mercenaries in Iraq need closer regulation: advocacy group
Joshua Pantesco
October 30, 2006 08:03:00 am

A British advocacy group condemned the UK government for failing to properly regulate hired mercenaries operating in Iraq and Afghanistan in a report released Monday that proposes regulations to hold mercenaries accountable for alleged abuses....

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News Federal appeals court reinstates Ohio absentee voter ID law
Federal appeals court reinstates Ohio absentee voter ID law
Joshua Pantesco
October 30, 2006 07:35:00 am

Absentee Ohio voters must continue to show proof of ID when casting ballots after a federal appeals court on Sunday stayed a lower court order , handed down last week, that would have temporarily suspended Ohio's...

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News North Korea committing ‘crimes against humanity’ on its own citizens: report
North Korea committing ‘crimes against humanity’ on its own citizens: report
Joshua Pantesco
October 30, 2006 07:09:00 am

The North Korean government is "actively committing crimes against humanity" by the starvation and political repression of North Korean citizens, according to a report released Sunday by a blue-ribbon panel comprised of Vaclav Havel , former...

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News Iraq contractor proprietary data marking report [US SIGIR]
Iraq contractor proprietary data marking report [US SIGIR]
October 29, 2006 09:46:00 pm

Interim Audit Report on Inappropriate Use of Proprietary Data Markings By The Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) Contractor, US Federal Acquisition Regulation, October 29, 2006 [claiming that Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root Services, Inc. has been violating a US...

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News Serbia adopts new constitution in last-minute voter surge
Serbia adopts new constitution in last-minute voter surge
Caitlin Price
October 29, 2006 04:15:00 pm

Last-minute voter turnout pushed the proposed new Serbian constitution over the required 50% margin for adoption late Sunday. The two-day referendum on the draft charter, which includes a controversial preamble asserting Serbia's ongoing claim to Kosovo, got...

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News Israel president rejects AG call for suspension pending criminal probe
Israel president rejects AG call for suspension pending criminal probe
Michael Sung
October 29, 2006 04:09:00 pm

Israeli President Moshe Katsav Sunday evening rejected a recommendation issued earlier in the day by Israeli Attorney General Menahem Mazuz that he voluntarily suspend his presidential duties pending the conclusion of a criminal investigation into...

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News China private property bill revised for record sixth time
China private property bill revised for record sixth time
Melissa Bancroft
October 29, 2006 03:12:00 pm

China's legislature Saturday finished the unprecedented sixth reading of a landmark private property bill intended to protect state, collective and private property . If the National People's Congress passes the legislation next March as...

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News Proposed UK flag burning ban prompts outcry from rights groups
Proposed UK flag burning ban prompts outcry from rights groups
Caitlin Price
October 29, 2006 03:02:00 pm

A UK proposal to criminalize flag burning has drawn the ire of human rights groups, according to the BBC Sunday. The idea, submitted by Scotland Yard to Attorney General Lord Goldsmith , is aimed at curbing unruly protestors...

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News DOD official says some Guantanamo detainees may be imprisoned for life
DOD official says some Guantanamo detainees may be imprisoned for life
Leslie Schulman
October 29, 2006 11:22:00 am

More than 300 prisoners now held by the US at Guantanamo Bay could remain there under US military detention for the rest of their lives, DOD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson ...

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President Lincoln signs Naitonal Banking Act into law

On February 26, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the National Banking Act into law, creating the American banking charter system. The Act furthermore created the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) within the Treasury Department. The law was further intended to help raise money for the Civil War by pressing banks to buy federal as opposed to state bonds. The law was not as successful as intended in this regard and was soon replaced by the National Banking Act of 1864. Read the history of the OCC from the US Department of the Treasury.

Hitler put on trial for treason in Munich

On February 26, 1924, Adolf Hitler and several others were put on trial for treason in Munich in connection with an attempted coup. Learn more about the Munich (or "Beer Hall") Putsch and the subsequent trial of Hitler and his associates.

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