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News Maryland not challenging Wal-Mart health care preemption ruling
Maryland not challenging Wal-Mart health care preemption ruling
Katerina Ossenova
April 17, 2007 02:10:00 pm

Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Tuesday that Maryland will not challenge a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit holding that the federal Employee Retirement Income Security...

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News House Judiciary Committee may grant immunity to former Gonzales aide
House Judiciary Committee may grant immunity to former Gonzales aide
Brett Murphy
April 17, 2007 02:06:00 pm

The US House Judiciary Committee will consider a resolution granting immunity to Monica M. Goodling , former special counsel to the US Attorney General, in exchange for her testimony concerning last year's firing of eight...

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News Top UN lawyer urges Hariri tribunal approval on Lebanon visit
Top UN lawyer urges Hariri tribunal approval on Lebanon visit
Katerina Ossenova
April 17, 2007 01:54:00 pm

UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Nicholas Michel promised Tuesday that a tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri would be established, despite disagreement among...

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News Ukraine court holds hearings on decree dissolving parliament
Ukraine court holds hearings on decree dissolving parliament
Katerina Ossenova
April 17, 2007 01:28:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of Ukraine held hearings Tuesday on a controversial April 2 decree by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko ordering the dissolution of parliament and new elections on May 27....

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News Italy murder trial begins for US soldier accused in Iraq shooting
Italy murder trial begins for US soldier accused in Iraq shooting
Brett Murphy
April 17, 2007 12:52:00 pm

The trial of US Army Spc. Mario Lozano for the murder of Italian intelligence agent Nicola Calipari and attempted murders of agent Andrea Carpani and Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena [Wikipedia...

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News Copyright judges decline to reconsider webcast royalty increase
Copyright judges decline to reconsider webcast royalty increase
Natalie Hrubos
April 17, 2007 11:54:00 am

A panel of US copyright judges Monday denied a request by a group of private and public webcasters to reconsider a royalty hike for playing digital music that broadcasters say could ruin the webcasting industry. The Copyright...

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News Guantanamo detainee’s father says son tortured in secret CIA prison
Guantanamo detainee’s father says son tortured in secret CIA prison
Natalie Hrubos
April 17, 2007 11:33:00 am

The father of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused CIA officials of torturing his son - Pakistani terror suspect Majid Khan - after arresting him in Pakistan in March 2003, according to an affidavit ...

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News Federal judge refuses to close parts of pro-Israel lobbyists espionage trial
Federal judge refuses to close parts of pro-Israel lobbyists espionage trial
Natalie Hrubos
April 17, 2007 11:12:00 am

A federal judge Monday refused a request to close portions of the upcoming espionage trial of two former American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobbyists because doing so would violate the defendants' right to an open trial. The...

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News Supreme Court upholds federal regulation of national bank mortgage lending
Supreme Court upholds federal regulation of national bank mortgage lending
Jeannie Shawl
April 17, 2007 10:18:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Tuesday, including Watters v. Wachovia Bank , where the Court held that the National Bank Act and regulations...

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News Son of former Bangladesh PM released after corruption arrest
Son of former Bangladesh PM released after corruption arrest
Holly Manges Jones
April 17, 2007 08:22:00 am

Arafat Rahman, the son of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia , was released Tuesday after being arrested the day before on corruption allegations, according to local media reports. The reason for Arafat's release was...

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Confederate rebels' voting rights restored under amnesty

On May 22, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the General Amnesty Act, allowing all but about 500 Southern male voters denied voting rights as a punishment for rebellion under the XIVth Amendment to regain their right to vote and hold office. General amnesty was finally made universal on June 6, 1898.

Sri Lanka constitution ratified

On May 22, 1972, the former British colony of Ceylon ratified a new constitution, becoming the Republic of Sri Lanka.

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